Document Detail


A nevoid plaque with histological changes of trichoepithelioma and cylindroma in Brooke-Spiegler syndrome. An immunohistochemical study with cytokeratins.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8835176     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Brooke-Spiegler syndrome is characterized by the development of multiple trichoepitheliomas and cylindromas. In addition, multiple spiradenomas have been observed in this autosomal-dominant inherited disease. We report a 53-year-old woman with multiple cylindromas on the head and neck and multiple trichoepitheliomas on the face. Additionally, she had had since birth a plaque on the right side of her neck containing two nodules with features of both cylindroma and trichoepithelioma. Immunohistochemical investigations revealed in the basaloid cells of trichoepithelioma an expression of CK 5/6, CK 14, CK 17, CK 19 and vimentin. The cells of the cylindroma lacked vimentin but expressed additionally CK 7, CK 8 and CK 18. The occurrence of cylindroma and trichoepithelioma in a single nevoid plaque from a patient with Brooke-Spiegler syndrome implies an alteration in the stem cells of the folliculosebaceous-apocrine unit and could be characteristic of the disorder.
Authors:
C G Schirren; B Wörle; P Kind; G Plewig
Related Documents :
16021156 - Multiple facial angiofibromas: a cutaneous manifestation of birt-hogg-dubé syndrome.
21555056 - Clinical outcomes in bilateral sturge-weber syndrome.
7058366 - Leaf-shaped lesions of ocular fundus and white eyelashes in tuberous sclerosis.
3585406 - Alexia with agraphia in multiple sclerosis.
16021156 - Multiple facial angiofibromas: a cutaneous manifestation of birt-hogg-dubé syndrome.
60686 - Early assessment and prevention of sociocultural deprivation in infancy.
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of cutaneous pathology     Volume:  22     ISSN:  0303-6987     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Cutan. Pathol.     Publication Date:  1995 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-12-10     Completed Date:  1996-12-10     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0425124     Medline TA:  J Cutan Pathol     Country:  DENMARK    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  563-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Dermatology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Antibodies, Monoclonal / diagnostic use
Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / chemistry,  pathology*
Eyebrows
Female
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Keratins / analysis*
Middle Aged
Neck
Neoplasms, Basal Cell / chemistry,  pathology*
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / chemistry,  pathology*
Scalp
Skin Neoplasms / chemistry,  pathology*
Syndrome
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antibodies, Monoclonal; 68238-35-7/Keratins

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Multiple cutaneous myxomas. Report of a case without other elements of Carney's complex.
Next Document:  Idiopathic solitary neuroma of skin with unusual histologic changes.