Publications by authors named "Kristen Berrebi"

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  • This study is about helping doctors and surgeons find the best ways to diagnose and treat skin cancers in kids and teenagers, especially types like cutaneous melanoma and atypical Spitz tumors.
  • A group of 33 skin cancer specialists from different fields worked together and used research to come up with their recommendations.
  • They suggested specific ways to perform surgeries, the importance of classifying tumors correctly, and rules about how much tissue to remove around suspicious areas.
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Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune blistering disease primarily affecting the elderly, whereas cases of juvenile BP are rare. Both types of BP are typically mediated by autoantibodies targeting the NC16A region of BP180; however, a small subset of adult patient sera react to other regions of the protein. The incidence of a similar occurrence in juvenile BP is unknown.

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  • - Protoporphyria, a type of porphyria, causes extreme skin reactions to certain light wavelengths, but patients typically avoid sunlight rather than phototherapy.
  • - A case report details a neonate who, unbeknownst to have X-linked protoporphyria, experienced severe complications after brief phototherapy, including a rash, acute liver failure, and respiratory issues.
  • - This situation highlights the need for healthcare providers to promptly recognize and address unusual reactions to phototherapy in neonates, considering protoporphyria as a possible cause.
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This report focuses on the clinical course and treatment of an infant male who had a progressively enlarging tongue mass initially thought to be an infantile hemangioma but was later found to be an infantile fibrosarcoma. Treatment included surgical excision with anticipated difficult mask ventilation with active rhino/enterovirus infection bronchiolitis and recent croup. Complete surgical excision is the mainstay of treatment, and the patient did have negative margins after complete surgical re-excision.

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Syringocystadenoma papilliferum (SCAP), tubular apocrine adenoma (TAA), and eccrine nevus are rare benign sweat gland tumors with varied clinical presentations but generally distinctive histomorphologic profiles. TAA and SCAP have been associated with other cutaneous hamartomas, most commonly with nevus sebaceus. Additionally, TAA and SCAP have uncommonly co-occurred in the same lesion.

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Cutaneous melanocytic tumor with CRTC1::TRIM11 fusion (CMCT) is a recently described entity with only 13 cases reported in the literature. Histopathologically, the neoplasm consists of atypical epithelioid to spindled cells that form a well-circumscribed nodule usually confined to the dermis and subcutis with cytological features including large vesicular nuclei with prominent nucleoli and abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm. Immunohistochemistry shows variable expressivity of melanocytic markers.

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Acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis (AIGA) is a rare disorder characterized by insidious or sudden onset of the inability to sweat involving >25% of body surface area in the absence of other neurologic or sweat gland abnormalities and typically affects young, healthy, Asian men. Here, we describe two Caucasian teenagers with the diagnosis. They both had variable responses to prednisone, one in the setting of an elevated ANA, suggesting an autoimmune or inflammatory pathomechanism of the disorder.

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Whitening of the nail, or leukonychia, can have a wide range of etiologies including genetic disorders, trauma, poisoning, autoimmune disorders, and infections. Here we detail a case of idiopathic acquired leukonychia totalis in a 17-year-old boy. This condition has been reported 13 times in the literature previously, with only young boys being affected.

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Atypical vascular lesions (AVLs) of the breast are purple papules or nodules that have been reported in breast cancer patients following radiation treatment, typically presenting with fewer than 5 lesions at diagnosis. We report a patient with 29 lesions within previously irradiated breast tissue. Due to the large number of lesions and concern for development of angiosarcoma, the patient's case was brought before a multidisciplinary tumor board that decided she should undergo a radical mastectomy with flap reconstruction.

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We report a case of Noonan syndrome with loose anagen hair (NS/LAH), a rare variant of Noonan syndrome, with associated trichorrhexis nodosa and trichoptilosis. The mutation may be responsible for these additional hair shaft defects, revealing the importance of microscopic examination of hairs in these patients.

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