The involvement of eyelids occurs in only 5-6% of patients with discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE), commonly with mucocutaneous lesions elsewhere. DLE solely involving the eyelids is relatively rare. This study …
Phacomatosis spilosebacea: A new name for a distinctive binary genodermatosis.
Phacomatosis pigmentokeratotica (PPK) is defined by the association of papular nevus spilus arranged in a flag-like pattern and sebaceous nevus following Blaschko’s lines. A systematic search of the worldwide literature retrieved …
Circulating tumour DNA in patients with advanced melanoma treated with dabrafenib or dabrafenib plus trametinib: a clinical validation study.
Melanoma lacks validated blood-based biomarkers for monitoring and predicting treatment efficacy. Cell-free circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) is a promising biomarker; however, various detection methods have been used, and, to date, …
Slack as a virtual undergraduate dermatology community: a pilot.
Dermatology is recognised as under-represented in UK undergraduate curricula. With a diagnostic and educational toolkit that is heavily centred on face-to-face clinical examination, dermatology education has been disproportionately affected by …
Dermoscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy of balloon cell nevi: a series of 10 cases.
Balloon cell nevus (BCN) is a rare histopathological entity. It is usually represented by an asymptomatic brown smooth or polypoid lesion, but no clinical features allow differentiation from other melanocytic …
Investigating the presence of neutrophil extracellular traps in septal and lobular cutaneous panniculitides.
Panniculitides are a heterogeneous group of inflammatory dermatoses involving the subcutaneous fatty tissue. Histologically, they are classified into septal and lobular panniculitis, according to the predominant localization of the inflammatory …
Contact dermatitis associated with preservatives: Retrospective analysis of North American Contact Dermatitis Group data, 1994 through 2016.
Preservatives are often necessary components of commercial products. Large-scale North American studies on preservative allergy are limited.To evaluate demographics, positive patch test reactions (PPTRs), clinical relevance, and trends for preservatives tested …
The “Maskne” microbiome – pathophysiology and therapeutics.
“Maskne” is a new term coined during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. It refers to a subset of acne mechanica, deserving consideration in view of widespread reusable fabric mask-wearing to control …
British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) National Clinical Audit on the Management of Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) in the UK.
The first UK guidelines for the management of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) were published by the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) in 2018. The guidelines contained a set of audit criteria.To …
Socio-economic status and skin cancer incidence: a population-based, cohort study in the province of Ferrara, northern Italy.
To assess the weight of socio-economic status (SES) on the occurrence of skin cancer in the population living in the province of Ferrara, Italy, a retrospective cohort of patients, provided …