abstract：:Several aspects of trichotillomania in childhood are described and discussed. Case records of twenty-one children not older than 15 years of age, who were seen in the previous 5 years, were examined. The female/male ratio was 2.5:1 (fifteen girls and six boys); the age range was 2 to 15 years. Although trichotillomani...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Oranje AP,Peereboom-Wynia JD,De Raeymaecker DM

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preventing death from malignant melanoma is the most pressing issue in preventive dermatology in the United States because the mortality rate has increased markedly. Dermatologists, as the physicians best suited by training to identify early malignant melanoma, need to take the lead in developing a national project of...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Howell JB

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention or modification of the onset of atopic dermatitis has been difficult to document through prolonged breast feeding or delayed introduction of solid foods. Dietary management of established atopic dermatitis is not routinely indicated for the majority of patients. Dietary management of atopic dermatitis shoul...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Caputo RV,Frieden I,Krafchik BR,Lane AT,Lucky A,Paller A,Raimer SS,Rasmussen JE,Schachner LA,Spraker MK

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve skin biopsy specimens of lymphomatoid papulosis from nine patients were studied immunohistologically. The large atypical cells morphologically resembled Reed-Sternberg cells in six cases and large cerebriform mononuclear cells in three cases. These cells expressed pan-T cell antigens (Leu-4 and/or Leu-5) and he...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Wood GS,Strickler JG,Deneau DG,Egbert B,Warnke RA

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-seven patients with chronic venous leg ulcers were included in a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of systemically administered antibiotics in healing with condition. One group was treated by means of elastic support bandages only, whereas the other one received the same local treatment plus sys...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Alinovi A,Bassissi P,Pini M

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial multiple lipomatosis is a hereditary syndrome of multiple lipomas occurring in a particular distribution. It is clinically distinct from multiple symmetric lipomatosis with which it is frequently confused in the dermatologic literature. A case of familial multiple lipomatosis is reported and a review of this ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Leffell DJ,Braverman IM

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recognition of continuing increases in the incidence of skin cancer, including malignant melanoma, the American Academy of Dermatology has encouraged dermatologic communities nationwide to offer free skin cancer screening to the public. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center took part in one such effort last spring...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Girasek DC

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parachlorometaxylenol is used as a germicide in many topical products. To our knowledge, this is the first case of dermatitis from parachlorometaxylenol in electrocardiograph electrodes used with cardiac monitors. The patient also had hand eczema from a germicidal soap containing parachlorometaxylenol. In addition, ou...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Ranchoff RE,Steck WD,Taylor JS,Evey P

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a 25-year-old white woman with lentigines, cutaneous myxomas, bilateral atrial myxomas, and cerebral artery aneurysms. We believe this case to be the fifth reported case of this unusual association in the medical literature, with the additional finding of a central nervous system aneurysm. In the...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Reed OM,Mellette JR Jr,Fitzpatrick JE

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-two patients with acne completed a randomized, double-blind study using topical 1% clindamycin phosphate or its vehicle applied twice daily for 8 weeks for a study of its effects on the intestinal microflora. Two clindamycin patients and one vehicle patient had Clostridium difficile in stools prior to therapy. ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Siegle RJ,Fekety R,Sarbone PD,Finch RN,Deery HG,Voorhees JJ

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new disorder of the hair follicle is described that leads to increased fragility of the shaft. Light microscopic studies of hair follicles revealed disturbances of keratinization in the shafts that are very likely responsible for the breakage. The most consistent change seen by transmission electron microscopy was i...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Birnbaum PS,Baden HP,Bronstein BR,Nakagawa H,Hori Y

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty undifferentiated skin tumors were examined by immunostaining in an attempt to achieve more precise identification. Light microscopy yielded only a differential diagnosis, whereas immunostaining of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections with a panel of antibodies to intermediate filaments and other ce...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Kahn H,Baumal R,From L

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nodular primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis is an uncommon disorder for which there is no consistently satisfactory treatment. The amyloid fibrils are thought to have an immunoglobulin light chain derivation and systemic involvement must be excluded in all cases. We report a patient with a large scalp lesion of no...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Truhan AP,Garden JM,Roenigk HH Jr

