Background: Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis and infantile systemic hyalinosis are two rare autosomal recessive diseases arising from mutation in the capillary morphogenesis factor-2 gene. They are characterized by accumulation of hyaline material, in the skin in the first instance and in other organs in the second. We describe a case of juvenile hyaline fibromatosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes is occasionally associated with chronic hepatitis C infection. Antiviral hepatitis C therapy has been recently reported to be efficacious against splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes. We report a new case revealed by cutaneous symptoms.
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