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Primary Cutaneous Immunocytoma Presenting with Diffuse Subclinical Involvement and Demonstrating Kappa and Lambda Light Chain Restrictions

JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS PATHOLOGY, Issue 1 2005
C. Lorenzo
A 37 year-old man with primary cutaneous immunocytoma with lambda light chain restriction involving the left shoulder was treated with Rituxan with clinical resolution. Four years later, he presented with a six-month history of diffuse asymptomatic erythema. Physical examination revealed three grouped papules on the right upper arm and an irregular sclerotic patch with slight erythema superiorly on the left shoulder at the site of the initial tumor. There was no diffuse erythema. Biopsies were obtained from a papule on the right upper arm, the sclerotic patch on the left shoulder, and clinically uninvolved skin on the right anterior thigh. All three specimens showed a variably dense, predominantly periadnexal and perivascular dermal infiltrate of plasma cells and lymphocytes. The specimen from the right arm demonstrated kappa light chain restriction. The specimen from the right thigh showed lambda light chain restriction. Physical examination six weeks later demonstrated mottled erythema on the anterior thighs. Two biopsies were obtained from the right thigh. One showed immunocytoma. The other was unremarkable. The patient's primary cutaneous immunocytoma demonstrated two unusual findings: (1) histologic presence of tumor in clinically uninvolved and minimally involved skin; and (2) the presence of two distinct monoclonal populations. [source]

QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING AND SWEAT FUNCTION IN FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA.

JOURNAL OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, Issue 1 2000
CORRELATION WITH CUTANEOUS INNERVATION
To evaluate small fiber function in Friedreich's Ataxia (FA), we performed in 7 patients pin-prick, thermal thresholds, and sweat test. All tests were performed in four different sites: hand dorsum, anterior thigh, lateral distal leg, and foot dorsum. The same subjects underwent 3 mm punch skin biopsy from fingertip, anterior thigh, and lateral distal leg. We used a thin needle mounted on a calibrated nylon wire for the pin-prick test, and a Medoc 2001 TSA system for thermal threshold assessment. Sweat test was performed using a silicon mold after stimulation with pilocarpine by iontophoresis. Skin specimens, cut into 100-,m-thick sections, were double-stained using primary antibodies specific for collagen and nervous fibers and secondary antibodies labeled with Cy3 and Cy5 fluorophores. Tridimensional digitized images were obtained from z-series of 2-,m-thick optical sections acquired with a confocal microscope. We found in all patients in the more distal sites definite signs of functional impairment of the small fibers. These data correlated with the skin innervation morphological findings that showed, in the same sites, a sensible loss of small fibers regarding both the epidermal free endings and the subepidermal neural plexus. Less severe morphological abnormalities were found in the proximal sites. The large fiber neuropathy in FA is well documented. Our data show a length-dependent involvement of small fibers in the pathological process. [source]

Pyogenic granuloma complicating pulsed-dye laser therapy for cherry angioma

AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, Issue 2 2009
Sheryn Cheah
ABSTRACT A 37 year-old-woman presented for cosmetic removal of a 7-mm (diameter) cherry angioma on her right anterior thigh. Various treatment options were discussed and removal of the lesion using pulsed-dye laser was carried out. The patient returned 5 weeks later complaining of bleeding from the treatment site, which on examination showed a 23 × 23-mm friable nodular lesion with the typical appearance of a pyogenic granuloma. This lesion was removed by shave excision, curettage and electrodessication. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of pyogenic granuloma. This is a rare occurrence post pulsed-dye laser therapy that physicians may choose to discuss with patients prior to performing this procedure. [source]

Primary Cutaneous Immunocytoma Presenting with Diffuse Subclinical Involvement and Demonstrating Kappa and Lambda Light Chain Restrictions

JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS PATHOLOGY, Issue 1 2005
C. Lorenzo
A 37 year-old man with primary cutaneous immunocytoma with lambda light chain restriction involving the left shoulder was treated with Rituxan with clinical resolution. Four years later, he presented with a six-month history of diffuse asymptomatic erythema. Physical examination revealed three grouped papules on the right upper arm and an irregular sclerotic patch with slight erythema superiorly on the left shoulder at the site of the initial tumor. There was no diffuse erythema. Biopsies were obtained from a papule on the right upper arm, the sclerotic patch on the left shoulder, and clinically uninvolved skin on the right anterior thigh. All three specimens showed a variably dense, predominantly periadnexal and perivascular dermal infiltrate of plasma cells and lymphocytes. The specimen from the right arm demonstrated kappa light chain restriction. The specimen from the right thigh showed lambda light chain restriction. Physical examination six weeks later demonstrated mottled erythema on the anterior thighs. Two biopsies were obtained from the right thigh. One showed immunocytoma. The other was unremarkable. The patient's primary cutaneous immunocytoma demonstrated two unusual findings: (1) histologic presence of tumor in clinically uninvolved and minimally involved skin; and (2) the presence of two distinct monoclonal populations. [source]