This retrospective cohort study analyzes the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment outcomes of patients who developed drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) to tuberculosis (TB) therapy in a TB non-endemic region. Anti-TB agents represented 7.5% of all antimicrobial-induced DRESS cases, and rifampin was the most commonly implicated agent among drugs used to treat TB.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHerein, we present a patient with a lipidized fibrous histiocytoma, an underrecognized variant of dermatofibroma (cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma). Our patient presented with a nodule on the ankle that showed foamy histiocytes and hyalinized collagen bundles on histology. This case highlights a classic presentation and features of lipidized fibrous histiocytoma, raising further awareness of this distinctive variant of dermatofibroma that should be distinguished from xanthoma and xanthogranuloma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is the most common inflammatory myopathy in the pediatric population and can represent a medical emergency. However, many features of JDM remain poorly understood, disease presentation is highly variable, and predictors of disease course have yet to be identified.
Methods: This retrospective chart review included 47 JDM patients seen at a tertiary care center over a 20-year period.
Tattoo reactions have become more common as tattoos gain visibility and popularity worldwide. A variety of inflammatory patterns have been described in association with tattoos- more commonly fibrosing, granulomatous, lichenoid, pseudolymphomatous, and spongiotic patterns. To date, there has been one case report of a Wells syndrome-like inflammatory pattern associated with a temporary Henna tattoo.
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