Multiple Lymphangiomatous Tumors of the Skin

Abstract

The paucity of literature on the subject of lymphangioma of the type this paper describes prompts me to report a case which is unique in many respects. REPORT OF A CASE History.\p=m-\G.L., a Greek, 48 years of age, was referred to the dermatological department of the Central Free Dispensary on May 4, 1920, by Dr. Y. N. Levinson. He complained of pain in his abdomen, dizziness and a cutaneous eruption on his hands, forearms and foot. His temperature was 98.6, pulse rate 96, and respirations 18. He was a well developed man, 5 feet, 8 inches in height and weighed 147 pounds. He was married and had two healthy children. He had always enjoyed fair health. He had had gonorrhea eight years ago; he denied syphilis, but his Wassermann reaction was + ++. Three years ago he was burned by molten iron splashing on the back of his left hand. He ascribed the eruption which had been present for the past two years to that accident. This cutaneous eruption was somewhat pruritic, but his principal complaint was pain in his abdomen. This had been present for only three weeks. .It was aggravated by constipation, and when his bowels operated regularly he felt much better. Examination.-A general medical examination disclosed no organic trouble. A slight leukocytosis was present, and his Wassermann reaction was positive.

A Bullous Variant of Kaposi's Sarcoma in an Elderly Female

“…Only a few specific reports and case presentations that described this type of variant of KS were found, most of which were not reported in the English literature. In these reports skin lesions were described variously as “plaques of distended, compressible skin,”“cystic tumors,” and “isolated fused vesicles and bullae in infiltrated skin areas.” 14–26 Ronchese and Kern 9 thought that the lymphomatous nature of the tumor resulted from a lymphatic obstruction by the neoplasm. However, in the discussion following the paper, several discussants disagreed and felt the lymphangioma‐like lesions originated from the primary neoplastic process.…”