Lichen planus pemphigoides: four new cases and a review of the literature.

Lichen planus pemphigoides (LPP) is a rare autoimmune blistering disease. It appears to be combination of lichen planus and bullous pemphigoid. We describe four new cases of LPP and discuss the epidemiological, clinical, pathological, and therapeutic features of this singular association through a review of the 74 published cases within the English literature.

Childhood erythema nodosum associated with kerion celsi: a case report and review of literature.

Erythema nodosum (EN) in association with kerion celsi is a rare condition in children, with only 11 cases having been reported in the English literature. We describe a new case in a 7-year-old boy in whom the disorder had begun 2 months before. He had many inflamed, boggy, suppurative nodules over the left occipitoparietal area of the scalp and, 2 weeks later, developed multiple painful, erythematous subcutaneous nodules of the shins, thighs, and upper limbs.

Simvastatin-induced dermatomyositis in a 50-year-old man.

Dermatomyositis (DM) is a rare inflammatory autoimmune disease for which an iatrogenic origin has been described in a few cases. The authors report a case of DM occurring after simvastatin intake. A 50-year-old male sought medical attention for a photodistributed rash and considerable muscular weakness present for 3 months.

A Primary Testicular Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Belonging to the Germinal Center B-cell-like Group.

Unlabelled: Testicular lymphoma was first reported by Malassez and Curling in 1866. Primary testicular lymphoma constitutes only 1 - 7% of all testicular neoplasms and less than 1% of all non Hodgkin lymphoma. The authors report a new case of primary testicular lymphoma and highlight its diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.

[Paraganglioma of urinary bladder: report of two cases].

Background: Extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma is a rare entity. Its occurrence in the urinary bladder has only been reported less than 200 times.

Aim: Report 2 news cases

Cases Report: Here we present two case reports of bladder paraganlioma with an update of the diagnostic techniques, treatment modalities and follow-up of patients with this disease.

Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the skin in a tunisian patient.

Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the skin (LELCs) is a rare cutaneous neoplasm with histologic features resembling lymphoepitheliomatous tumors of the nasopharynx. The association of lymphoepitheliomas with Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) at some extracutaneous sites is well documented. In contrast, the presence of EBV in LELCs has never been shown in either Caucasians or Asian patients.

[CD117 contribution in the diagnosic of mesenchymal tumors of the digestive tract].

Unlabelled: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is a new distinct entity defined as CDI 17 or c-kit positive mesenchymal tumors, originaling in gastrointestinal pacemaker cells known as interstitial cells of Cajal. This study evaluate the percentage of GIST previously diagnosed as mesenchymal tumors in our hospital during 11 years.

Methods: A total of 30 surgically resected gastrointestinal tumor specimens were collected from January 1990 to December 2000 in the pathology laboratory of la Rabta Jospital.

[Warty dyskeratoma or "follicular dykeratoma": a clinicopathologic features of a new entity].

Introduction: Warty dyskeratoma is a rare, benign, epithelial tumor characterized by a variable clinicopathologic spectrum. In all cases, lesions revealed foci of acantholytic dyskeratosis.

Case Report: A 74-year-old man has for two year developped a single small nodule with a hyperkeratotic area on the scalp.

[Doctor Mahmoud el Materi one of the first physicians and militants of Tunisia].

Mahmoud el Materi was undoubtedly, one of the main leading figures of contemporary tunisian history. Open and brillant, he detained a vast knowledge, but was nevertheless a man of moderation and humility, and a humanist who dedicated his entire professional and militating life to the service of the people of Tunisia. In a country, stricken then by poverty and widespread human misery, he was a remarkable militant who fought for independence and greatly contributed to the rebirth of modern Tunisia.

[Multiple lymphomatous polyposis of the gastrointestinal tract: a Tunisian case].

Multiple lymphomatous polyposis is a distinctive primary gastrointestinal lymphoma which endoscopical, histopathological et immunophenotypical characteristics are well known. This lymphoma is rare and its prognosis is bad because of frequency of stage IV patients. We report the case of a 75-year-old male patient with multiple lymphomatous polyposis affecting the rectum, the colon and the stomach associated with an involvement of lymphadenopathies, bone marrow and liver.