Heterogeneity of skin manifestations in patients with Carney complex.

Background: Carney complex is an autosomal dominant endocrine disorder associated with skin involvement.

Objective: To describe the dermatological signs of patients diagnosed with Carney complex (CNC) or primary pigmented adrenocortical nodular disease (PPNAD).

Methods: We conducted a prospective, single-center descriptive study of inpatients and outpatients at a university hospital endocrinology department.

Xeroderma pigmentosum group C in a French Caucasian patient with multiple melanoma and unusual long-term survival.

We report the case of an 83-year-old French woman with multiple melanomas showing a severe DNA repair deficiency, corrected after transfection by XPC cDNA. Two biallelic mutations in the XPC gene are reported: an inactivating frameshift mutation in exon 15 (c.2544delG, p.

Incomplete excision of basal cell carcinoma: rate and associated factors among 362 consecutive cases.

Background: Reported rates of incomplete excision of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) range from 4% to 16.6%.

Objective: The objective was to assess, in clinical practice, the rate and the factors associated with pathologically reported incomplete excision of BCC.

[Lung neoplasms revealing a rare cutaneous tumor: eccrine porocarcinoma].

Introduction: Eccrine sweat gland carcinoma, which belongs to the eccrine sweat gland carcinoma family, is a rare malignancy of the skin with a potential aggressive growth and metastatic spread.

Exegesis: We report here a case of malignant eccrine poroma arising on the upper leg, with widespread pulmonary metastases.

Conclusion: A brief synopsis of the pathological and clinical aspects of eccrine sweat gland carcinoma is presented with the currently available therapies.