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Kaposi’s sarcoma in an HIV-negative patient Open

Shields Callahan, Randie H. Kim, Nooshin K. Brinster, Jo-Ann Latkowski · 2016

We report an HIV-negative, 55-year-old manwith recurrent Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) of the lowerextremities, who does not fit into any of thefour previously described variants of KS: classicKS, AIDS-related KS, iatrogenic KS, and Africanendemic…

Herpes simplex virus in erythrokeratoderma variabilis Open

Shields Callahan, Euphemia W. Mu, Randie H. Kim, S. Meehan, Paul Possick · 2016

We report a 48 -year-old woman witherythrokeratoderma variabilis, which is a rarehereditary disorder of keratinization, who developednew, painful, blisters within her skin lesions. Thediagnosis of herpes simplex virus infection was madebas…

Eosinophilic dermatosis of hematologic malignancy Open

Kathryn J. Martires, Shields Callahan, Vitaly Terushkin, Nooshin K. Brinster, Marie Léger , et al. · 2016

We report a 68-year-old woman with chroniclymphocytic leukemia, who developed numerous,pruritic, edematous, and vesicobullous skin lesionsof the face and extremities over the course of severalmonths. The diagnosis of eosinophilic dermatosi…

Cutis verticis gyrata Open

Sarah Yagerman, Shields Callahan, Vitaly Terushkin, S. Meehan, Miriam Keltz Pomeranz , et al. · 2016

Cutis verticis gyrata that involves only the face isa rare presentation of this even rarer cutaneousanomaly. We present a 61-year-old man, whodeveloped primary essential progressive cutis verticisgyrata of the face.

Frontal fibrosing alopecia in a 46-year-old man Open

Forrest White, Shields Callahan, Randie H. Kim, S. Meehan, Jennifer Stein · 2016

Frontal fibrosing alopecia is a scarring alopecia thatis characterized by recession of the frontotemporalhairline with the frequent loss of eyebrows. Itpredominantly affects postmenopausal womenand only rarely affects men. We report the ca…

Multiple eruptive dermatofibromas Open

Shields Callahan, Kathryn Matires, Marianna Shvartsbeyn, Nooshin K. Brinster · 2015

We report a 34 year-old woman with psoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and recent anti-TNFa therapy, who presented with multiple, eruptive dermatofibromas (MEDF). Although the pathogenesis of MEDF remains unknown, there is subst…

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