Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

BackgroundTeledermatopathology has evolved from static images to whole slide imaging (WSI), which allows for remote viewing and manipulation of tissue sections. Previous studies of WSI in teledermatopathology predated College of American Pa…

To the Editor: Endometriosis is characterized by ectopic endometrial tissue.1Bulun S.E. Endometriosis.N Engl J Med. 2010; 360: 268-279Crossref Scopus (1415) Google Scholar Cutaneous and thoracic variants are rare and challenging. We report …

BackgroundSeventy-one cases of scar-related and spontaneous endometriosis of the skin and superficial soft tissue were studied, with a focus on atypical features and types of müllerian differentiation. All patients were women, whose ages ra…

Estradiol production is most commonly thought of as an endocrine product of the ovary; however, there are many tissues that have the capacity to synthesize estrogens from androgen and to use estrogen in a paracrine or intracrine fashion. In…

Cutaneous deciduosis is an exceedingly rare manifestation of endometriosis potentially mistaken for malignancy and thus far documented solely within surgical scars. We describe two additional cases, one occurring in a pregnant 21-year-old w…

Cutaneous endometriosis is characterized by the presence of extrauterine endometrial tissue in or under the skin. We report a case of cutaneous endometriosis in postmenopausal woman who was receiving hormonal replacement.

A detailed examination of material from 10 cases of cutaneous endometriosis revealed a range of histopathologic features similar to those found within the uterine endometrium at each of the main phases of the menstrual cycle. However, there…