Expression of CD133+ cancer stem cells in childhood malignant melanoma and its correlation with metastasisRola Al Dhaybi
Division of Dermatology, CHU Sainte Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Mod Pathol 23:376-80. 2010
..CD133(+) cancer stem cell expression in childhood malignant melanoma might correlate with lymph node and/or visceral metastasis and may have a low proliferative Ki-67 index that might explain their chemoresistance...
Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia: efficacy of isotretinoin?Fouad El Sayed
Division of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
Head Face Med 2:32. 2006
..Spontaneous regression is common, but persistent or recurrent lesions may require treatment. Several treatments have been reported but surgery is the most efficient one...
- Lymphangiosarcoma complicating extensive congenital mixed vascular malformations
Rola Al Dhaybi
Division of Dermatology, CHU Sainte Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lymphat Res Biol 8:175-9. 2010
..We hypothesize that these multiple extensive mixed vascular malformations were associated with chronic lymphedema which probably predisposed to the development of the angiosarcoma in our patient...
- Differentiation of vascular tumors from vascular malformations by expression of Wilms tumor 1 gene: evaluation of 126 cases
Rola Al Dhaybi
Division of Dermatology, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Am Acad Dermatol 63:1052-7. 2010
..Although they may initially appear very similar, they have distinct clinical courses and management. Wilms tumor 1 (WT1) gene expression has been reported in many different tumors including hematologic malignancies and some solid tumors...
- p16 expression: a marker of differentiation between childhood malignant melanomas and Spitz nevi
Rola Al Dhaybi
Division of Dermatology, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Am Acad Dermatol 65:357-63. 2011
..Spitz nevi differ from melanomas by their immunohistochemical pattern of expression of cell cycle and apoptosis regulators such as the p16 protein...
- Targetoid hemosiderotic hemangiomas (hobnail hemangiomas) are vascular lymphatic malformations: a study of 12 pediatric cases
Rola Al Dhaybi
Division of Dermatology, CHU Sainte Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Am Acad Dermatol 66:116-20. 2012
..Targetoid hemosiderotic hemangioma (THH), also called hobnail hemangioma, is a benign vascular lesion and thought to be of lymphatic origin...
- Treatment of periocular infantile hemangiomas with propranolol: case series of 18 children
Rola Al Dhaybi
Division of Dermatology, CHU Sainte Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ophthalmology 118:1184-8. 2011
..To study the efficacy of propranolol in the treatment of periocular infantile hemangiomas (IHs)...
- Childhood linear IgA bullous disease induced by trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
Mélissa Nantel-Battista
Division of Dermatology, CHU Sainte Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Dermatol Case Rep 4:33-5. 2010
..In the lack of suitable alternative treatment, the identification of the causative drug can be achieved by a rechallenge under close medical surveillance...
