Reactive Eccrine Syringofibroadenoma (ESFA) in Association With a Merkel Cell Carcinoma Excision Scar.

Eccrine syringofibroadenoma (ESFA) is a rare benign skin adnexal lesion of the acrosyringium of eccrine sweat ducts. Reactive ESFA, a subtype of ESFA, is usually associated with non-neoplastic cutaneous dermatoses or neoplastic skin tumors. Clinically, the lesions can be solitary or multiple, pink, or skin-colored coalescing papules or nodules of variable sizes.

A guide to immunotherapy of genital warts: focus on interferon and imiquimod.

Genital warts affect at least 1% of sexually active adults. Current therapies are inadequate because they are often painful, may fail to prevent recurrence and transmission of warts, and usually require either surgery or at least application by a physician. Investigation of immunotherapy for genital warts began with interferon.

Adult Langerhans cell histiocytosis limited to the skin.

Background: The incidence of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is 4-5 per million in children with only 30% of this number having an adult onset. While dermatological manifestations occur in as many as 50% of cases, disease limited to the skin is uncommon among reported cases of adult LCH.

Objectives And Methods: To present 3 new cases of adult LCH and a review of the literature of isolated cutaneous LCH in adults.

An overview of sexually transmitted diseases. Part III. Sexually transmitted diseases in HIV-infected patients.

Unlabelled: The HIV epidemic has dramatically altered the field of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). HIV infection is unique among sexually transmitted diseases because it can modify the clinical presentation and features of other STDs. Conversely, other STDs can affect the transmission of HIV.

Cutaneous Mycobacterium kansasii infection in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: case report and review.

Mycobacterium kansasii infections of the skin have been described in 31 previously published cases. The median age of these patients is 43 years, and male patients are more frequently affected than female patients. Most patients (72%) with this infection have some alteration of their immune status, but disseminated infection is relatively uncommon (22%).