A case is reported of a patient with a lentiginous acral melanoma of the heel that was excised and recurred 3 years later at the margin of the previous scar. After another 3 years, a group of five small lesions appeared in the thigh that were considered to be junctional and epidermotropic metastases. The authors question the current histologic criteria for differentiating junctional and epidermotropic metastases of previous melanomas from multiple primary melanomas. It is concluded that the clinical history is of primary importance in reaching a correct diagnosis; histologic studies are not sufficient.

A six-year-old girl had Ollier's disease (OD) associated with juvenile granulosa cell tumor (JGCT). The clinical manifestations were right hemicorporal deformity due to multiple skeletal enchondromas and precocious pseudopuberty. After the removal of a Stage Iai JGCT, hormonal symptoms disappeared. Neither the ovarian tumor recurred nor the enchondromas underwent sarcomatous change after a follow-up period of 7 years. A review of the literature showed five previous cases, three associated with OD and two with Mafucci's syndrome (MS). In these cases, patients were young and the ovarian tumors were homolateral to the hemicorporal side involved by enchondromatosis. Data provided from these cases emphasize the notion of a generalized mesodermal dysplasia. JGCT behave in association with the OD in its usual fashion of hormonal production and low-degree aggressiveness.

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The CLF is a kind of dystrophic calcification of unknown pathogenesis but likely related to the spinal degenerative changes. It usually presents in Japanese females. A definite relation between CLF and cervical trauma has not been established so far, although the latter may possibly trigger the symptoms. Typically, CLF presents in women in the seventh decade, affects preferably the cervical region, it shows nodular or diffuse pattern in the computerized tomography, it is hypointense in TI and T2-weighted MR sequences and exhibits minimum enhancement after gadolinium administration. CLF differentiates from OLF easily by demonstrating the presence of mature bone formation in the latter. Clinically, CLF may present as radiculopathy or myelopathy. The treatment of choice in symptomatic patients is posterior decompression. Excellent results after laminectomy are reported. Future similar observations will be important from a medical-legal point of view if a relation between CLF and cervical trauma is established since CLF may potentially turn into a severe condition.

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