Medical dermatology
Topical retinoid therapy for acanthosis nigricans: In the thick of it
The naked truth about total body skin examination: A lesson from Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Getting the gist of GIST cutaneous hyperpigmentation disease
Calcipotriene and 5-fluorouracil: Dermatology’s new dynamic duo?
Parabens — A common allergen with lots of hype and no real harm
Putting muscle into isotretinoin laboratory testing isn’t chopped liver!
Snitching on Schnitzler syndrome: The continuing search for an optimal biomarker
A metabolic pathway that may allow dermatologists to run rings around porokeratoses
Should dermatologists be anti-antihistamine for atopic dermatitis?
The newest frontier for biologics and psoriasis may be adherence
Taking the challenge: Social media, adolescents, and the skin
When assessing morbilliform eruptions think about morbilli (measles)!
Fever, rash, and lymphadenopathy may be wearing more than one DRESS
A ‘pregnant pause’ is necessary before concluding on the obstetric risk of vitiligo
Dermatologists will increasingly meet mammalian meat allergy
Coming to Terms with Louis Brocq and His Diagram: Pityriasis Lichenoides 2018
Radical chik: Chikungunya fever presenting as a toxic epidermal necrolysis-like eruption
Granulomatous pigmented purpuric dermatosis revisited: Lessons learned from a rejected manuscript
Pregnant with possibility: Rituximab prophylaxis for pemphigoid gestationis
Shades of Shelley: Azithromycin therapy for erythema annulare centrifugum
Dyeing for a “new” topical agent for psoriasis? Think indigo
Asking Psoriasis Patients to Open Their Mouths and Say “Ahhh”
The congenital perineal groove: Defective recognition of a dermal defect
Predicting malignancies in Sweet syndrome has become sweeter
Itching to prescribe the right treatment for scabies: Topical permethrin or oral ivermectin?
Time for a Churchillian approach to idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis?
Say “Cheese!” Three reasons why EMR photography makes me smile
Hairdressers’ dermatologic odyssey: From dye to death prevention
Memories of pneumocystis pneumonia and thoughts of prophylaxis
Koebnerization in Henoch-Schönlein purpura: How does it line up with prognosis?
Keeping an eye on retinoids as treatment for the ectropion of lamellar ichthyosis
The concept of atrophoderma of pasini and pierini as morphea may be falling off a cliff
Cannabinoids may elevate therapy for connective tissues diseases to a higher level
Softening the blow of calcinosis cutis: The promise of intralesional sodium thiosulfate
Yeast rising: Predicting the efficacy of candida antigen immunotherapy for warts
Voriconazole prophylaxis mandates cutaneous prophylaxis – and communication
Comprehending the association of orofacial granulomatosis and Crohn disease would be swell
The ultimate prognosis of eosinophilic fasciitis may not be groovy
Selectivity and the choice of beta-blockers for infantile hemangiomas
Naltrexone therapy for Hailey-Hailey disease: Confirming my addiction to evidence-based medicine
Scarred by dogma: Revising recommendations for surgery and isotretinoin use
Here comes the sun: The role of polypodium leucotomos extract
Histologic overreliance on mucin for diagnosis may prove…sticky
Scratching below the surface for the etiology of nichen amyloidosis – no sweat?
Linear and whorled nevoid hypermelanosis: Past reflections and future directions
Difficulty differentiating palmar psoriasis from eczema: Can dermatopathologists lend a hand?
Joining the “fold”: Squamous cell carcinoma complicating porokeratosis ptychotropica
Red alert: Avoid brimonidine and oxymetazoline as hemostatic agents
Psoriatic alopecia and sebaceous glands: An unfinished symphony
Untangling the neurologic comorbidities of bullous pemphigoid
Calcineurin inhibitors under occlusion – I could’ve had a V8!
Vitiligo or vitiligo-like lesions and PD1-inhibitors: Which is right?
Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp must no longer be dermatology’s secret
A heartfelt thank you note to my psoriasis research colleagues
Teprotumumab: An eye-opening advance for pretibial myxedema?
Blasé about the acronym BLAISE (Blaschko Linear Acquired Inflammatory Skin Eruptions)
Treating acrodermatitis continua of hallopeau in 2018? Try guselkumab!
PD1 blockade: The next step for aggressive basal cell carcinomas?
Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophila and kimura disease: Dupilumab beckons
Moving into first place: Antimalarials for treating generalized granuloma annulare
A dermatologic riddle: How is IgG4-related ophthalmic disease parliamentary?
Fake news, predatory journals, case reports, biostatistics, and other journalistic musings
Stepping back from the abyss: A kinder, gentler variant of calciphylaxis
Getting within a hair’s breadth of understanding prurigo pigmentosa
Treating psoriatic patients with associated inflammatory bowel disease: A personal bias
Frontal fibrosing alopecia: Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered
Debunking the myth of the aggressive nature of acantholytic squamous cell carcinomas
Risk factors for herpes zoster: Age, immunosuppression, and…statins?
Sirolimus for microcystic lymphatic malformations: Caviar for frog spawn
OblIgEd to search for steroid-sparing agents in treating bullous pemphigoid
Tofacitinib for adolescent alopecia areata: Balancing the risk-benefit ratio
Desquamative gingivitis: Sinking your teeth in miagnosis and management
2017’s management of Stevens-Johnson/toxic epidermal necrolysis: The pendulum is swinging
Topical amelioration of neuropathic pain and pruritus leading to painful consequences
Aleppo to Zika: 2016’s anxieties may lead to 2017’s dermatoses
More than fibrofolliculomas: A novel angiomatous lesion enters the Birt-Hogg-Dubé realm
Intralesional triamcinolone for hidradenitis suppurativa and thoughts on confirmation bias
Fooled again: Misdiagnosing cutaneous follicle center lymphoma
A burning question: Should patients receive the zoster vaccine after an episode of shingles?
Proliferating tests for proliferative nodules of congenital melanocytic nevi
Getting a leg up on squamous cell carcinomas of the teratoacanthoma type
Pineapple and cicatricial pemphigoid: A need to dole out more studies
Hidradenitis suppurativa and socioeconomic status: Food for thought (and benefit)
Dermatomyositis oddities: Could one be responsible for the other?
A plasma cell dyscrasia fable: AESOP and POEMS presenting concurrently
Dupilumab and the dawn of the biologic era for atopic dermatitis
Getting a toehold on subungual tumors: Aneurysmal bone cysts join the club
Tofacitinib for dermatomyositis: A potential belle of the ball?
Reflections on vacation and terrorism impacting continuing medical education
Make no bones about it: Primary cutaneous ewing sarcoma is for real
Topical crisaborole ointment for atopic dermatitis: Hoping for a painless introduction
Oral tranexamic acid to treat melasma: Are you bloody kidding me?
Hallelujah! A negative comorbidity study: Putting comorbidities in perspective
You like tomato, I like tomahto, you soak with steroids, I use them dry…
A point to make about punctate, pigmented and verrucous papillomatosis
Direct-to-consumer telemedicine websites: Caveat emptor, a prediction, and proposal
Herpes zoster, immunosuppression, and vaccination: Far from a blistering pace
Vitamin C as treatment of basal cell carcinoma: Is it fruitful?
Psoriasiform eruptions during Kawasaki disease (KD): A prognosis that lets the good times roll
Systemic amyloidosis presenting as nail dystrophy (and inducing onychophagia in the reviewer)
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