DisclosuresAUTHOR CORRESPONDENCEMary Horner MDmaryehorner@gmail.com

DISCLOSURES The author has no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCEMary E. Horner MDmaryehorner@gmail.com

CASE REPORTA 27-year-old male who had migrated from Micronesia 12 days previously presented with a 2-day history of rash, fever, weight loss (25 lbs), night sweats, and acute pain in…

PLAQUE PSORIASISA Long Term Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of CP-690,550 for Patients With Moderate to Severe Chronic Plaque Psoriasis Sponsored by Pfizer, the main objective of this…

FDA Approves Cosentyx for PsoriasisNovartis has announced that the FDA has approved Cosentyx for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis in adult patients who require systemic therapy or phototherapy (light…

Shanna Spring MD University of California, San Francisco, CA and The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ONIlona J. Frieden MD Birthmarks and Vascular Anomalies Center and Division of Pediatric Dermatology,…

Anesthetic Blister Induction to Identify Biopsy Site Prior to Mohs Surgery Wrong-site surgeries in dermatology are not uncommon due to difficulty finding the initial biopsy site. In fact, a survey…

INTRODUCTION Leprosy often presents as a rheumatologic disorder including lupus erythematosus,1,2 rheumatoid arthritis (RA),3 or anticardiolipin syndrome.4 We report a case of a leprosy patient treated in a New Jersey…

Basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) account for 80% of nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSC) in the United States.1 Although surgical excision remains the treatment gold standard, less invasive modalities are increasingly being…

INTRODUCTION Melanoma is one of the few malignancies rising in incidence over the last 30 years. It has been predicted that melanoma incidence will reach 1 in 50 in 2015,…

INTRODUCTION With approximately 1014 bacteria in the gut of every adult, bacteria outnumber human cells 10 to 1 in the body. These diverse bacteria play important roles in digestion and…

INTRODUCTION Intralesional steroid injections are used to treat a variety of dermatologic conditions. Intralesional steroids (ILS) can be an effective therapy when topical steroids fail and systemic steroid therapy is…