nevus/fever

BACKGROUND Malignant melanoma in childhood is infrequent and can arise within congenital melanocytic nevi. Spread of malignant melanoma to the bone marrow, especially in children, is extremely rare. RESULTS Reported is a case of a 5-year-old boy with a congenital large melanocytic nevus of the head

We report a 34-year-old woman with linear sebaceous nevus syndrome and dolichomegalic artery. The patient was admitted to our hospital for evaluation of a headache and fever. Neurological examination revealed no focal sign except neck stiffness. She had had sebaceous nevi on the left side of her

Four patients with Proteus syndrome are reported; 3 of the 4 died of unusual causes. Current findings of the syndrome are reviewed, and the present state of its delineation is assessed with emphasis on what is known about natural history. Differential diagnosis includes neurofibromatosis,

BACKGROUND Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) is a rare disease characterized by vascular malformations mostly involving skin and gastrointestinal tract. This disease is often associated with sideropenic anemia and occult bleeding. METHODS We report the case of chronic severe anemia in an old

Data literatures report numerous association between giant congenital nevus and development alteration; only two cases describe its coexistence with thyroid disorders. However, we report the association of papillary thyroid cancer and giant congenital nevus. Papillary thyroid cancer is the most

Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS) is a rare disorder inherited in an autosomal-dominant fashion that belongs to a group of hereditary periodic fever syndromes. It specifically belongs to the cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPSs) in which there is a mutation in the NLRP3 (NLR family pyrin domain

OBJECTIVE Since 1993, we have performed laser surgery for cutaneous lesions, such as simple hemangioma and nevus of Ota, in children under ambulatory anesthesia. Although we anticipate that the numbers of patients treated under ambulatory anesthesia will increase, few reports detail the procedures

Many cytoplasmic processes of megakaryocytes were seen in a 45-year-old male patient of Munchausen syndrome with sustained severe anemia due to repeated self-blood drawing. He had a past history of repeated infection and removal of skin-graft transplanted for giant congenital melanocytic nevus due

METHODS We present a case of a child born with a birthmark over the lumbar spine, which harbored a pinhole-sized opening. At 6 months of age the child presented with fever of unknown origin. Subsequent lower extremity pain resulted in imaging studies that revealed a spinal mass with extension into

METHODS Most hemangiomas are small, harmless birthmarks that appear soon after birth, proliferate for 8 to 18 months, and then slowly regress over the next 5 to 8 years, leaving normal or slightly blemished skin. In rare cases, hemangiomas can endanger vital structures, with a mortality of up to 60

Using infrared thermography, 264 in patients who were clinically suspected of having primary malignant melanoma (mM) of the skin were examined with regard to the thermographic pattern of both tumor and peritumoral skin area. In 84% of the patients with histologically confirmed mM deviations from

Cholesterol has numerous quintessential functions in normal cell physiology, as well as in embryonic and postnatal development. It is a major component of cell membranes and myelin, and is a precursor of steroid hormones and bile acids. The development of the blood brain barrier likely around 12-18