Mycosis fungoides (MF) has been widely reported to mimick a considerable number of different dermatoses, including scarring alopecia, bullous dermatoses or cysts, and comedones. In atypical presentations, histopathology is essential for the diagnosis. We present two cases of MF with clinical urticarial lesions and a striking blood involvement that responded to mogamulizumab treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis qualitative study describes a visual clue for the diagnosis of psoriasis, in which the sum of the fragmentation and separation of the laminar parakeratotic stratum corneum and hyperplasia with regular elongation of the rete ridges resembles the letter ñ on histopathologic biopsy specimens.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFToker cells (TCs) are sometimes present in the nipple epidermis as oval cells with pale cytoplasm and roundish nuclei. In most cases, TCs may be easily distinguished from cancerous cells of Paget disease of the nipple (PCs). Especially in TC hyperplasia, in which mild-to-moderate atypia may be present, it may be challenging to distinguish between TCs and PCs.
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