Acute bullous purpura associated with hyperhomocysteinemia and antiphospholipid antibodies.

abstract：:Cytodestructive or surgical therapy for patients with anogenital warts is frequently associated with recurrence. In February 1997, the US Food and Drug Administration approved imiquimod as a 5% cream for the treatment of anogenital warts. Activity of the drug results primarily from interferon alfa and other cytokine i...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Carrasco D,vander Straten M,Tyring SK

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of Norplant contraceptive implants may be rendered difficult by the size of the capsules and variations in insertion technique. In the standard removal technique, a single transverse incision is made close to and below the distal ends of the capsules, and a mosquito forceps is used for extraction. Described,...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Lam M,Tope WD

更新日期：1997-11-01 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：:Four female patients with chromoblastomycosis were completely cured by prolonged topical application of tolerable heat from pocket warmers. The lesions involuted after 2, 3, and 6 months, respectively, in three patients who faithfully followed our strict treatment schedule, in contrast to the fourth patient who perfor...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Tagami H,Ginoza M,Imaizumi S,Urano-Suehisa S

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical procedures used to remove genital warts (cryotherapy, electrodesiccation) are painful. Attempts to reduce the discomfort of surgery by prior lidocaine infiltration anesthesia are compromised by the pain of the infiltration. OBJECTIVE:Our purpose was to determine the efficacy of topically applied li...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Menter A,Black-Noller G,Riendeau LA,Monti KL

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphomatoid papulosis (LyP) is a recurrent hemorrhagic papular skin eruption with a clinically benign course and histopathologic features of lymphoma. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS:To better characterize this disease, we studied 53 patients seen since 1965. RESULTS:A lymphoproliferative malignancy developed withi...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： el-Azhary RA,Gibson LE,Kurtin PJ,Pittelkow MR,Muller SA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman with pemphigus vulgaris was treated by plasma exchange. Four separate exchanges of approximately 4,000 ml each were performed over a 2-week period. The patient's pemphigus antibody titer decreased from 1/320 before the first exchange to 1/20 after the final exchange, and no new lesions developed for 3 weeks fo...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Swanson DL,Dahl MV

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early specialist evaluation during rapid proliferative growth of complicated infantile hemangiomas (IH) is crucial. Health disparities and barriers of access-to-care for children with IH have not been examined. OBJECTIVE:Investigate whether socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with age at subspecialist ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Lie E,Psoter KJ,Püttgen KB

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eczema is a common chronic inflammatory disease of the skin. Studies suggest differences in disease prevalence and severity by race/ethnicity. Our knowledge of health care utilization for eczema among different racial/ethnic groups remains limited. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate health care utilization for childhood...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Fischer AH,Shin DB,Margolis DJ,Takeshita J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) is a relatively rare, but well-documented, manifestation of chronic myeloproliferative disorders. Microscopically, foci of EMH consist of erythroid and myeloid precursors intermixed with megakaryocytes. It typically occurs in the spleen and liver, but very occasionally manifests as c...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Kawakami T,Kimura S,Kato M,Mizoguchi M,Soma Y

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a cluster of primary cutaneous aspergillosis in six children with hematologic malignancy. When first seen, they had hemorrhagic bullae caused by Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Aspergillus niger at the sites of insertion of intravenous cannulas or where arm boards had been taped to the extremi...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Grossman ME,Fithian EC,Behrens C,Bissinger J,Fracaro M,Neu HC

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is a common, chronic, inflammatory, multisystem disease with predominantly skin and joint manifestations affecting approximately 2% of the population. In this fifth of 6 sections of the guidelines of care for psoriasis, we discuss the use of ultraviolet (UV) light therapy for the treatment of patients with p...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Menter A,Korman NJ,Elmets CA,Feldman SR,Gelfand JM,Gordon KB,Gottlieb A,Koo JYM,Lebwohl M,Lim HW,Van Voorhees AS,Beutner KR,Bhushan R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is a multisystem disorder, in which cutaneous symptoms can be accompanied by dental, ocular, and central nervous system defects. In adults, the clinical diagnosis of IP is based principally on the late onset of stage 4 lesions and their association with dental, nail, ocular, or ce...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Hadj-Rabia S,Rimella A,Smahi A,Fraitag S,Hamel-Teillac D,Bonnefont JP,de Prost Y,Bodemer C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nail apparatus melanoma (or subungual melanoma) is rare and accounts for only 1.4% of all cutaneous melanomas in the United Kingdom. We report the use of fixed-tissue Mohs micrographic surgery to treat a biopsy-proven Clark level I in situ nail apparatus melanoma, presenting with diffuse longitudinal melanonychia. ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Banfield CC,Dawber RP,Walker NP,Stables GI,Zeina B,Schomberg K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The painful orogenital ulcerations of Behçet's disease are among the major symptoms of patients and are often intractable. We assessed the efficacy of granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis therapy in two patients, a 21-year-old man with orogenital ulcerations and a 50-year-old woman with genital ulceration and...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Kanekura T,Gushi A,Iwata M,Fukumaru S,Sakamoto R,Kawahara K,Maruyama I,Kanzaki T

