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  • 1
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of cutaneous pathology 23 (1996), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1600-0560
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Acute myelo-monoblastic (AMML) and acute monoblastic (AML) leukemias have a bad prognosis, especially in children when occurring in the first months of life. We report 3 cases of such leukemias in which skin lesions preceded and revealed the leukaemia. For the 3 infants, cutaneous lesions appeared about one month before the other signs of leukaemia (2 AML and 1 AMML). Skin biopsies from all 3 infants revealed a heavy dermic infiltration by large cells with round or irregular vesicular nuclei and abundant pale cytoplasm. These atypical cells did not express any lymphoid markers but reacted strongly with monocytic-macrophagic antibodies (CD68, GDIS and CD14). Two infants were treated by mitoxanthrone and cytarabine with complete remission. The third one was not treated because of a very poor general status. Skin involvement is frequent in these non-lymphoid leukaemias (30% to 50% of cases). In only 7% of cases, leukemic skin lesions precede and reveal the other signs of leukemia by weeks or months. Then, it is very important to repeat the blood cell counts and to biopsy the skin lesions in order to make a diagnosis of leukemia as early as possible.
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  • 2
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of cutaneous pathology 25 (1998), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1600-0560
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: GCMN may be precursors of melanoma, and it has been suggested that the presence of atypical foci could increase the risk of malignant transformation. In order to better define atypical GCMN, we analyzed DNA content and proliferative activity in 21 samples of GCMN, with (n=13) or without (n=8) cytologic atypia. Six benign acquired naevi (AN) and 6 malignant melanoma (MM) were used as controls. DNA content was determined with the CAS 200 image analyzer, and DNA histograms were classified according to the Auer classification. The proliferative indices (PI) were measured after Ki 67 immunostaining using the CAS 200 system. All AN and GCMN without atypia showed class I histograms (normal DNA content) and low PI (mean 1.9 and 2.1). Atypical GCMN showed in 10 cases an abnormal DNA content (class III or IV histograms) with low PI (mean 2.7), and in 3 cases a normal DNA content (class I histograms) with higher PI (mean 16.2). All MM displayed abnormal DNA content and high PI (mean 32.6). In conclusion, abnormal DNA content seems to correlate with cytologic atypia in GCMN. Atypical GCMN exhibit an overall pattern of DNA content and cell proliferation intermediate between non-atypical naevi and MM.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1365-2559
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Granulocyte/macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) induces in vitro activation of Langerhans' cells. The association of GM-CSF and tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα) induces the differentiation of Langerhans' cells from CD34 positive haematopoietic progenitors. Intradermal administration of recombinant GM-CSF is associated with local accumulation of Langerhans' cells. We investigated the presence of GM-CSF in tissue samples of 10 patients with Langerhans' cell histiocytosis. Four patients had skin involvement, three had bone and three had diffuse disease. Eight normal skin samples were analysed as controls. Immunohistochemistry was performed on frozen tissue samples with two specific monoclonal antibodies directed against two different epitopes of GM-CSF. We detected GM-CSF in all the histiocytosis tissue samples. The GM-CSF was detected within the cytoplasm of all the tumoral Langerhans' cells. We did not find GM-CSF in any other cell type. These results suggest that GM-CSF may be implicated in the pathogenesis of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis.
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  • 4
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    British journal of dermatology 131 (1994), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-2133
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Methylmalonic and propionic acidaemias are rare metabolic disorders with an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. A number of aminoacidopathies may have cutaneous manifestations, but these are usually absent in methylmalonic and propionic acidaemia. We have studied 38 children with propionic and methylmalonic acidaemia in the last 10 years at the Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades. Thirteen had cutaneous manifestations: acute superficial scalded skin and superficial desquamation, bilateral and periorificial dermatitis, psoriasiform eruptions, and alopecia. The relative uniformity of these manifestations (scalded skin and desquamation after metabolic decompensation, chronic bilateral and periorificial dermatitis) suggests that methylmalonic and propionic acidaemias should be included in the category of aminoacidopathies with cutaneous manifestations. All these patients were suffering from severe forms of these diseases, with no residual enzyme activity, and they were all subjected to a very severe natural protein-restricted diet. These cutaneous manifestations may therefore either be part of a complex multideficiency syndrome, or be due to the enzyme deficiency itself.
