Medical Dermatology
From the Journals
Bacteria seen as potential lupus triggers
“These data suggest that Ro60 orthologs from human commensal bacteria may initiate and drive lupus pathogenesis,” researchers said.
Make the Diagnosis
Make The Diagnosis - April 2018
A healthy 70-year-old white male presented with an 8-day history of fatigue and a tingling, erythematous plaque with crusting on the left flank....
Video
2018 Hidradenitis Suppurativa 4-Part Video Roundtable
News
FDA alerts doctors to stop administering compounded products
Patients could be at risk for serious harms if they receive drugs manufactured by this company.
Make the Diagnosis
Make the Diagnosis - March 2018
A 39-year-old has itchy, painful lesions in the bilateral axillae and groin, which have come and gone for 15 years and flare when she perspires....
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Cannabinoids in dermatology
SAN DIEGO – “Our skin is chock full of cannabinoids; chock full of expression of cannabinoid receptors.”
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: The return of Kaposi’s sarcoma
SAN DIEGO – Once again, dermatologists are seeing more cases of Kaposi’s sarcoma in HIV-positive patients, according to Toby Maurer, MD.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Considering systemic disease in dermatology patients
SAN DIEGO – “The idea is really to start to try to get our dermatology colleagues thinking more systemically and outside of just the skin.”
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: SPF 100 sunscreen outperformed SPF 50 in Vail study
SAN DIEGO – Head-to-head comparison of two sunscreens, one SPF 50 and the other SPF 100, showed more frequent sunburn protection from SPF 100.
From the Journals
Lung scan often not requested for new SSc patients
Approximately half of rheumatologists order high-resolution CT chest scans for new systemic sclerosis patients.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Painful skin conditions need pain management by dermatologists
Understand your comfort zone and stay within your scope of practice.