L G E Silva | PubMed Health

PubMed1976

[Persistent scabietic nodules with cutaneous lymphoplasia].

Two patients with one year duration post-scabious nodules are reported. Lymphoid hyperplasia was found histologically and a malignant lymphoma was suspected. Six patients with pseudolymphomatous scabious nodules were found in the literature and of these only one had evidence of lymphoid follicle formation with germinal centres. Short lived and persistent scabious nodules are discussed and diagnosis with lymphomatous nodules, dermatofibroma and urticaria pigmentosa considered. A "Darier's sign" was elicited on rubbing the lesions which is probably related to the increased number of mast cells in the infiltrate and may explain the persistent pruritus. Histological criteria to separate cutaneous lymphoplasia from lymphoma are reviewed and other more common causes of lymphadenosis benigna cutis are considered. Cutaneous lymphoplasia in persistent scabious nodules is possibly an indirect evidence of the importance of immunological factors in scabies.

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PubMed1976

[Multiple glomangiomas].

A case of multiple glomangioma in a 25 year old male patient is reported. The lesions started in an eruptive way affecting the upper limbs and trunk. Most of the forty lesions were painless but the larger ones were painful on pressure. Pain was not elicited by cold nor increased venous pressure. The histopathological examination of three lesions revealed a noncapsulated, angiomatous type of glomus tumor with a small number of glomus cells. Sweat glands are often imprisoned by the tumor in the deep dermis. The classification of glomangioma in solitary, multiple regional and disseminated types is discussed and their clinicopathological features are reviewed. The relationships and differential diagnosis with blue-rubber-bleb-naevus and post-traumatic angiomatosis are discussed.

Glomus Tumor↗