Mercury-induced nummular dermatitis.

abstract：:Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, first described in 1964 by Robert Douglas Sweet, has been termed Sweet's syndrome. Classic Sweet's syndrome occurs in middle-aged women after a nonspecific infection of the respiratory or gastrointestinal tract. Raised erythematous plaques with pseudoblistering and occasionally p...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： von den Driesch P

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the excellent therapeutic response obtained with amikacin alone and in combination with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in the treatment of 15 patients with actinomycotic mycetoma who had a poor response to the traditional pharmacologic agents and/or in whom important organs such as lungs, spinal cord, and bon...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Welsh O,Sauceda E,Gonzalez J,Ocampo J

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six lymph node biopsy specimens from twenty-three patients with Sézary syndrome were microscopically evaluated and compared with nodal specimens from six patients with pre-Sézary syndrome and four control patients with dermatopathic lymphadenopathy. Three phases of nodal involvement by cerebriform lymphocytes w...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Buzzanga J,Banks PM,Winkelmann RK

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of skin findings is critical in identifying many types of injury, whether self- inflicted or accidentally or intentionally inflicted. Specific causes of injury include homicide, abuse, neglect, assault, self-inflicted injury, suicide, torture, poisoning, and bioterrorism. Forensic findings in hair and n...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Reddy K,Lowenstein EJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erythema induratum of Bazin is a mostly lobular panniculitis. There is considerable controversy in the literature about whether or not vasculitis is a histopathologic requirement to establish the diagnosis of erythema induratum of Bazin. Even accepting vasculitis as a histopathologic criterion, there is no a...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Segura S,Pujol RM,Trindade F,Requena L

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol consumption and smoking have long been suspected of increasing the risk of developing psoriasis. Most evidence to date has derived from cross-sectional or case-control studies. OBJECTIVE:We sought to investigate the effects of alcohol and smoking on incident psoriasis. METHODS:Alcohol consumption, ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Dai YX,Wang SC,Chou YJ,Chang YT,Chen TJ,Li CP,Wu CY

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cyclosporine were studied in nine patients suffering from pemphigus vulgaris. Of four patients treated with cyclosporine alone, only one cleared. Of four corticosteroid-resistant pemphigus vulgaris patients, all improved after cyclosporine addition to corticosteroids. The last patient treated from the b...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Barthelemy H,Frappaz A,Cambazard F,Mauduit G,Rouchouse B,Kanitakis J,Souteyrand P,Claudy AL,Thivolet J

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct immunofluorescence microscopy was positive in 88% of forty-one skin biopsy specimens from thirty-four patients with the clinical diagnosis of erythema multiforme. The most common finding, present in 67% of positive specimens, was the cytoid body, or fluorescent keratinocyte, which stained most often with IgM (h...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Finan MC,Schroeter AL

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are large discrepancies in reported mortality for bullous pemphigoid (BP). OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine the mortality of a large cohort of patients with BP and compare this with age-matched control subjects. METHODS:Data were collected on 223 patients with a new diagnosis of BP between 1998 and 2...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Parker SR,Dyson S,Brisman S,Pennie M,Swerlick RA,Khan R,Manos S,Korman BD,Xia Z,Korman NJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with basal cell carcinoma and solar keratoses were treated with etretinate. Substantial and prolonged clinical improvement was seen. All patients with solar keratoses showed a decrease in the mean area and number of lesions and eight patients demonstrated complete healing clinically. Two patients experienced ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Hughes BR,Marks R,Pearse AD,Gaskell SA

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous fungal infections are a major source of morbidity in HIV-infected patients, and their management poses special challenges. Superficial mycoses, such as tinea pedis, tinea cruris, tinea corporis, and onychomycosis, are no more common in HIV-infected patients than in the HIV-negative population but are of grea...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Elmets CA

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and imiquimod are the treatments of choice for actinic keratosis (AK). As they have different mechanisms of action, it seems reasonable to assume that applying both treatments sequentially would be efficacious. OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine which of these therapeutic modalitie...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Serra-Guillén C,Nagore E,Hueso L,Traves V,Messeguer F,Sanmartín O,Llombart B,Requena C,Botella-Estrada R,Guillén C

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Poikiloderma" is a morphologic and descriptive term referring to a combination of cutaneous atrophy, telangiectasia, and varied macular pigmentary changes that result in a mottled skin appearance. Its etiology includes both congenital and acquired causes. Many studies have reported different causes of acquired poikil...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Nofal A,Salah E

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cause of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus (LSA) is unknown, but on the penis it is associated with chronic occlusion, that is, phimosis. Microscopic changes of LSA were seen unexpectedly in two acrochordons. OBJECTIVE:Our purpose was to further characterize this phenomenon. METHODS:A total of 449 acrocho...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Weigand DA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A father and his son were seen because of multiple wartlike lesions on their fingers and palms. On histologic examination, these lesions showed changes compatible with vascular fibromas, myxoid fibromas, and, in a few instances, verruca vulgaris. We are not aware of reports of similar cases in the dermatologic literat...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Coskey RJ,Mehregan AH,Lupulescu AP

