Association lichen planus and ulcerative colitis. A case report

Ulcerative colitis is a frequent chronic inflammatory boxel disease. Its cutaneous manifestation are varied. Some of them are frequent like pyoderma gangrenosum, erethema nodosum and oral ulceration. We report the case of an exceptional association of ulcerative colitis with lichen planus in a 40-year old woman with a 2 year history of ulcerative colitis, who had lesions on the buccal mucosa and the lower lip for which the diagnosis of lichen planus was made and confirmed histologically.     

Nasosinusal sarcoidosis: 2 cases. A report of 2 cases

INTRODUCTION: Nasosinusal sarcoidosis is a rare non caseating granulomatous disease. It may be inaugural, isolated or associated with multisystemic sarcoidosis. MATERIAL [corrected] AND METHODS: We report two cases of nasosinusal sarcoidosis associated to multisystemic sarcoidosis. Both patients were females aged over 43 years. In one case, the primary symptom was a nasal obstruction. Tomodensitometric and guided biopsy findings provided the main diagnostic criteria. Anti-malaric treatment was prescibed in both cases. Stabilisation of the lesions was noted. DISCUSSION: we tried to reveal through this study the diagnostic an therapeutic difficulties of nasosinusal sarcoidosis.     

Endometrial atypical complex hyperplasia with extensive squamous metaplasia: two cases

We report two cases of endometrial atypical complex hyperplasia with an extensive squamous hyperplasia occurring in two women aged 48 and 31 years old. The histological study showed an increase in the gland to stroma ratio with a false crowding aspect due to an extensive area of squamous metaplasia; some metaplastic areas were centered by necrosis. There was glandular cytologic atypia. Histologic examination is necessary to confirm the diagnosis and to definitively rule out adenocarcinoma.     

Chronic granulomatous disease in childhood

Chronic granulomatous disease (GCD) of childhood is a rare inherited immunodeficiency. It is characterized clinically by the occurrence of severe and recurrent uncontrollable infections, which often lead to death in early childhood. The underlying biologic anomaly is a defective microbicidal capacity of phagocytosis with abnormal oxidative response during phagocytosis. Histologically, the GCD is characterized by a spectrum of histopathological features in a wide range of tissue specimens, often demonstrating features of active chronic inflammation, with or without non-caseating granuloma formation. The presence of numerous pigmented macrophages in association with such an inflammation should raise suspicion of the diagnosis. We report a case of a GCD in an 11-year-old boy and study the anatomoclinic features of this rare entity.