An 18-year-old Caucasian man presented with extensive recalcitrant verrucae on his trunk and extremities that were unresponsive to cryotherapy, salicylic acid, topical imiquimod, CO laser, candida antigen, and intralesional bleomycin. He had a diagnosis of hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome until 2011, when he was determined to have DOCK8 immunodeficiency after genetic testing at the National Institutes of Health. In addition to verrucae, he had a personal history of eczematous dermatitis, osteomyelitis, molluscum infections, cutaneous abscesses, recurrent pneumonia, and severe food allergy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPostirradiation pseudosclerodermatous panniculitis is a rare complication of radiation therapy that presents as an indurated plaque and/or subcutaneous nodule in an area of previously irradiated tissue. The histopathologic pattern is of mixed lobular and septal panniculitis with necrotic adipocytes and thickened sclerotic septa as well as dense inflammatory infiltrates consisting mainly of histiocytes. The typical time interval is 1 month to several years after treatment with radiation therapy.
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