[Condylomata acuminata gigantea. Surgical and combined immunomodulatory therapy].

A 50-year-old female developed extensive condylomata acuminata in the genitoanal region over a period of 12 years. She presented with multiple, verrucous lesions involving the whole genitoanal area plus the adjacent perineum and gluteal region which made it impossible to identify the anatomical structures. Proctoscopy was normal.

[Sentinel lymph node excision (SLNE) and positron emission tomography in the staging of stage I-II melanoma patients].

Background And Objective: Sentinel lymph node excision (SLNE) and positron emission tomography (PET) were evaluated in the staging of 51 Stage I and II melanoma patients (staged according to the guidelines of the German Dermatological Society).

Patients/methods And Results: Tumor thickness ranged from 1.0 mm to 6.

Pyogenic lymphoma of the skin: a peculiar variant of primary cutaneous neutrophil-rich CD30+ anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. Clinicopathological study of four cases and review of the literature.

Systemic anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals showing an extensive infiltrate of neutrophils has been reported and referred to as 'neutrophil-rich' CD30+ ALCL. Secondary cutaneous involvement has been found in a subset of these cases. We report the clinicopathological features of four immunocompetent patients with primary cutaneous neutrophil-rich ALCL and present a new histological subtype with a dissolute growth pattern of CD30+ tumour cells.

["Windmill-plasty" for coverage of large defects of the scalp].

The closure of large circular defects on the scalp is technically difficult and cosmetically often not satisfying, if a free transplant is necessary. Following the technique of Tillmann described first in 1908, several flaps shaped like a windmill can be combined. We report on 14 patients (ages 41-88 years) where large defects resulting from the excision of various tumors (5 melanomas, 5 basal cell carcinomas, 1 keratoacanthoma, 1 trichilemmal cyst, 1 squamous cell carcinoma, 1 skin metastasis) were successfully closed by this method.

[Complications of synthetic hair implantation].

Five men (average age 35 years) suffering from the sequelae of hair implants were examined in the course of claims for legal compensation. Polyether amide hair fibres had been implanted, 1000 per patient and session. In all cases the improved implantation technique with a fine needle and subcutaneous knotting had been used in a total of three institutions.