[Dermatologic diseases of the nipple and areola].

Several diseases of the nipple and areola have a specific dermatological presentation. They may be classified into five main categories including dysembryoplasias, mastalgia, inflammatory dermatoses, hyperkeratoses and neoplasms.

[Cutaneous melanomas, a spectrum of emerging cancers in women of Wallonia. Outlook by the Mosan Study Group of Pigmented Neoplasms].

The Mosan Study Group of Pigmented Neoplasms was founded about 15 years ago. It has collected more than 20,000 cutaneous malignancies including melanomas and basal and squamous cell carcinomas. The incidence of these cancers is on the rise in Wallonia.

Cyanoacrylate skin surface stripping: an improved approach for distinguishing dysplastic nevi from malignant melanomas.

We present a novel approach for improving the management of patients with pigmented neoplasms including malignant melanomas and dysplastic nevi. A cohort of 215 dysplastic nevi and malignant melanomas was studied by cyanoacrylate skin surface stripping (CSSS) and conventional histology. Presence of atypical melanocytes was found in the stratum corneum in more than 95% of malignant melanomas and was always absent in dysplastic nevi.

The fate of hypodermis after liposuction surgery.

Liposuction surgery can be viewed as a trauma to the hypodermis. With histologic, morphometric, and autoradiographic examination and the use of tritiated thymidine, uridine, and proline, we have studied the fate of adipose tissue at various intervals after liposuction; however, we have never seen a reparative proliferation of the residual lipocytes. Moreover, the metabolic activity of adipocytes apparently is not increased.