Allergic contact dermatitis from ophthalmics.

In this article we summarize the recently described allergens responsible for allergic contact dermatitis due to ophthalmic drugs and contact lens solutions, and emphaage the need on how to perform diagnostic testing in this special clinical entity.

Type B follicular lymphomatoid papulosis.

We report a 48-year-old woman who presented with waxing and waning papulovesicles of 4 years' duration. Histologic examination revealed a folliculotropic, small cell dominant, T cell lymphocytic infiltrate unaccompanied by follicular mucin deposition and with scattered intrafollicular and perifollicular CD30+ cells. A diagnosis of type B follicular lymphomatoid papulosis (LyP), rather than mycosis fungoides (MF), was made on the basis of her clinical presentation, which included spontaneously resolving, waxing and waning papules that healed with scarring. Type B follicular LyP is a rare form of LyP.

Percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale in left-sided carcinoid heart disease.

BACKGROUND: A 51-year-old woman with a 5-year history of metastatic small bowel carcinoid disease developed fatigue and gradually worsening dyspnea on exertion, over 6 months. INVESTIGATIONS: Physical examination, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, and aortography. DIAGNOSIS: Left-sided carcinoid disease associated with a patent foramen ovale. MANAGEMENT: Percutaneous transcatheter closure of the patent foramen ovale.

Allergic contact dermatitis from ophthalmics: 2007.

We previously reviewed allergic contact dermatitis due to ophthalmic drugs and contact lens solutions. Since 1997, an additional 15 allergens have been reported. Here, we provide a review and discussion of these allergens.