pseudolymphoma/edema

Since the first description by Saltzstein in 1959, the denomination of drug-induced pseudolymphoma was used to describe two cutaneous adverse drug reactions with a histological picture mimicking malignant lymphoma. On the basis of clinical presentation, this term includes two different patterns: (1)

Cutaneous reactions to imatinib are common and occur in 9.5% to 69% of patients depending on the series reported. Maculopapular eruptions, erythematous eruptions, edema, and periorbital edema are the most common adverse events observed. Imatinib can also induce severe skin eruptions and generalized

A 39-year-old Japanese woman presented with a pruritic infiltrated erythematous plaque on the right cheek. Histopathologic analysis of the erythema showed dermal edema, separation of collagen bundles, and nodular perivascular and periadnexal infiltration of lymphocytes in the whole dermis, without

An 80-year-old man presented with multiple erythematous papules on the trunk and extremities of a few weeks' duration. He had no past medical or family history of skin diseases or any other medical diseases. A biopsy showed a perivascular lymphohistiocytic infiltrate and sparse neutrophils with

Between December 1978 and July 1985, we used various antibiotics for the treatment of 97 adult patients with early erythema migrans disease (EMD). Six patients with borrelial lymphocytoma (BL) and 20 with acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA) were treated similarly. Follow-up was for a median of

Body piercing and tattooing are increasingly common. As well as the risk of infection and scarring, allergic reactions are also reported. This is the first multi-centre study to assess the frequency of consultations for allergy. Of the 138 allergologists who answered our two questionnaires, 7.9%

A 45-year-old male presented with a 6 month history of an enlarging smooth, erythematous plaque over the central part of his face. Mild erythema of both eyes was present. Sarcoidosis, Hansen disease, lupus vulgaris, cutaneous leishmaniasis, pseudolymphoma, foreign body granuloma, granuloma faciale,