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11978577

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-29
pubmed:abstractText
An 18-year-old male adolescent was referred to our department for the presence of multiple skin nodules since the age of 9 years. At the age of 22 months the patient was diagnosed as having myotonic dystrophy (Steinert's disease). So far, nine lesions like these have been excised and histologically analysed, two located on the left arm, one on the neck and one on the scalp. A skin examination revealed three nodular lesions, two localised on the scalp (Fig. 1) and one on the trunk (Fig. 2); the lesions ranged from 0.5 to 3.5 cm, and were hard on palpation and asymptomatic, with elevated, smooth and teleangiectatic borders and a central invagination filled with whitish, firm, granular material. The lesions were all excised. The histological examination of all the biopsy specimens revealed basophilic cells at the periphery, and islets of shadow cells with an unstained central area at the site of lost nucleus (Fig. 3). The shadow cells were surrounded by a granulomatous infiltration composed mainly of giant cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1167-1122
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
293-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Guess what! Multiple pilomatricomas and Steiner disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, University Federico II of Naples via S. Pansini, 5, 80131, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports