Sarcoidosis is a disease that can affect a multitude of organs and manifest as cutaneous disease. Cutaneous manifestations of sarcoidosis vary widely in morphology, earning the nickname of “great imitator,” …
TYK 2 inhibitors for the treatment of dermatologic conditions: the evolution of JAK inhibitors.
Increasing understanding of cytokines as major drivers of immune-mediated diseases has revolutionized targeted treatments for these conditions. As the pathogenesis of autoimmune conditions is mediated by a complex interplay of …
Mycoplasma induced Steven-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis: Case-control analysis of a cohort managed in a specialized center.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) infection is associated with extrapulmonary complications such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS)/Toxic epidermal necrolysis(TEN).We evaluated the differences in epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and disease outcomes between drug-induced and mycoplasma …
CME article Part II. Hair Transplantation: Surgical Technique.
The second part of this Hair Transplantation review concentrates on technical aspects of the surgery. First, we review the two main local anesthetics used in hair transplantation, lidocaine and bupivacaine, …
Validation of CP-GEP (Merlin Assay) for predicting sentinel lymph node metastasis in primary cutaneous melanoma patients: A U.S. cohort study.
Approximately 85% of melanoma patients who undergo a sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) are node-negative. Melanoma incidence is highest in patients ≥65 years, but their SLNB positivity rate is lower than …
Who writes dermatology randomized controlled trials? The need to specify the role of medical writers.
Medical writers are non-authors who may make major contributions to the preparation of a manuscript. We assessed the prevalence, affiliation, and role of medical writers in dermatology randomized controlled trials …
The incidence of psoriasis in Chile: an analysis of the national Waiting List Repository.
Psoriasis is a serious, chronic non-communicable disease. However, the fundamental measure of disease occurrence, incidence, has been scarcely reported globally. There are no previous studies of psoriasis incidence in Latin …
A Descriptive Evaluation of Resident Prescription Writing Errors and Self-Perceived Learning Needs in Dermatology.
Prescribing errors in medical practice are common and may be preventable in a significant proportion of cases. Literature on dermatologic prescription errors is scarce. We sought to determine the rate …
Efficacy of secukinumab and adalimumab in psoriatic arthritis patients with concomitant moderate to severe plaque psoriasis: Results from the EXCEED, a randomised, double-blind head-to-head monotherapy study.
Secukinumab (an interleukin [IL]-17A inhibitor) has demonstrated significantly higher efficacy vs. etanercept (a tumour necrosis factor inhibitor) and ustekinumab (an IL-12/23 inhibitor) in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.To …
Athena: Specialty Certificate Examination case for outpatient medical dermatology.
A twenty-year-old black woman presents to clinic with a two-year history of recurrent nodules and abscesses affecting the groins and axillae. She manages this with intermittent courses of oral antibiotics …