Cannabis arteritis: a new case report and a review of literature.

Cannabis arteritis manifests in cannabis users, independently of tobacco consumption. Around 50 cases were reported in the literature since the first description of this entity in 1960. We report the case of a 36-year-old man, cannabis user, without vascular risk factor who developed digital necrosis on the right foot.

[Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Exophiala spinifera in a renal transplant recipient].

Introduction: Among the dematiaceous fungi responsible for human or animal phaeohyphomycosis, the Exophiala genus is a well-known etiologic agent and presently includes nine species considered as opportunist pathogens. To our knowledge, Exophiala spinifera has been reported as causative agent of only thirteen cases of cutaneous or systemic phaeohyphomycosis. We describe some typical phaeohyphomycotic cysts.

[Therapeutic intensification and autologous stem cell transplantation in autoimmune diseases].

THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY of most autoimmune diseases is often poorly understood. EXPERIMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS and clinical experience suggest that high doses immunoablation followed by stem cell transplantation is a therapeutic option to consider for certain severe autoimmune disorders. THE CONCEPT OF RESTORING NORMAL IMMUNE REACTIVITY must in part br true since current results of 466 transplants (445 autologous, 21 allogeneic) patients suffering from various autoimmune diseases show a beneficial outcome in approximately 2/3 of the patients.

[Lichenoid cutaneous reaction to imatinib].

Introduction: Imatinib (Glivec) is a new therapeutic molecule used for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia. Cutaneous side effects with this treatment are common but lichenoid drug eruption is exceptional. We report the first case with profuse cutaneous lichen.

Intravascular metastatic melanoma of the vena saphena magna.

Background: Melanoma blood vessel metastases are very uncommon. We report the first recorded case of intravascular metastatic melanoma of the vena saphena magna.

Case Report: A 74-year-old woman presented with a swelling of the upper third of her left thigh and was suspected of superficial thrombophlebitis.

[Nail disease due to Scytalidium in Martinique (French West Indies)].

Introduction: Scytalidium is an endemic mold in tropical and subtropial areas. Our purpose was to study the prevalence and clinical and epidemiological features of onychomycoses due to Scytalidium in Martinique (French West Indies).

Patients And Methods: We performed a prospective study on 106 patients (46 men and 60 women) with clinical onychomycosis, in the dermatological department of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Fort-de-France.

Familial aggregation of vitiligo in the French West Indies (Isle of Martinique).

Environmental factors are thought to influence the genetic transmission of vitiligo, and may change in families of different extraction. Most studies on vitiligo have been performed in occidental countries or in India, therefore, our purpose was to study the familial vitiligo aggregation in Martinique (French West Indies). Data on 16 families were collected from 1995 to 1999.

[Panniculitis induced by MINE chemotherapy].

Background: Drug-induced panniculitis are uncommon. We report the second case of panniculitis induced by MINE chemotherapy.

Case Report: A 31-year-old woman with relapsed Hodgkin disease was treated with MINE cytostatic regimen.

High prevalence of vitiligo in lepromatous leprosy.

Background: Leprosy and vitiligo are common affections in the West Indies. Vitiligo frequently occurs in lepromatous patients, an observation rarely reported in the literature.

Methods: We studied the prevalence of vitiligo in patients affected by leprosy by performing a retrospective study between 1978 and 1999 in the French West Indies (Martinique).

[Microsporum canis mycetoma of the scalp].

Background: Mycetoma is a chronic subcutaneous tumefaction with presence of grains or granules. Etiological agents include bacteria or filamentous fungi. Mycetoma due to dermatophytes is uncommon, mainly occurring in Africa.