Mollusca Pseudocarcinomatosa. Discussion of a Case of the Ferguson Smith Type of Unilateral Distribution
1954; Springer Nature; Volume: 8; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1038/bjc.1954.25
ISSN1532-1827
AutoresN. Justin Marshall, W. J. Pepler,
Tópico(s)Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
ResumoT.u]F,RiF, are apparently three clinical types of spontaneously healing skin tumour [moRuscum pseudocarcinomatosum (Editorial, 1953)] in which the diagnosis of squamous carcinoma, Grade 1, may be made microscopicafly; (a) the solitary type [molluscum sebaceum (MacCormae and Scarff, 1936), kerato-acanthoma (Rook and Whimster, 1950), or diverticule e'pidermique 'a paroi ve'ge'tanto (Dupont, 1952)] ; (b) the multiple form, corresponding to Smith's (1934) epithelioma; and (c) a third in which hundreds of tumours may be present (Grzybowski, 1950 Witten and Zak, 1952).The sohtary type is now recognized as relatively common (.Beare (1953) suggests that as many as a third of the lesions diagnosed as squamous carcinoma of the skin are mollusca pseudocareinomatosa) and cases have been reported from many parts of the worlcl.The Smith type is still, however, a relative rarity and less than a score of cases have been reported since the original description in 1934.The foRowing case, the second to be seen in South Africa, closely resembles that originally described by Smith (I934) ; but it is unique in that the.tumours and scars are confined to the left side of the head and body.Ca8e Hi8tory.Mr. P. S-, a South African-bom European of remote German and Dutch ancestry, aged 37, was first seen in December, 1953.He had suffered since 1942 from recurrent spontaneously heahng tumours of the left face, ear, neck, chest, shoulder and upper arm.No other member of his family was known to have
Referência(s)