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SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Lash FailureFree
- February 5, 2010
- Mark V. Dahl, MD
A glaucoma treatment can increase eyelash growth but not, unfortunately, in patients with alopecia areata–related eyelash loss.
- Reviewing:
- Faghihi G et al. Eur J Dermatol 2009 Nov/Dec; 19:586
Recent Dermatology Articles
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Antinuclear and Anti-dsDNA Antibodies Might Predict Anti–TNF-
Treatment FailureFree
- January 29, 2010
- Jeffrey P. Callen, MD
But routine screening in treatment recipients ain't necessarily necessary.
- Reviewing:
- Pink AE et al. Br J Dermatol 2009 Oct 26
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Malignancy Is (Still) Associated with Dermatomyositis
- January 29, 2010
- Jeffrey P. Callen, MD
Skin changes signal cancer risk in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy.
- Reviewing:
- Antiochos BB et al. J Rheumatol 2009 Dec; 36:2704
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Ca and D
- January 29, 2010
- Mark V. Dahl, MD
Higher serum 25(OH)D levels were associated with lower levels of nonmelanoma skin cancer in elderly men.
- Reviewing:
- Tang JY et al. Cancer Causes Control 2009 Nov 18
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Chronic Voriconazole Use and SCCs
- January 29, 2010
- Jeffrey P. Callen, MD
Rapid development of squamous cell carcinomas is a risk in chronic voriconazole use.
- Reviewing:
- Cowen EW et al. J Am Acad Dermatol 2010 Jan; 62:31
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Squamous Cell Carcinoma Complicates Hidradenitis Suppurativa
- January 29, 2010
- Jeffrey P. Callen, MD
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology that affects the intertriginous surfaces, including the axilla, inframammary region, inguinal skin, and buttocks. . . .
- Reviewing:
- Lavogiez C et al. Dermatology 2009 Dec 23
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
An Aspirin a Day Keeps the Surgeon Away
- January 29, 2010
- Hensin Tsao, MD, PhD
Does celecoxib's preventive effect outweigh the possible risks?
- Reviewing:
- Tang JY et al. Cancer Prev Res 2010 Jan; 3:25
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Bloodstream Infections in Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
- January 29, 2010
- Jan V. Hirschmann, MD
Clinicians should be alert for dangerous infections in patients with these serious conditions.
- Reviewing:
- de Prost N et al. Medicine (Baltimore) 2010 Jan; 89:28
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
2009 Melanoma Staging: Mit's in the Skin
- January 29, 2010
- Hensin Tsao, MD, PhD
Changes in staging criteria will pose some challenges during transition.
- Reviewing:
- Balch CM et al. J Clin Oncol 2009 Dec 20; 27:6199
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Leiomyosarcoma: Location and Behavior
- January 29, 2010
- Angelica Maria Selim, MD
The prognosis for cutaneous smooth-muscle neoplasms depends on the depth of involvement.
- Reviewing:
- Massi D et al. Histopathology 2010 Jan; 56:251
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Heavily Pigmented Melanocytic Lesions: A Spectrum of Lesions with a Different PrognosisFree
- January 22, 2010
- Angelica Maria Selim, MD
Are these lesions indeed a horse of a different color when it comes to outcomes?
- Reviewing:
- Ludgate MW et al. Br J Dermatol 2010 Jan; 162:129
Editor's Picks from across Journal Watch
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Advances in Preventing Surgical-Site InfectionsFree
- January 6, 2010
- By Daniel J. Diekema, MD, MS
- Infectious Diseases
Preoperative cleansing with chlorhexidine-alcohol (rather than povidone-iodine), and detecting and decolonizing Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriers, were each found to reduce the infection rate.
- Reviewing:
- N Engl J Med 2010 Jan 7; 362:18
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Role of PVL in Skin Infection
- December 16, 2009
- By Larry M. Baddour, MD
- Infectious Diseases
The amount of Panton-Valentine leukocidin produced by strains of Staphylococcus aureus may be critical in the development of skin infection.
- Reviewing:
- J Infect Dis 2010 Jan 1; 201:92
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Epidemiology of Severe Skin and Skin-Structure Infections
- November 25, 2009
- By Richard T. Ellison III, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Among patients hospitalized with such infections at a St. Louis teaching hospital in 2006 and 2007, most cases were healthcare associated.
- Reviewing:
- Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2009 Dec; 30:1203
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome I as a Small-Fiber Neuropathy
- December 15, 2009
- By Robert J. Schwartzman, MD
- Neurology
A review of evidence that supports this often-overlooked pathology as a cause of CRPS I
- Reviewing:
- Ann Neurol 2009 Jun; 65:629
Journal Watch Dermatology summarizes important medical journal articles about a wide variety of dermatologic subjects including atopic dermatitis, eczema, hemangioma, melanoma, phototherapy, psoriasis and scleroderma.