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-four male and female patients with suspected colonic disease were examined for the presence of acrochordons prior to colonoscopy. Thirty-five of these patients (65%) had skin tags and twenty-six (48%) were found to have colonic polyps. In this study patients with acrochordons were significantly (p less than 0.00...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Beitler M,Eng A,Kilgour M,Lebwohl M

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of dermatologic training centers in the United States and Canada discloses that only 12% use conventional x-ray therapy intramurally and an additional 15% utilize grenz ray therapy. Although many refer patients to radiologists on a regular basis, half of the present training programs consider radiation therap...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Kingery FA

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scleromyxedema is a rare cutaneous disease with occasional systemic involvement and characteristic poor response to treatment. A case of scleromyxedema associated with renal scleroderma and acute psychosis is presented, along with a review of treatment and associated internal disorders. ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Kantor GR,Bergfeld WF,Katzin WE,Reynolds OD,Biscardi AP,Lobur DM,Box TA,Schreiber MJ Jr,Ratliff NB

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two patients who developed granuloma annulare in the scars from previous herpes zoster. The development of granuloma annulare in herpes zoster scars may represent an atypical delayed hypersensitivity immune reaction to herpes zoster/varicella virus antigen(s) or a tissue antigen altered by the virus. ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Friedman SJ,Fox BJ,Albert HL

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-year-old man with severe psoriasis developed painless muscle stiffness coinciding with four successive courses of etretinate therapy. Peripheral nerve block extinguished the increased muscle tone. Our patient's symptoms resembled those of the stiff-man syndrome. Increased muscle tone is a potential side effect of...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Ellis CN,Gilbert M,Cohen KA,Albers JW,Ball RD,Albin RL,Silverman A,Voorhees JJ

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pustular cutaneous vasculitis results from a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by pustules on purpuric bases. Although the cause of this group of conditions is diverse, the histopathologic picture of the lesions is the same, showing a Sweet's-like or leukocytoclastic vasculitis. These distinctive lesions ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： McNeely MC,Jorizzo JL,Solomon AR Jr,Schmalstieg FC,Cavallo T

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of an American adult patient with eosinophilic pustular folliculitis. The majority of previously reported patients have been Japanese. Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis is a rare condition characterized by recurrent, peripherally expanding, sterile papulopustules and plaques. Hair-bearing areas su...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Jaliman HD,Phelps RG,Fleischmajer R

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7.3-year prospective study of 1,380 patients with psoriasis who were treated with oral methoxsalen (8-methoxypsoralen) and ultraviolet A photochemotherapy (PUVA) revealed that patients who continued on PUVA therapy used inpatient hospital treatment less than one fourth as often as those who had discontinued treatmen...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Stern RS

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytoma cutis characteristically appears as persistent reddish purple papules, nodules, or plaques. Response to treatment is variable and recurrences are common. We report the use of the argon laser as a modality that improved cosmetic appearance and alleviated symptoms of lymphocytoma cutis but that failed to pr...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Wheeland RG,Kantor GR,Bailin PL,Bergfeld WF

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six men suffering from acute dermatitis had positive patch tests to Larrea (creosote bush). The lesions preferentially involved sun-exposed sites, simulating a photodermatitis, but also were on the legs and scrotum. Our findings were more consistent with contact allergy than with a primary irritant or a phototoxic res...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Leonforte JF

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoid proteinosis is a rare autosomal recessive condition characterized by a diffuse mucocutaneous infiltration with histopathologic deposits that are positive for periodic acid-Schiff reagent and a sudanophil substance. We present a 9-year-old boy with lipoid proteinosis. His parents are siblings. He had classical m...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Barthelemy H,Mauduit G,Kanitakis J,Cambazard F,Thivolet J

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transepithelial elimination of granulomas was observed in histologic specimens taken from involved skin of a patient with disseminated tuberculosis and two patients with sarcoidosis. This phenomenon, previously also observed in other granulomatous disorders, represents one of the skin's several mechanisms to rid itsel...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Goette DK,Odom RB

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renewed interest in experimental photocarcinogenesis was stimulated by the observation that skin cancers induced in mice by ultraviolet radiation are highly antigenic. Most of these cancers are rejected by the immune system on transplantation into a normal, genetically identical animal. This finding raised the questio...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Kripke ML

