The first-line treatments for acne vulgaris are conventional topical and/or oral medications. However, many patients have contraindications, only partial response, significant ...

Photodynamic therapy requires a photosensitizer, oxygen, and activating light. For acne, pilosebaceous units are “target” structures. Porphyrins are synthesized in vivo from ...

Background: Treatment of atrophic scars with a fractional laser resurfacing technique has demonstrated favorable outcomes, although data on the efficacy and adverse effects ...

Background: Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare xanthogranulomatous histiocytic disorder. Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a proliferative disorder of histiocytes ...

A 4-year-old Caucasian girl presented to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for evaluation of sparse brittle hair, developmental delay, poor growth, recurrent infections, ...

Dialogues in Dermatology, a monthly audio program from the American Academy of Dermatology, contains discussions between dermatologists on timely topics. Commentaries from ...

To the Editor: I enjoyed the article in the October 2009 issue of the Journal by Mutasim and Adams that called attention to the varied underlying psychiatric conditions associated ...

To the Editor: We appreciated the article by Frankel et al in the December 2009 issue of the Journal regarding the treatment of psoriasis in patients with hepatitis C virus ...

To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Tsianakas et al in the October 2009 issue of the Journal entitled “Scalp necrosis in giant cell arteritis: case report ...

To the Editor: The article by Kalb et al in the May 2009 issue of the Journal was prepared as an update of previous methotrexate guidelines. Three of the original four authors ...

To the Editor: The achievement of a near imperceptible postsurgical scar is a somewhat elusive goal that all of us attempt to approach. The commentary by Kantor in the February ...

To the Editor: The availability of dermatopathology services varies across the world. Developing countries have limited to no access to dermatologists, pathologists, or histology ...

To the Editor: Teledermatology (TD) may be less effective than clinic-based dermatology (CD) for certain conditions. Previously, we reported that diagnostic accuracy of store-and-forward ...

To the Editor: Over the past decade, an increased focus on cosmetic products and procedures has increased the demand for cosmetic dermatology. Dermatology residents consistently ...

To the Editor: A 25-year-old otherwise healthy female was referred to our department for the evaluation of pigmented facial lesions. Localized hyperpigmentation over the ...

To the Editor: Rituximab, a chimeric monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody originally developed for the therapy of B-cell malignancies, has recently been suggested as an option for ...

To the Editor: In July 2008, a 60-year-old man who had had psoriasis since 28 years of age presented to our department with erosive lesions on the oral and genital mucosa ...

To the Editor: A healthy 49-year-old woman presented to our department with an irregularly bordered and pigmented black-gray plaque of 30 years' duration in the right popliteal ...

This volume is a welcome addition to the somewhat sparsely populated list of current texts in immunodermatology. The importance of the immune system in the mechanisms underlying ...

A 58-year-old white man presented with a 10-year history of a progressive eruption that began on his scalp, resulting in widespread alopecic patches, and gradually spread ...

A 24-year-old white man presented for a vascular malformation of the right forearm that had been present since birth. He had bilateral symmetrical lip indentations (). The ...

Performance measures serve as a method of assessing and reporting on the quality of care that physicians are delivering to their patients. Although measures have been developed ...

To the Editor: In their interesting case report, Vano-Galvan et al describe a 29-year-old woman who presented with painful skin lesion on her right knee associated with subcutaneous ...

To the Editor: I appreciate the comments of Guzzi et al regarding our article. As they stated, the measurement of blood mercury level is the most precise tool for the diagnosis ...

To the Editor: The efficacy and safety of etanercept therapy in a large, 48-week, phase III clinical trial in a pediatric population with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis ...

To the Editor: We describe a patient with an acute eruption of asymptomatic, erythematous, edematous, oval plaques studded with pinpoint, nonfollicular pustules on her torso ...

To the Editor: A 37-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a 12-year history of severe plaque-type psoriasis without psoriatic arthritis. He did not drink alcohol. ...

To the Editor: A 44-year-old woman who was receiving chemotherapy after surgery for breast cancer complained of symmetric pustular skin lesions on an erythematous background ...

To the Editor: In March 2009, a 52-year-old woman was referred to our department for bilateral red palms. Her medical history was notable for chronic sciatica and bilateral ...

To the Editor: Lipodystrophy is a rare disease that is characterized by the loss of subcutaneous adipose tissue. The exact pathogenesis remains unclear; however, it has been ...

To the Editor: A 32-year-old woman with a history of cervical cancer presented with skin lesions involving her lower abdomen, hips, and groin in January 2007. The patient ...

To the Editor: We report a 75-year-old white man who presented with a 4-month history of painless swelling of the left superior and inferior eyelid. His medical history included ...

To the Editor: Early in 2004, a 27-year-old male presented to our department with a 2-year history of progressive patchy alopecia of the left side of the pubis and upper ...

To the Editor: A 70-year-old man presented in December 2001 with a 6-month history of erythematous papules and nodules on the right back (). He denied previous skin disease ...

To the Editor: In March 2005, an otherwise healthy 16-year-old Austrian male presented to our department with a 2-year history of multiple asymptomatic, subcutaneous, firm ...

To the Editor: Peristomal skin disease is common. Close to 75% of abdominal stoma patients will incur a skin condition affecting their stoma site within 10 years from the ...

To the Editor: Agents that target the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) are being used as a therapy against a variety of malignancies, including lung cancer. The use ...

To the Editor: Olmsted syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of unknown cause characterized by symmetric mutilating hyperkeratotic plaques of palmoplantar and periorificial ...

To the Editor: We report a case of cutaneous marginal zone B-cell lymphoma. This patient has been twice reported in the literature as having an atypical cutaneous presentation ...