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Onychomycosis, a fungal infection of the nail bed, is responsible for up to 50% of nail disorders. Although several surveys have been conducted in different parts of the world, there have been no multicenter epidemiologic surveys of onychomycosis in North America. OBJECTIVE:A 12-center study was undertaken ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Ghannoum MA,Hajjeh RA,Scher R,Konnikov N,Gupta AK,Summerbell R,Sullivan S,Daniel R,Krusinski P,Fleckman P,Rich P,Odom R,Aly R,Pariser D,Zaiac M,Rebell G,Lesher J,Gerlach B,Ponce-De-Leon GF,Ghannoum A,Warner J,Is

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 21-year-old male patient with linear extragenital lichen sclerosus. The lesions are confined to the left side of his body and consist of 3 long bands running along the left leg and several patchy and linear lesions on the left side of his trunk. An associated finding is a smaller diameter of the distal p...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Pavlović MD

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of new topical agents such as topical calcineurin inhibitors, as well as the reformulations of older agents in new vehicles, has broadened the treatment approaches to psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. The clinician must now consider additional novel physiologic pathways and mechanisms of action as well as ex...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Norris DA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Voriconazole, an antifungal agent, is associated with various cutaneous reactions, including phototoxicity, accelerated photoaging, and skin cancer. Incidence and risk factors for these reactions in children have not been well described. OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine the incidence of and factors associat...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Sheu J,Hawryluk EB,Guo D,London WB,Huang JT

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of combination therapy with topical corticosteroids and tacrolimus in the treatment of atopic dermatitis remains to be established. OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to determine whether a regimen of sequential application of topical corticosteroids and topical tacrolimus is effective in the treatment of p...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Kubota Y,Yoneda K,Nakai K,Katsuura J,Moriue T,Matsuoka Y,Miyamoto I,Ohya Y

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histoplasma capsulatum and Trichosporon inkin may cause disseminated disease in immunocompromised patients. Disseminated T inkin, the causative agent of white piedra, is rare and difficult to diagnose. We report the case of a 28 year-old man with newly diagnosed HIV infection who developed asymptomatic lesions on his ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： David C,Martin DB,Deng A,Cooper JZ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of an otherwise healthy 37-year-old man who had had bilateral enucleation during early childhood for bilateral retinoblastomas, in addition to two cutaneous melanomas (the first appearing at age 27 years). He also had dysplastic melanocytic nevi and a history of cutaneous melanoma in his mother. Ret...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Albert LS,Sober AJ,Rhodes AR

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are limited data on the effectiveness of skin cancer prevention education and early detection programs at beaches. OBJECTIVES:We evaluate 4 strategies for addressing skin cancer prevention in beach settings. METHODS:This prospective study at 4 beaches included 4 intervention conditions: (1) education...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Emmons KM,Geller AC,Puleo E,Savadatti SS,Hu SW,Gorham S,Werchniak AE,Dana-Farber Skin Cancer Screening Group.

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although sclerotherapy is an established procedure to treat ectatic veins, a wide disparity remains in the reported rates of success, especially for larger varicose veins. This article reviews the venous anatomy of the lower extremity and outlines the indications for sclerotherapy. The historical basis for treatment t...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Green D

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant progress has been made in skin replacement options in the past several decades. Although initially various materials have been used mainly for burn coverage, their application to dermatologic practice has increased significantly. We review the research, progress, and other aspects of wound coverage with sy...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Límová M,Grekin RC

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UVB irradiation is known to produce DNA damage at mutation hotspots in the p53 tumor suppressor gene, leading to the development of skin cancers. Mutations in the PTCH tumor suppressor gene, which is known to be responsible for the development of nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, have also been identified in spora...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Ratner D,Peacocke M,Zhang H,Ping XL,Tsou HC

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) has four distinctive clinical and histologic variants. Some have morphologic and histologic overlapping features with other reactive neutrophilic skin conditions. PG often occurs in association with a systemic disease, and the specific clinical features of the skin lesion may provide a clue t...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Powell FC,Su WP,Perry HO

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evaluation of silicone-induced morbidity in skin has been hampered by the difficulty of detecting silicone in tissue because conventional methods are nonquantitative and insensitive. OBJECTIVE:We attempted to determine whether silicone could be identified and quantitated in skin by means of electron spectro...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Haycox CL,Leach-Scampavia D,Olerud JE,Ratner BD

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Azathioprine is efficacious in the treatment of severe childhood atopic dermatitis; however, robust data on adverse effects in this population are lacking. OBJECTIVE:We sought to assess adverse effects of azathioprine treatment in a pediatric atopic dermatitis cohort, and make recommendations for monitoring...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Fuggle NR,Bragoli W,Mahto A,Glover M,Martinez AE,Kinsler VA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature concerning the use and possible mode of action of thalidomide in reactional lepromatous leprosy and in various other conditions is reviewed. Although it has no action against the leprosy bacillus, its value in the treatment of the adverse reactions in this type of leprosy is well established, many lepro...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Barnhill RL,McDougall AC

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00