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Syndrome in question: Gorlin-Goltz syndrome

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (4), 2016
Abstract: The Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome (NBCCS) is an uncommon disorder caused by a mutation in Patched, tumor suppressor gene. It is mainly characterized by numerous early onset basal cell carcinomas, odontogenic cysts of jaw and skeletal abnormalities. Due to the wide clinical spectrum, trea...

Dermatofibroma simulating seborrheic keratosis dermoscopically

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (3), 2016
Abstract: Dermatofibroma is a frequent benign tumor of easy clinical diagnosis in most cases, but that can mimic other dermatoses. Dermoscopy may help to define the diagnosis and its classical pattern is a central white area, similar to a scar, surrounded by a discrete pigment network. However, dermoscop...

Methotrexate and etanercept-induced primary cutaneous CD4 positive small/medium-sized pleomorphic T-cell lymphoma

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (3), 2016
Abstract: Immunosuppressive drugs and biological agents may represent a potential risk of lymphoma development in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. But most cases are diffuse, large B-cell lymphomas. Primary cutaneous CD4+ small/medium-sized pleomorphic T-cell lymphoma, a provisional entity in the 2005...

Syndrome in question

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (2), 2016
Abstract Neurofibromatosis is extremely variable in its presentation. Segmental neurofibromatosis (SNF), which corresponds to NF-type 5 in the Riccardi classification, is a rare disorder. It may go unrecognized if few lesions are observed. We present a case of segmental neurofibromatosis in a 28 year-old...

Multifocal primary cutaneous extranodal NK/T lymphoma nasal type

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (2), 2016
Abstract Nasal type extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma is a distinct entity according to the World Health Organization classification. Although 60% to 90% of patients with this disease present with a destructive mass in the midline facial tissues, it may also primarily or secondarily involve extranasal sites,...

Epithelial odontogenic tumors: analysis of 156 cases in a Brazilian population

The objective of this study was to determine the distribution of epithelial odontogenic tumors diagnosed histologically in a period of 41 years in a Brazilian population according to age, gender, site affected and compare these data with previously reported studies from other countries. Data of epithelia...

Isolated plexiform neurofibroma mimicking a vascular lesion

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (2), 2016
Abstract Plexiform neurofibromas are benign tumors originating from peripheral nerve sheaths, generally associated with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1). They are diffuse, painful and sometimes locally invasive, generating cosmetic problems. This report discusses an adolescent patient who presented with an...

Leiomioma cutáneo atípico en un paciente con leiomiomatosis cutánea y mutación de la enzima fumarato hidratasa

Invest. clín; 57 (1), 2016
Se presenta un varón de 56 años con un leiomioma atípico en el contexto de una leiomiomatosis cutánea, con antecedentes familiares de miomatosis uterina y con estudio genético que revela una mutación en el gen de la enzima fumarato hidratasa, sin que hasta el momento presente ningún tipo de neopla...

A lesson learnt: retrospection in a case of pilomatricoma mimicking as parotid neoplasm

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 14 (1), 2016