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  • 5
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Clinical and experimental dermatology 19 (1994), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-2230
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: A 35-year-old man presented with nodular suppurative lesions of the buttocks and the neck evolving over 20 years. A diagnosis of botryomycosis was established. Staphylococcus aureus, Acinetubacter baumanii and coagulase negative Staphylococcus were isolated from the biopsy specimen. Surgical excision was performed with success on the buttock.
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    ISSN: 1365-2133
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 7
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    British journal of dermatology 149 (2003), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-2133
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary There is a known relationship between the use of immunosuppressive therapies and the development of lymphoproliferative malignancies. These lymphomas are mainly B-cell nonHodgkin's lymphomas associated with Epstein–Barr virus. Most cases concern classical immunosuppressive treatments including ciclosporin and methotrexate. A relationship between the new antitumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α agents and lymphoproliferative malignancies is debated. Patients with psoriasis on immunosuppressive therapies, mainly ciclosporin, are considered to have a low risk of developing lymphoid proliferation. We report a patient with erythrodermic psoriasis treated with ciclosporin and infliximab who developed a CD30+ T-cell lymphoma. This lymphoma regressed after stopping these treatments. In this case, the anti-TNF-α agent may have played a role in association with ciclosporin in the development of the lymphoproliferative disorder. Whereas the combination of anti-TNF-α therapies with methotrexate has been well studied, their combination with ciclosporin has been evaluated only in a few patients. Psoriatic patients who may require anti-TNF-α treatment have often been or will be treated with ciclosporin. The combination of ciclosporin and anti-TNF-α warrants further investigation.
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  • 8
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of cutaneous pathology 26 (1999), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1600-0560
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a rare autosomal recessive disease, characterized by a genetic defect in DNA repair. The consequence is a high incidence of skin cancers on sun-exposed cutaneous surfaces of affected children. First lesions appear in the first years of life: telangiectasia, actinic keratosis and keratoacanthomas. Squamous cell and basal cell carcinomas are the most frequent neoplasms. We report the case of a 6-year-old girl affected with XP, who developed two unusual tumors: an atypical fibroxanthoma and a basosquamous carcinoma. In both tumors, immunohistochemical study showed abnormal accumulation of the p53 protein, suggesting the presence of mutation of the p53 tumor suppressor gene. Such p53 mutations may be ultraviolet (UV)-induced, as they are frequently observed in tumors occuring in XP.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Langerhans cell ; Histiocytosis ; Human ; Immunohistochemistry ; GM-CSF receptor ; CDw116
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (LCH) is characterized by the proliferation of large mononucleated cells containing Birbeck granules and expressing CD1a. Recent studies have demonstrated that LCH is a clonal proliferation; however, its aetiology is still unknown. Growth and differentiation of bone-marrow-derived cells are controlled by cytokines. The proliferation, differentiation and activation of normal Langerhans cells are controlled by granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in vitro. Therefore, GM-CSF could be implicated in the pathogenesis of LCH. Indeed, LCH cells contain GM-CSF, and children with disseminated LCH have an elevated GM-CSF serum level. As a cytokine only acts on cells expressing a specific receptor, we investigated the presence of GM-CSF receptor on LCH cells. Fourteen frozen tissue samples from children with LCH were studied by in situ immunohistochemistry with two mouse monoclonal antibodies specific for the α chain of the GM-CSF receptor (CDw116). LCH cells of all the samples were positively stained with both antibodies. This study suggests that GM-CSF may be a growth factor for LCH cells.
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