Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to J C Solera.
Two patients with two and three types respectively of ground-glass hepatocyte inclusions are described. Both were hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAG) positive and received cyanamide for alcohol aversion therapy. In addition, one of them had taken benzodiazepines and barbiturates. In one patient, cyanamide and HBsAg inclusions co-existed in the same hepatocytes.
We report herein a new case of dyshidrosiform pemphigoid. Although vesiculo-bullae on palms or soles are frequent components of bullous pemphigoid, they are rare as a presenting phenomenon. In our opinion, dyshidrosiform pemphigoid should not be regarded as a distinctive form of localized pemphigoid.
The cytopathologic features of the fine needle aspiration biopsy of a myxoid metastasis of a cutaneous malignant melanoma are documented. The cytologic findings included fusiform-to-round cells with elongated cytoplasmic processes, fibroblastlike cells and inflammatory cells in a characteristic amorphous background substance. Immunocytochemical staining for S-100 protein was positive. The cytologic findings correlated well the histologic, histochemical, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies of the neoplasm. The cytologic differential diagnosis between metastases of malignant melanoma and other myxoid tumors of soft tissues is discussed.