Case Reports
Methacrylate Polymer Powder Dressing for a Nasal Surgical Defect
December 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 12 | Case Reports | 1274 | Copyright © December 2019
The fusion of technology and medicine has led to the advent of advanced wound healing techniques that may be adapted to the management of surgical defects. Shortened duration of healing and ease-of-us...
Read MoreSuccessful Treatment of Lower Extremity Telangiectasias Using 585-nm Pulsed-Dye Laser at Low Fluence Combined With Optical Coherence Tomography: A Case Report
November 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 11 | Case Reports | 1180 | Copyright © November 2019
Background: Significant advances have been made in using lasers and intense pulse light sources to treat common vascular lesions such as telangiectasias. However, the treatment of leg telangiectasia, ...
Read MoreSuccessful Treatment of Porokeratosis With Ablative Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser and Vitamin C, E, and Ferulic Acid Serum
November 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 11 | Case Reports | 1174 | Copyright © November 2019
Porokeratosis is a rare disorder of epidermal keratinization that encompasses several clinical forms, characterized by erythematous, annular plaques with an atrophic center and hyperkeratotic ridge-li...
Read MorePyogenic Granuloma of the Lip With Complete Resolution After Topical Propranolol
October 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 10 | Editorials | 1061 | Copyright © October 2019
An otherwise-healthy 27-year-old male patient presented with a 3-month history of an asymptomatic, non-bleeding, rapidly growing nodule, on his left upper vermilion lip....
Read MoreTreatment of Recalcitrant Acrodermatitis Continua of Hallopeau With Brodalumab
October 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 10 | Editorials | 1047 | Copyright © October 2019
Acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau (ACH) is a relatively rare chronic disorder with clinical findings of pustules and erythematous plaques on the digits.1 Although it is a variant of pustular psoria...
Read MoreSuccessful Omalizumab Therapy for Bullous Pemphigoid Despite Transient Reaction
September 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 9 | Case Reports | 947 | Copyright © September 2019
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a rare blistering skin disease that is commonly treated with corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents. Here, we present a 74-year-old woman with severe BP following a le...
Read MoreBotulinum Toxin in the Long-Term Treatment of Refractory Raynaud’s Phenomenon
September 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 9 | Case Reports | 943 | Copyright © September 2019
Raynaud’s phenomenon is an exaggerated physiological response of blood vessels in the distal extremities to emotional stress and cold. It can be idiopathic or secondary to a connec...
Read MoreDupilumab Treatment for Prurigo Nodularis and Pruritis
September 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 9 | Case Reports | 940 | Copyright © September 2019
Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a disease in which chronic scratching and picking of the skin due to intense pruritis results in papulonodules, notably in areas that are accessible to the pati...
Read MoreBattling Neuropathic Scar Pain With Botulinum Toxin
September 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 9 | Case Reports | 937 | Copyright © September 2019
Botulinum toxin type A (BTA) is a neurotoxic protein that prevents the release of neurotransmitters from presynaptic nerves and has shown promise in treating neuropathic pain. Recently, ...
Read MoreThe Paradoxical Induction of Crohn’s Disease Following Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis With Etanercept
August 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 8 | Case Reports | 832 | Copyright © August 2019
Introduction: While psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and Crohn’s Disease (CD) all share a common central pathogenesis pathway and a wide overlap of treatment regime, discrepancie...
Read MoreResolution of Guttate Psoriasis Plaques After One-time Administration of Guselkumab
August 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 8 | Case Reports | 822 | Copyright © August 2019
Guttate psoriasis is an acute subtype of plaque psoriasis characterized by eruption of small, scaly plaques, and papules, 5 to 10 mm in size over the trunk and proximal extremities.1 It oft...
Read MoreOstraceous Psoriasis Presenting as Koebner Phenomenon in a Tattoo
August 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 8 | Case Reports | 217 | Copyright © August 2019
Psoriasis is a common dermatologic condition with a variety of morphologic presentations. These variations include the less common hyperkeratotic form, psoriasis ostracea, defined as having pronounced...
Read MoreClinical Pathologic Mismatch in a TNF-α Inhibitor-Associated Drug Reaction
August 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 8 | Case Reports | 218 | Copyright © August 2019
A 56-year-old Caucasian male with a history of chronic plaque psoriasis, primary sclerosing cholangitis status-post liver transplant on tacrolimus, and ulcerative colitis on infliximab developed a pro...
Read MoreTreatment of Solitary Keratoacanthoma of the Nose With Intralesional Methotrexate and Review of the Literature
July 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 7 | Case Reports | 693 | Copyright © July 2019
Keratoacathoma (KA) is a unique clinical pathological entity that is difficult to categorize. Differentiating a KA from a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is important for treatment implica...
Read MoreAn Atypical Presentation of PLEVA: Case Report and Review of the Literature
July 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 7 | Case Reports | 690 | Copyright © July 2019
Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA) is a rare, self-limited, cutaneous disorder of unknown etiology. Clinically, PLEVA is characterized by the sudden onset of scaly, er...
Read MoreUse of a Buried Intradermal (Subcutaneous) Running Suture for Superficial Repair to Optimize Cosmetic Outcome
May 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 5 | Editorials | 481 | Copyright © May 2019
Superficial repair after excisions helps to optimize cosmetic outcomes. Possibly due to how wound closures are traditionally taught in dermatology, simple interrupted or continuous sutures are overwhe...
Read MoreTreatment of Arsenic-Induced Bowen’s Disease With Topical 5-Fluorouracil
May 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 5 | Case Reports | 477 | Copyright © May 2019
Here, we present a case of arsenic-induced Bowen’s disease treated with a regimen consisting of topical 5-fluouracil and oral nicotinamide. The use of this therapy modality resulted in near comp...
Read MoreLife of a Wound: Serial Documentation of Wound Healing After Shave Removal Using Reflectance Confocal Microscopy
May 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 5 | Case Reports | 472 | Copyright © May 2019
Reflectance Confocal Microscopy (RCM) is a new noninvasive skin imaging modality that is comparable to traditional histopathology. We present serial in vivo RCM imaging of an atypical nevus after shav...
Read MoreSorafenib Toxicity Mimicking Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome
May 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 5 | Case Reports | 468 | Copyright © May 2019
Sorafenib is an oral multikinase inhibitor approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of advanced hepatocellular and renal cell carcinoma. Cases of sorafenib-induced ...
Read MoreSubungual Leiyomyoma Presenting as Erythronychia: Case Report and Review of the Literature
May 2019 | Volume 18 | Issue 5 | Case Reports | 465 | Copyright © May 2019
We report a rare case of leiomyoma of the fingernail in a 59-year-old woman. She presented with red discoloration, lifting, and distal splitting of her left 2nd fingernail for several months. She repo...
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