Clinical Pearls: Leprosy Reactions.

abstract：:This document is a concise, current, and practical guide for dermatologists and other health care providers managing adult patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD). The recommendations made here are based on a consensus of specialists with extensive experience managing patients with AD. Topics reviewed ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Hong CH,Gooderham MJ,Albrecht L,Bissonnette R,Dhadwal G,Gniadecki R,Grewal P,Kirchhof MG,Landells I,Lansang P,Lynde CW,Papp KA,Poulin Y,Sussman G,Turchin I,Wiseman M,Yeung J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune polymorphic skin disease characterized by erythematous papules and plaques and tense bullae. A skin biopsy for direct immunofluorescence (DIF) is used to detect autoantibodies and complement proteins. OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine which location would provide the ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Sladden C,Kirchhof MG,Crawford RI

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1995, a Rosacea Awareness Program (RAP) was initiated in Canada to make available educational resources for physicians and rosacea patients. Material is in French or English, and is accessible though physician offices and by toll-free telephone. Information was communicated to the public via noncommercial...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Shear NH,Levine C

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second-most common form of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). OBJECTIVE:To provide guidance to Canadian health care practitioners regarding management of SCCs. METHODS:Literature searches and development of graded recommendations were carried out as discussed in the accom...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Sapijaszko M,Zloty D,Bourcier M,Poulin Y,Janiszewski P,Ashkenas J,Canadian Non-melanoma Skin Cancer Guidelines Committee.

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma is a rare subtype of posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disease, with only 29 cases reported in the literature to date, the majority of which are post-renal transplantation. Only a few were reported after pancreas, heart, and bone marrow transplantation. There have been no repo...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Al Ajroush N,Rafique Sheikh K,Kadry R,Almutawa A,Alfadley A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sun-induced malignancies (basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas) are common in oculocutaneous albinism, however, the incidence of malignant melanoma is a topic of controversy. OBJECTIVE:We have reviewed the literature and report a case of a woman with oculocutaneous albinism with an amelanotic melanoma of...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Streutker CJ,McCready D,Jimbow K,From L

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Keratoelastoidosis marginalis is a rare disease that is a variant of solar elastosis. Long-term ultraviolet radiation exposure and chronic trauma secondary to manual labor are considered to be inciting factors. OBJECTIVE:To outline the clinical and histological features of this disorder. METHODS:We report ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Mengesha YM,Kayal JD,Swerlick RA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoriasis in clinical trials is often measured by the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI). This measurement is well understood by clinical trialists and many dermatologists but rarely by patients and some clinicians. Patients may not understand their chance of improvement based on a PASI-50 or PASI-75 v...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： English PL,Vender R

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lichen amyloidosis, a type of primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis, is characterized by pruritic brown or grayish pigmented papules. OBJECTIVE:We report a case of lichen amyloidosis in which the skin lesion consisted of asymptomatic salmon-pink-colored papules on the back of the neck to the upper back. T...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Sangen Y,Kawada A,Maeda A,Aragane Y,Tezuka T

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plantar warts are typically resistant to treatment. In recent years, treatments have included administration of intralesional tuberculin; measles, mumps, rubella vaccine; and Candida albicans antigen immunotherapy. To the best of our knowledge, there are no reports of intralesional vitamin D administration f...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Aktaş H,Ergin C,Demir B,Ekiz Ö

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Round and oval skin wounds, like facial pigmented nevi after excision, are traditionally sutured linearly for closure, leaving significant scars, which greatly influences their appearance. OBJECTIVE:This article provides an overview of our experience using intradermal purse-string suture for round and oval ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Zhu JW,Wu XJ,Lu ZF,Cai SQ,Zheng M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Favre-Racouchot syndrome is a cutaneous disease characterized by nodules, cysts, and comedones that typically develops on sun-exposed areas of the face. This syndrome most commonly affects white males between the ages of 40 and 60 years and is frequently associated with chronic sun exposure and, more recentl...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Sutherland AE,Green PJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphangiosarcoma is a rare, aggressive malignancy that originates from the endothelial cells lining lymphatic vessels and carries an extremely poor prognosis. Its clinical and histologic features are often indistinguishable from angiosarcoma. OBJECTIVE:We sought to better characterize the clinical and hist...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Mamelak AJ,Collie MR,Kroll R,Hanson ML,Harris HM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A new treatment for actinic keratoses, ingenol mebutate, was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. OBJECTIVE:To review the mechanisms of action, efficacy and safety data, and practical recommendations for ingenol mebutate. METHODS:The PubMed and clinicaltrials.gov databases were searche...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Gupta AK,Paquet M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Naftifine is a topical allylamine that is effective and safe in the management of superficial dermatomycoses. Naftifine is fungicidal in vitro against a broad spectrum of dermatophyte fungi and provides good activity against Candida and Aspergillus species. It is also effective against gram-negative and gram...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Gupta AK,Ryder JE,Cooper EA