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 64 months (1977 to 1983), twelve dermatologists from various sections of the United States studied a total of 713 patients with cosmetic dermatitis out of an estimated total of 13,216 patients with contact dermatitis. The number of patients seen for all causes during this period was 281,100. An important findin...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Adams RM,Maibach HI

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of palmoplantar hyperkeratosis and mycosis fungoides (MF) has been described less frequently in the dermatologic literature. We present a patient with MF who developed hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles. Histologic examination of a specimen from the left palm showed microscopic changes of MF. ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Aram H,Zeidenbaum M

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To develop guidelines for the follow-up of patients with primary cutaneous melanoma (clinical Stage I), we studied 295 patients who had presented with a primary melanoma and who subsequently developed evidence of metastatic disease in the course of follow-up. Cox multivariate analysis was used to assess the influence ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Kelly JW,Blois MS,Sagebiel RW

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several technics for immunofluorescent staining have been described in the literature and are presently used by laboratories performing direct and indirect tissue immunofluorescence. The purpose of this communication is to describe a simple immunofluorescent technic that uses a five-slide polypropylene slide mailer co...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Grimwood RE,Huff JC,Weston W

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a male diabetic patient with recurrent bullous lesions restricted to the hands is reported. Areas of spongiosis in the epidermis, as well as subepidermal blister formation, were observed in repeated biopsies. On electron microscopy, separation was seen at the level of the lamina lucida. No immunopathology ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Toonstra J

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46-year-old albino woman is described with a melanoma on the leg from which a punch biopsy specimen was inadvertently taken. In the reexcision specimen, two biopsy wounds were recognized that were filled with tumor. The initial level III lesion had to be subsequently reported as a deep level IV amelanotic melanoma w...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： van der Esch EP,Rampen FH

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperkeratosis of the nipple and areola is a rare condition. We report two cases of hyperkeratosis of the nipple and areola occurring in men with no underlying endocrinopathy or synthetic estrogenic drug therapy. Both patients demonstrated prompt resolution of the hyperkeratosis of the nipples with a keratolytic gel. ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Kuhlman DS,Hodge SJ,Owen LG

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early experiments of Marion B. Sulzberger suggested that the skin played a vital role in the generation of allergic contact dermatitis and other delayed type hypersensitivity reactions. This lecture is presented in the historical context of Dr. Sulzberger's lifework and interest in mechanisms involved in delayed t...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Katz SI

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report relates how a normal variation of the eccrine secretory coil was mistaken for pathologic change. Electron microscopic studies of this variation, which to the best of our knowledge have not previously been reported, are presented. ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Burket JM,Brooks R,Burket DA

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnification of histologic and ultrastructural photoimages is frequently misrepresented in published reports. "Power," P, the usual mode of representation of magnification, is defined as the ratio of the distance between two points on the photoimage to that between the same two points on the original specimen, but is...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Lambert WC,Lambert MW

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with advanced atherosclerotic vascular disease developed multiple cholesterol emboli. The clinical presentation typically includes livedo reticularis of the lower part of the body and purple toes. Small areas of necrosis and ulceration may be present distally, despite palpable pulses. Muscular and abdom...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Kalter DC,Rudolph A,McGavran M

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of malignant bronchial carcinoid with multiple cutaneous metastases is reported. Despite the extremely aggressive behavior of the disease and the presence of multiple hepatic metastases, the patient did not exhibit the usual clinical features of the carcinoid syndrome. The relevance of the finding of elevated 2...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Archer CB,Wells RS,MacDonald DM

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a 10-year history of an acquired, scarring bullous eruption localized to the anterior surfaces of the lower extremities is described. Clinical, histologic, and electron microscopic features of an acquired form of epidermolysis bullosa are shown to occur in the absence of immune deposits, a finding not p...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Unis ME,Pfau RG,Patel H,Takahashi Y,Anhalt GJ

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A locally invasive tumor developed in a 71-year-old woman on the right retroauricular skin, involving cartilage and parotid glands. Histologically, the tumor displayed characteristic features of basal cell epithelioma accompanied by stromal fibrosis. Histochemically, an apocrine pattern in enzyme reactions was detecte...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Sakamoto F,Ito M,Sato S,Sato Y

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00