A patient with a second-degree burn of the forehead, induced by topical application of crushed garlic is reported. The literature on garlic burns is reviewed.

Careful observation should be applied to newborns with skin-only Langerhans cell histiocytosis in order to identify in time progression to potentially fatal systemic disease.

Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is an aggressive type of malignant lymphoma with short median survival despite conventional therapy. We describe the unusual case of a 66-year-old man with a chronic skin rash which preceded the occurrence of an indolent MCL by 2 years. Repeated skin biopsies did not show involvement by the lymphoma. Short therapy with rituximab resulted in the complete and lasting resolution of the cutaneous lesions.