2011
Mycosis fungoides exhibiting features of a dermatofibroma: a case report and review of the literature
Morcos SM, Girardi M, Subtil A, Wilson LD, Cowper SE. Mycosis fungoides exhibiting features of a dermatofibroma: a case report and review of the literature. Journal Of Cutaneous Pathology 2011, 39: 40-46. PMID: 22059953, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2011.01804.x.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsMycosis fungoidesLesions of MFStage IA mycosis fungoidesUnusual clinical presentationLarge cell transformationClinical cluesClinical presentationDermal lymphocytesPatient populationFibrohistiocytic proliferationCase reportClinical managementAtypical lesionsRight forearmSuspicious tumorsBenign lesionsLesionsFungoidesDermatofibromaPatientsPrognosisLymphocytesTumorsIntraepidermalPlaques
2010
Renal transplantation for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: a case report and review of the literature
Cuffy MC, Singh M, Formica R, Simmons E, Abu Alfa AK, Carlson K, Girardi M, Cowper SE, Kulkarni S. Renal transplantation for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: a case report and review of the literature. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2010, 26: 1099-1101. PMID: 21079195, DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq693.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsNephrogenic systemic fibrosisRenal transplantationSystemic fibrosisSymptoms of NSFEarly renal transplantationUnderwent renal transplantationRare fibrosing disorderStandard therapy existsRenal functionFibrosing disorderRenal diseaseCase reportTherapy existsPatient's lesionTherapeutic modalitiesTransplantationPatientsLesionsFibrosisPhotopheresisPlasmapheresisImatinibSymptomsCareful considerationDisease
2008
Pemphigoid vegetans: a case report and review of the literature
Kim J, Chavel S, Girardi M, McNiff JM. Pemphigoid vegetans: a case report and review of the literature. Journal Of Cutaneous Pathology 2008, 35: 1144-1147. PMID: 18988318, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01016.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPemphigoid vegetansPemphigus vegetansInitial skin biopsySecond biopsyTopical antibioticsImmunological featuresBullous pemphigoidInguinal foldsRare lesionsCase reportEosinophilic spongiosisPurulent lesionsPapillomatous plaquesSkin biopsiesAppropriate diagnosisVegetansNew casesPerioral regionPemphigoidBiopsyLesionsPatientsSpongiosisAxillaGroin