Medical Dermatology
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Supportive oncodermatology: Cancer advances spawn new subspecialty
Not too long ago at the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center in Boston, a woman with widely metastatic melanoma, who had been planning...
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When cloth diapers cause diaper dermatitis, think calcineurin inhibitors
Topical calcineurin inhibitors appear to be safe, effective treatment for this reemerging complication.
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Cases link vitiligoid lichen sclerosus and darker skin
High-potency topical steroids and/or calcineurin inhibitors resolved symptoms in all cases, but depigmentation remained.
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High-dose hydrogen peroxide for SKs
Highly reactive oxygen species likely created from application of this concentration may lead to direct oxidative damage to SK cells.
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Huge AWARE study shows chronic spontaneous urticaria is seriously undertreated
GENEVA – “We struggle with these patients, maybe more so than with our psoriasis and atopic dermatitis patients.”
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Neutrophilic urticarial dermatosis is usually misdiagnosed
GENEVA – This skin eruption is “underdiagnosed and overtreated” in SLE patients.
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Omalizumab for chronic urticaria quells suffocation fears
GENEVA – The X-ACT study spotlights profound quality-of-life impairment in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria.
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Updosing omalizumab for chronic urticaria pays off
GENEVA –Three-quarters of nonresponders to approved dose achieve disease control at 450 mg to 600 mg.
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Rituximab tackles relapse of severe, difficult-to-treat pemphigus
Drug succeeds as a single, long-term maintenance therapy, with a better risk-to-benefit ratio than corticosteroids.
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Autologous stem-cell transplantation for scleroderma beats cyclophosphamide in long term
Hematopoietic toxicity should be weighed against the benefits of transplantation.
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Pemphigus associated with higher risk of hematologic malignancies
Patients with pemphigus were twice as likely to have chronic leukemia and multiple myeloma.