Medial fronto-facial capillary malformations.

Objective: To evaluate the characteristics of facial medial capillary malformations (CM), which differ from salmon patches by their wider extent, darker color, and incomplete resolution.

Study Design: Children were prospectively recruited from pediatric dermatology clinics and retrospectively from clinical and photographic databases.

Results: From June 2006 to June 2008, 84 children (56 girls; 66.

Segmental and nonsegmental childhood vitiligo has distinct clinical characteristics: a prospective observational study.

Background: Vitiligo often starts in childhood. It is traditionally divided into segmental vitiligo and nonsegmental vitiligo. There are limited data regarding the clinical characteristics of both forms and no comparative study has been performed.

Cutaneous sarcoidosis occurring during anti-TNF-alpha treatment: report of two cases.

We report two cases of cutaneous granuloma induced by anti-TNF-alpha therapy: a 47-year-old man suffering from psoriatic arthritis treated with infliximab and a 56-year-old woman treated with adalimumab for polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The biospies confirmed the diagnosis of a 'sarcoidosis-like' reaction. No systemic involvement was observed.