Facticial panniculitis and Löfgren's syndrome: a case.

We herein report a patient who came to the hospital because of a polyarticular joint pain, fever and cutaneous lesions. She had silicone implants in her buttocks, a surgery performed 3 years before. We made a biopsy of the skin of the buttocks (facticial panniculitis due to silicone) and of the pretibial surface of the inferior extremities (erythema nodosum).

Tylosis A with squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus in a Spanish family.

Palmoplantar tylosis is a focal nonepidermolytic palmoplantar hyperkeratosis, which is inherited as an autosomal dominant condition. Two types have been described: an early onset type B tylosis, which occurs in the first year of life and is usually benign, and type A tylosis, which occurs between the ages of 5 and 15 years. Type A tylosis has been associated with a high incidence of oesophageal carcinoma in three families in England, Germany and the USA.

Three cases of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis by Exophiala jeanselmei.

Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal disease, knowledge of which is important because of the increase in organ transplantation, aggressive treatments for malignancies, and chronic use of corticosteroids. We report 3 cases of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis: two patients treated with oral corticosteroids and one elderly woman with multiple hospitalizations. They showed several different clinical appearances.

Concurrent Sweet's syndrome and leukemia cutis in patients with myeloid disorders.

A 74-year-old woman with chronic auricular fibrillation, arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, ischemic cardiopathy, and peripheral arteriopathy presented with purpuric lesions on the lower limbs (Fig. 1) and, to a lesser extent, on the anterior area of the chest. The mucous membranes were not affected.

Eyelash length in HIV-infected patients.

Acquired trichomegaly of the eyelashes in HIV-infected patients usually appears at the late stage of HIV infection. Eyelash length was measured in a series of 204 HIV patients, and no correlation with CD4 cell count, viral load, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention category, and AIDS case criteria was established. Our data support the finding that eyelash trichomegaly is currently uncommon in HIV-infected patients, perhaps because of antiretroviral therapy or an improvement in their immune situation.

Venous lakes: a report of 32 cases treated by carbon dioxide laser vaporization.

Venous lakes (VL) are acquired venous ectasies of the superficial dermal venules, usually observed in older people. Thirty-two adult patients with VL in several localizations were treated by carbon dioxide laser vaporization. Two passes were performed to each lesion within the same session.

Indinavir-induced retinoid-like effects: incidence, clinical features and management.

Since 1998, many cases of antiretroviral therapy-related paronychia of the toes or fingers and ingrown toenails have been reported. Most of them were related to indinavir. Other indinavir-induced mucocutaneous disorders resembling the adverse effects of systemic retinoid therapy have also been reported.

Membranous fat necrosis: a non-specific histological finding.

Two patients presented with nodular lesions on their lower limbs. Histologically, the dermis, in one case, and the panniculus, in the other, displayed pseudocystic lesions delimited by a serpiginous membranous structure showing the staining characteristics of ceroid. One patient had sclerosing panniculitis while the other had a traumatic panniculitis.