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BMJ Case Rep
July 2021
Plastic Surgery Department, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Port Talbot, UK.
Coined in 1961 by Hirsch and Helwig, the term chondroid syringoma refers to a rare mixed tumour of subcutaneous tissue. Histologically, these tumours are almost identical to pleomorphic adenomas, arising from salivary glands. With the obvious difference being the presence of sweat gland tissue (syringoma) within a matrix of cartilage (chondroid).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg
December 2017
The Welsh Centre of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, SA6 6NL, UK.
Int Wound J
August 2017
The Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK.
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) is a rare small-vessel vasculitis characterised by neutrophilic inflammation of post-capillary venules. Incidence varies from 3 to 4.5 per 100 000 people per year.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg
April 2013
Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Morriston, Swansea SA6 6NL, UK.
Endometriosis is the presence or growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, most commonly affecting the ovaries, uterine ligaments and the peritoneum. Cutaneous endometriosis is much rarer, and is mostly found at the sites of surgical scars, such as laparoscopies, hysterectomies and caesarean sections. We present a rare case of scar endometriosis in a 33 year-old women presenting to the plastic surgeon as a possible skin malignancy and review the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
March 2005
Service of Dermatology, Hospital of Cabueñes, Gijón, Spain.
Multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma (MCAH) was first described by Smith and Wilson-Jones in 1985. It is an uncommon entity but probably underdiagnosed because of lack of recognition by clinicians and pathologists. We report a 47-year-old man with asymptomatic grouped violaceous papules on the dorsum of the hands for 3 years.
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