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• post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

  27 June

  PKDL
  Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a complication of visceral leishmaniasis (VL); it is characterised by a macular, maculopapular, and nodular rash in a patient who has recovered from VL and who is otherwise well.
  The rash usually starts around the mouth from where it spreads to other parts of the body depending on severity. It is mainly seen in Sudan and India where it follows treated VL in 50% and 5-10% of cases, respectively.
  Thus, it is largely restricted to areas (...)

• dermal spindle cell lipoma

  27 June

  Definition : Dermal spindle cell lipoma characterized by a mixture of mature adipocytes and spindle-shaped cells in a fibromucinous background.
  Some lesions can show a moderately well circumscribed plexiform pattern, or a well demarcated nodular pattern with compression of surrounding connective tissue and prominent stromal fibrosis.
  Clinically, the plexiform type mostly occurred in the thigh-groin-buttock area and the nodular type in the head-neck or acral location.
  While plexiform (...)

• BRAF-mutated pulmonary adenocarcinoma

  27 June

  BRAF mutation is not a strong prognostic factor in NSCLC.
  References
  Clinical outcomes of non-small-cell lung cancer patients with BRAF mutations: results from the French Cooperative Thoracic Intergroup biomarkers France study. Couraud S, Barlesi F, Fontaine-Deraluelle C, Debieuvre D, Merlio JP, Moreau L, Beau-Faller M, Veillon R, Mosser J, Al Freijat F, Bringuier PP, Léna H, Ouafik L, Westeel V, Morel A, Audigier-Valette C, Missy P, Langlais A, Morin F, Souquet PJ, Planchard D; (...)

• Blastomyces dermatitidis

  18 June

  Examples
  Blastomyces dermatitidis in the #cerebellum of an #immunosuppressed patient https://twitter.com/CraigHorbinski/status/1140665591029751808

• Blastomyces sp.

  18 June

  Examples
  Blastomyces dermatitidis in the cerebellum of an immunosuppressed patient https://twitter.com/CraigHorbinski/status/1140665591029751808

• bronchial tumoral infiltration

  18 June

  Definition : tumoral infiltration of the bronchial wall.
  Examples
  bronchial carcinoma / bronchial carcinomas
  endobronchial metastasis https://twitter.com/yro854/status/1140728020896026625

• bronchial anomalies

  18 June

  Examples
  bronchial tumoral infiltration tumoral infiltration of the bronchial wall

• ALK-rearranged pulmonary carcinoma

  17 June

  ALK-EML4 fusion gene is observed in non-small-cell lung cancer (6.7% of NSCLC) (#17625570#)
  See also
  brigatinib
  crizotinib

• angiofibromas

  15 June

  Types
  cellular angiofibroma
  juvenile angiofibroma
  Examples
  https://twitter.com/VKazlouskaya/status/927551847723913216

• tuberous anomalies

  15 June

  Examples
  Koenen tumors in this patient with tuberous sclerosis - tuber https://twitter.com/Valdebran/status/696873001271230464
  tuberous tumors tuberous dermal melanocytic naevus

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