Photo Challenge
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Photo Challenge
Tense Bullae With Widespread Erosions
A 50-year-old black man presented with a new-onset widespread pruritic bullous eruption 7 months after being diagnosed with human immunodeficiency...
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Photo Challenge
Multiple Papules on the Eyelid Margin
A 24-year-old man presented with multiple tiny papules over the left eyelid margin of 2 to 3 months’ duration. There were a couple of papules on...
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Photo Challenge
Waxy Indurated Plaques on the Eyelids
A 57-year-old man who underwent an orthotopic liver transplant 10 months prior for autoimmune hepatitis developed a rash on the trunk, arms, and...
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Photo Challenge
What Is Your Diagnosis? Acquired Lymphangiectasia
A 19-year-old woman presented with an umbilical mass of 5 months’ duration that had grown in size. Physical examination revealed a 1×1-cm brownish...
Case Letter
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Case Letter
Tuberculosis Cutis Orificialis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Orificial tuberculosis (OT) constitutes 2% of cutaneous tuberculosis cases and 0.01% to 1% of all clinical presentations of tuberculosis. It is...
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Case Letter
An Unusual Case of Sporadic Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome
Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma syndrome (HLRCCS) is a rare, highly penetrant, autosomal-dominant disorder that has been...
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Case Letter
Dermatologic Toxicity in a Patient Receiving Liposomal Doxorubicin
Liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride is an anthracycline topoisomerase inhibitor indicated for ovarian cancer, AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma, and...
Case Reports
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Case Reports
Superficial Acral Fibromyxoma and Other Slow-Growing Tumors in Acral Areas
Superficial acral fibromyxoma (SAFM) is a rare fibromyxoid mesenchymal tumor with a predilection for the distal extremities and frequent nail bed...
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Case Reports
Imiquimod Induces Sustained Remission of Actinic Damage: A Case Report Spanning One Decade of Observation
Actinic keratosis (AK), basal cell carcinoma (BCC), and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are strongly linked to chronic UV radiation exposure.
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Case Reports
Epithelioid Sarcoma Resembling Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma
Epithelioid sarcoma (ES) is a rare malignancy notorious for its tendency to histologically mimic granuloma annulare and other palisading...
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Case Reports
Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma Presenting as Purpura Fulminans
Purpura fulminans is a nonspecific hematologic emergency with high initial mortality, representing a thrombotic occlusion of blood vessels leading...
Original Research
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Original Research
Reflectance Confocal Microscopy: An Effective Diagnostic Tool for Dermatophytic Infections
Current methods for diagnosing dermatophytic infections have various drawbacks. Analysis via skin scrapings and biopsies can be invasive and/or...
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Original Research
External Beam Radiotherapy of Extramammary Paget Disease
Extramammary Paget disease (EMPD) is an insidious intraepithelial neoplasm that is difficult to control with surgery, as large resections...
For Residents
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For Residents
Factors Affecting Academic Leadership in Dermatology
Although prior studies have examined methods by which to recruit and retain academic dermatologists, few have examined factors that are important...
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For Residents
Dermatologic Emergencies
Although dermatology may be regarded as a medical specialty with few emergencies, they do exist and range from primary cutaneous disorders to...
Commentary
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Commentary
Can Dermatologists Influence the Political Process?
Can dermatologists influence the political process? This age-old question raises its head when things are happening that we do not like or that we...
Dermpath Diagnosis
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Dermpath Diagnosis
Pseudoglandular Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common form of skin cancer. Pseudoglandular SCC presents most often on sun-damaged skin of...
Coding
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Coding
Modifier -25 Use in Dermatology
Modifier -25 frequently is integral to the description of patient visits in dermatology. Dermatologists use modifier -25 more than physicians of...
Skin of Color
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Skin of Color
A Primer to Natural Hair Care Practices in Black Patients
Natural hairstyles have increased in popularity in the United States among individuals of African and Afro-Caribbean descent.
Product Review
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Product Review
Product News: 02 2015