Reactive Eccrine Syringofibroadenomatosis Associated With Venous Leg Ulcers: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Eccrine syringofibroadenoma (ESFA) is a rare adnexal tumor deriving from the acrosyringeal portion of the eccrine duct. Five subtypes of ESFA were described including a reactive form. Reactive ESFAs are associated with inflammatory and neoplastic dermatoses. In this article, we report the case of a 90-year-old woman presenting with 3 leg ulcers evolving for 2 years surrounded by large verrucous and eczematous lesions. Multiple skin biopsies showed anastomosing epithelial cords connected to the epidermis consistent with ESFA. We identified 8 cases of ESFA associated with chronic leg ulcers in the literature and reviewed their main clinical and histological features.

Anti-PD-1 induced collagenous colitis in metastatic melanoma: a rare severe adverse event.

Immunotherapy has improved the overall survival of patients with metastatic melanoma. Inflammatory bowel disease-like colitis is the most frequent gastrointestinal serious adverse event in patients treated with immune-checkpoint inhibitors. Collagenous colitis is microscopic colitis. Only two cases of immune-checkpoint inhibitors induced collagenous colitis have been reported. A man in his early 70s was referred for a metastatic melanoma treated with nivolumab as the fourth line of treatment. During the 21st cycle, the patient complained of watery, nonbloody diarrhea (around six times per day). Rectosigmoidoscopy showed no mucosal lesion. A thickened subepithelial collagen band was evidenced by trichrome staining, which was suggestive of collagenous colitis. Nivolumab was stopped and the patient was treated with budesonide 9 mg/day in combination with loperamide and cholestyramine, leading to improvement of diarrhea. However, worsening of digestive symptoms during tapering of corticosteroid dose required the permanent discontinuation of nivolumab. Due to the very low number of cases reported to date and their different evolution under corticosteroids, it is not clear whether or not immune checkpoint inhibitors can be restarted in these patients.

Multiple cutaneous ulcers revealing a primary cutaneous Epstein-Barr virus-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Primary cutaneous EBV-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is an exceptional and aggressive neoplasia with a poorer prognosis than other cutaneous lymphoma. Our observation points out the rarity of the presentation and the dismal clinical course.

Efficacy of Immunotherapy in Patients with Metastatic Mucosal or Uveal Melanoma.

BACKGROUND: The objective was to assess the response rate and survival of patients with metastatic mucosal melanoma (MM) and uveal melanoma (UM) treated with anti-CTLA-4 or anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). METHODS: A multicenter retrospective study was performed in 25 dermatology departments in France. All patients with stage III-C to IV MM or UM who were treated with anti-CTLA-4 or anti-PD-1 mAbs between 2008 and 2016 were included and compared after adjustment for main prognostic factors with a second cohort of patients treated with chemotherapy. Tumor response was evaluated according to RECIST v. 1.1 criteria at Week 12. RESULTS: Four-hundred-and-thirty-nine patients were included, 229 MM (151 immunotherapy, 78 chemotherapy) and 210 UM (100 immunotherapy, 110 chemotherapy). Response rates of MM patients treated with immunotherapy were 18/151 (11.9%; 95% CI:7.2%-18.2%), versus 11/78 (14.1%, 95% CI:7.3%-23.8%) in patients treated with chemotherapy (p=0.87). No tumor response was observed in UM patients treated with immunotherapy, versus 4/110 responses (3.6%, 95% CI:1.0-9.0%) in patients treated with chemotherapy (p=0.15). The adjusted overall survival (OS) of MM patients treated with immunotherapy was longer than that of patients treated with chemotherapy HR=0.62 (95% CI: 0.43-0.91), p=0.014, with an unadjusted median OS of 15.97 months [interquartile range (IQR)=6.89-27.11] and 8.82 months [IQR=5.02-14.92], respectively. The adjusted OS of UM patients treated with immunotherapy was not significantly different from that of patients treated with chemotherapy (HR=0.98, 95% CI: 0.66-1.44) p=0.92, with an unadjusted median OS of 13.38 months [IQR=6.03-29.57] and 11.02 months [IQR=6.13-23.93], respectively. CONCLUSION: Immunotherapy significantly improves OS for MM. The prognosis of metastatic UM remains poor.