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biologics have transformed the management of moderate to severe psoriasis. The persistency of biologics lacks real-world data. OBJECTIVES:To quantify drug survival of infliximab (IFX), adalimumab (ADA), etanercept (ETA), and ustekinumab (UST) and to identify potential factors affecting drug survival. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Verma L,Mayba JN,Gooderham MJ,Verma A,Papp KA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:We report on a 42-year-old man with Stage IIA non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who developed a severe mucocutaneous blistering eruption. His diagnosis, paraneoplastic pemphigus, was based on clinical, histological, and immunofluorescence findings and confirmed by immunoprecipitation. Despite maximal ther...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Ng PP,Rencic A,Nousari HC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A patient with concurrent Raynaud disease presented for hyperhidrosis of the axillae and palms. After a positive response to botulinum toxin type A (BoNTA) for axillary hyperhidrosis, she returned requesting palmar treatment. OBJECTIVES:Our goal was to investigate the effect of BoNTA on Raynaud disease in c...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Kossintseva I,Barankin B

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Crohn disease of the vulva is a rare disease that is difficult to diagnose. There are limited reports describing treatment of this condition. OBJECTIVE:To describe the diagnosis and treatment of a 16-year-old girl with Crohn disease of the vulva, without onset of intestinal symptoms. METHODS:Crohn disease ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Zhang AJ,Zhan SH,Chang H,Gao YQ,Li YQ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:All kinds of bees, wasps, and hornets are members of the hymenoptera order. Local hypersensitivity reactions after bee stings are very common and well studied. However, tissue necroses following untreated bee stings are extremely rare and they are not well documented. OBJECTIVE:Two extremely rare cases of e...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Koçer U,Ozer Tiftikcioğlu Y,Mete Aksoy H,Karaaslan O

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple symmetric lipomatosis (MSL) is a relatively uncommon entity of unknown etiology characterized by symmetrically subcutaneous accumulation of nonencapsulated adipose tissue. Approximately 200 to 300 cases have been published. OBJECTIVES:The aims of this article are to report the case of a 58-year-old...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Gomes da Silva R,Detoffol Bragança R,Ribeiro Costa C,Torres de Melo L,Weiss Telles R,Costa Silva L

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The classification of many pigmented lesions is not well defined, and an association with melanoma has not been established. OBJECTIVE:To better define the spectrum of pigmented lesions (excluding common and dysplastic nevi) and explore links to melanoma. METHODS:Retrospective review of patients with total...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Menon K,Dusza SW,Marghoob AA,Halpern AC,Nehal KS

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erosive lichen planus is a painful and disabling disease that is frequently resistant to topical and systemic therapies. Current therapies are considered palliative rather than curative as many patients relapse after discontinuing treatment. An association has been reported between some cases of oral lichen ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Donovan JC,Hayes RC,Burgess K,Leong IT,Rosen CF

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dabrafenib, a novel selective small-molecule inhibitor of BRAF, has been shown to increase overall survival in patients with unresectable metastatic melanoma harboring the BRAF V600E mutation. The development of resistance has led to combination therapy with selective MEK inhibitor trametinib. Compared with ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Lacroix JP,Wang B

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acne vulgaris, a condition that can affect people at any age, is the most common cause of referral to a dermatologist. Isotretinoin (ITT) is the most effective treatment available, but serious adverse effects, including a possible association with depression and suicide, limit its use. We review the current literature...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Oliveira JM,Sobreira G,Velosa J,Telles Correia D,Filipe P

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An eczema action plan (EAP) is an individualized tool to help caregivers and patients self-manage eczema. While novel illustrated EAPs have been developed and validated, there is limited literature examining the value of EAPs from patient and caregiver perspectives. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study wa...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Shelley AJ,McDonald KA,McEvoy A,Sauder M,Kanigsberg N,Zemek R,Vaillancourt R,Pouliot A,Ramien ML

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like papillary dermal elastolysis (PXE-PDE), a rare acquired elastolytic disorder, occurs in postmenopausal, elderly women and is characterized by soft, white-yellow papules that localize on the neck and supraclavicular regions and often coalesce into cobblestone plaques. It has no s...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Valbuena V,Assaad D,Yeung J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mast cells stimulate inflammation and itch sensation in the skin by releasing various mediators when they are activated. Stress exacerbates some skin diseases. We have reported that inhalation of certain odorants modulates immune reactions in the skin. OBJECTIVE:The possible usage of odorants in the regulat...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Hosoi J,Tanida M,Tsuchiya T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic therapy for atopic dermatitis (AD) has been challenging with limited safe and efficacious long-term treatment options. In 2017, dupilumab was approved in the United States, Europe, and Canada as the first targeted therapy for patients with moderate-to-severe AD. Despite promising efficacy and safety...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Jo CE,Georgakopoulos JR,Ladda M,Ighani A,Mufti A,Drucker AM,Piguet V,Yeung J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emotional stress has been associated with the development of alopecia areata (AA) and androgenetic alopecia (AGA). Emotional intelligence (EI), a component of general intelligence, is thought to govern the recognition, expression, and control of stress and other emotions. People with low EI are unable to ade...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery

authors： Monselise A,Bar-On R,Chan L,Leibushor N,McElwee K,Shapiro J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00