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic and environmental risk factors have been associated with the development of multiple primary melanomas (MPM). We hypothesized that individuals with MPM may have increased predisposition to developing internal malignancies. OBJECTIVE:To identify the risk of subsequent malignancies in MPM patients. M...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Cai ED,Swetter SM,Sarin KY

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newborn infant with subcutaneous fat necrosis and hypercalcemia is presented. Literature on the association between subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn and hypercalcemia is reviewed. Affected infants generally experience severe perinatal difficulties. Both vaginal deliveries and cesarean sections can be associa...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Norwood-Galloway A,Lebwohl M,Phelps RG,Raucher H

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-healing juvenile cutaneous mucinosis is an extremely uncommon disorder characterized by the acute eruption of multiple papules and subcutaneous nodules. In this report, we describe one of the youngest patients reported to date with self-healing juvenile cutaneous mucinosis and further define several of the histol...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Cowen EW,Scott GA,Mercurio MG

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with systemic immunomodulatory agents is indicated for patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. In these patients, surgery may confer an increased risk of infectious or surgical complications. We conducted a literature review to examine studies addressing the use of methotre...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Choi YM,Debbaneh M,Weinberg JM,Yamauchi PS,Van Voorhees AS,Armstrong AW,Siegel M,Wu JJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Port-wine stains (PWS) may thicken and darken with age. Little is known about the pathogenesis and epidemiology of PWS hypertrophy because of the lack of large studies. OBJECTIVE:We sought to assess the prevalence and characteristics of patients with hypertrophic PWS. METHODS:Medical records and clinical p...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： van Drooge AM,Beek JF,van der Veen JP,van der Horst CM,Wolkerstorfer A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New and relatively old types of vascular (capillary) proliferations in the skin have been described or better categorized in the last few years. They include reactive angioendotheliomatosis, acroangiodermatitis (pseudo-Kaposi sarcoma), diffuse dermal angiomatosis, intravascular histocytosis, glomeruloid angioendotheli...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Rongioletti F,Rebora A

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous leishmaniasis (oriental sore) is characterized by slowly evolving inflammatory lesion(s) that are nodular, noduloulcerative, or ulcerative and that heal spontaneously with scar(s) in 3 to 12 months. In the course of a comprehensive study of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major in an endemic focus ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Kubba R,Al-Gindan Y,el-Hassan AM,Omer AH

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite multiple therapeutic approaches for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), no single treatment has convincingly shown consistent benefit. The most successful outcomes have been associated with recovery of renal function, although evidence remains limited and past studies have been inconclusive. OBJECT...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Wilson J,Gleghorn K,Seigel Q,Kelly B

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man with phenylketonuria who was reported to have lichen sclerosus et atrophicus at age 16 years presented to our institution 35 years later with large confluent areas of atrophy. Although sclerodermatous changes have been described in children with phenylketonuria, this case offers a longitudinal view of the progre...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Belloso LM,Lowitt MH

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiology and patterns of antibiotic resistance for Staphylococcus aureus are changing in the United States. OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine the epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility profiles in S aureus cutaneous infections in a pediatric dermatology tertiary health care facility in North Carolina...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Ortega-Loayza AG,Diamantis SA,Gilligan P,Morrell DS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year-old boy presented two patches of light, bright, smooth, uncombable hair that were morphologically different from the rest of the hairs. Examination under scanning electron microscopy showed the morphologic characteristics of pili canaliculi and trianguli. Clinical and ultrastructural features seemed to corres...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Ravella A,Pujol RM,Noguera X,de Moragas JM

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical trials are critical for the development of new therapies in dermatology, and their results help determine US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and guide care. Of special relevance is the clinical trial efficacy end point, the metric from which statistically significant outcome is derived. Clinicians...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Wei EX,Kirsner RS,Eaglstein WH

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Melasma Area and Severity Index (MASI), the most commonly used outcome measure for melasma, has not been validated. OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine the reliability and validity of the MASI. METHODS:After standardized training, 6 raters independently rated 21 patients with mild to severe melasma once d...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Pandya AG,Hynan LS,Bhore R,Riley FC,Guevara IL,Grimes P,Nordlund JJ,Rendon M,Taylor S,Gottschalk RW,Agim NG,Ortonne JP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A tense yellow vesicle was noted on the back parietal scalp of a female newborn. This proved to be a bullous variant of aplasia cutis congenita. Only 16 cases of this apparently rare disorder have been previously reported. Histologic evaluation of such lesions reveals a distinct pattern containing fibrovascular stroma...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Colon-Fontanez F,Fallon Friedlander S,Newbury R,Eichenfield LF

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis is a severe cutaneous adverse reaction characterized by the rapid development of nonfollicular, sterile pustules on an erythematous base. It is attributed to drugs in the majority of cases. Antibiotics are the most common cause of acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis; h...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Szatkowski J,Schwartz RA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00