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D Kopera

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PubMed1994

[Pacemaker erythema with telangiectasis ].

Pacemaker erythema is a rare, irreversible side effect of cardiac pacemakers, clinically characterized by epifocal teleangiectatic erythema. Histology reveals teleangiectatic vessels in the superficial dermis and a slight perivascular infiltrate. We report on three patients presenting with pacemaker erythema following either pacemaker or defibrillator implantation. The pathogenesis of this histopathologically uncharacteristic lesion is unknown. In contrast to peri- or postoperative pacemaker infections, physical irritation can be considered a possible triggering mechanism. Allergic reactions to the implanted material have been ruled out by negative patch test results.

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PubMed1994

Human eccrine hamartoma of the forearm-antebrachial organ of the ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta). A possible phylogenetic relationship?

A 31-year-old woman presented with a clinically otherwise unsuspicious area of profuse sweating on her right forearm. Without triggering agents, sweating attacks producing a clear, serous fluid were observed daily. Histopathologic examination of a biopsy specimen showed hyperplastic eccrine glands with pale, stippled cytoplasm characteristic of eccrine hamartoma. No explanation, however, has been given for the fact that several authors observed eccrine hamartomas in the same anatomical location. Adolescent lemurs of the species catta (ringtailed lemur) are equipped with a pair of antebrachial cutaneous glands located on the volar surface of the wrist. They exude a clear secretion enabling them to "brachial branch mark" their territories. Histopathologic findings in the ringtailed lemur's antebrachial organ show characteristics of both apocrine and eccrine glands. In contrast to normal apocrine glands, however, the antebrachial organs of ringtailed lemurs reach the epidermis directly and are not connected to hair follicles. According to the "biogenetic law" of Ernst Haeckel, stating that ontogeny has to be seen as a short and incomplete repetition of phylogeny, a human fetus passes all evolutional stages from a single cell via amphibians and mammals to a human being. Thus, the antebrachial organ of the ringtailed lemur may be the "phylogenetic explanation" for eccrine hamartomas of the forearm in humans. The histopathologic findings of the antebrachial organ and of eccrine hamartomas are in accordance with this hypothesis.

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PubMed1993

[Notalgia paresthetica, "posterior pigmented pruritic patch" and macular amyloidosis. Three stages of a disease].

We report on nine cases of notalgia paresthetica, a cutaneous condition that has rarely been described in the dermatological literature and is characterized by localized pruritus, burning and hyperesthesia and/or paresthesia on the back. Histological and immunohistochemical studies have not clarified the pathogenesis of this disease. Several factors might be involved in various cases, including increased cutaneous innervation and neuropathy. The so-called posterior pigmented pruritic patch and macular amyloidosis may be considered as progressive evolutional stages of notalgia paresthetica.

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PubMed1992

[Eccrine hamartoma of the sweat glands simulating localized unilateral hyperhidrosis].

We report on the case of a 31-year-old woman who presented with localized unilateral hyperhidrosis on her lower right arm. Histological features showed a hamartoma of the eccrine sweat glands. Because she was afraid of being overweight, the patient took an appetite depressant. Under this self-medication complete cessation of the localized hyperhidrosis was observed.

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