Ellen Kim

Are You Confident of the Diagnosis? What you should be alert for in the history –Solitary persistent lesion on the skin –Sometimes several grouped lesions –Generalized scattered lesions are uncommon –Either itchy or asymptomatic –Common triggers: arthropod bite, tattoos (particularly red dye), vaccinations, acupuncture, leech application, medications, Borrelia burgdorferi infection, ear piercing –Many cases are…

Are You Confident of the Diagnosis? Cutaneous pseudolymphomas are benign reactive lymphocytic proliferations that mimic cutaneous lymphomas clinically and/or histopathologically. They encompass a large heterogeneous group traditionally divided between B and T-cell cutaneous pseudolymphomas. Distinguishing between cutaneous pseudolymphoma and true cutaneous lymphoma requires the complete synthesis of clinical, histopathologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular data; in many…

Are You Confident of the Diagnosis? What to be alert for in the history Be alert for persistent skin papulonodules or tumors. The condition is often asymptomatic. Constitutional symptoms are uncommon. Skin lesions are marked by relatively slow growth, unless the patient has a large B-cell lymphoma, leg type (which has rapid growth and spread).…