A destructive centrofacial granuloma: Case report.

Introduction: Centrofacial granulomas have several etiologies, which poses diagnostic difficulties and delays in management. Herein, we report a confusing case revealing granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) in its localized form.

Case Presentation: A 76-year-old man presented with a pruritic centrofacial placard that had been evolving for 3 years.

Oral White Sponge Nevus: An Exceptional Differential Diagnosis in Childhood.

White sponge nevus is an autosomal dominant skin disorder characterized by white, irregular, diffuse plaques mainly affecting the oral mucosa. Histological findings of white sponge nevus are characteristic but not pathognomonic. We report a case of an oral white sponge nevus in a 6-year-old girl, which poses a problem in differential diagnosis with oral candidiasis.

Hypotrichosis with juvenile macular dystrophy: Portuguese case.

Hypotrichosis with juvenile macular dystrophy is a rare congenital disease mainly found in the Druze population of Northern Israel. This disorder is caused by the CDH3 mutation encoding P-cadherin, which is expressed in retinal pigment epithelium and hair follicles. An 11-year-old girl who was born to related Portuguese parents, had hypotrichosis since birth and macular dystrophy diagnosed at age 5.

Psoriasis and Staphylococcus aureus skin colonization in Moroccan patients.

Unlabelled: Psoriatic lesions are rarely complicated by recurrent infections. The aim of our study is to determine skin colonisation and nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in patients with psoriasis and in healthy persons.

Patients And Methods: a comparative study that include 33 patients with psoriasis and 33 healthy persons.

Cutaneous sarcoidosis simulating porokeratosis of Mibelli.

We report a skin localization of systemic sarcoidosis, which presented with lesions that resemble porokeratosis of Mibelli. Skin biopsy showed non-caseating sarcoidal granuloma. Whereas cutaneous sarcoidosis is present in up to one-third of cases and may present with a wide variety of lesions, our presentation is uncommon.