Publications by authors named "Aida Lugo Somolinos"
Background: In epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS), epithelial structural fragility results in blisters and erosions. Diacerein 1% ointment has been shown to reduce this blistering.
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of diacerein 1% ointment in the treatment of EBS.
Background: Patients with field cancerization will develop numerous superficial non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs). Treating patients with field cancerization can be challenging and burdensome due to the numerous non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) they develop and the frequent dermatology visits required for biopsy and treatment.
Objective: The success rate of diagnosing and treating lesions suspicious for NMSCs on the same day is measured, immediately after biopsy.
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- Lichen amyloidosis is linked to damage from chronic scratching and may be associated with autoimmune diseases like thyroid issues.
- Dermatological symptoms from uncontrolled thyroid diseases, such as hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, are well-documented.
- A unique case is presented of a 63-year-old patient experiencing both myxedema and lichen amyloidosis due to uncontrolled hypothyroidism following treatment for Graves disease.
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- - The study reviewed patch test results of patients taking the immunosuppressant methotrexate (MTX) at the University of North Carolina Dermatology from 2010 to 2019, aiming to determine its effect on testing outcomes.
- - Among 674 patients, those on MTX had a positivity rate of 46.8%, compared to 53.4% for the control group, with no significant differences in reactions between the two groups.
- - The findings suggest that methotrexate does not adversely affect patch test results, indicating it can be used safely in patients undergoing patch testing.
Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), also known as acne inversa, is a recurring, painful, chronic, and sometimes disfiguring inflammatory skin disease.
Objectives: Our objective was to report the baseline clinical characteristics, natural history, and associated outcomes of patients with HS from the ongoing, prospective, non-interventional UNITE registry that is collecting data regarding the natural history and associated outcomes of HS.
Methods: Patients with inflammatory HS lesions were enrolled, including adolescents (aged 12 to < 18 years) and adults (aged ≥ 18 years).
It is important that physicians recognize persistent periorbital edema and conjunctival injection as possible disease manifestations of CLE, especially prior to cutaneous involvement. This may lead to more rapid diagnosis and treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Allergic contact dermatitis is a challenging diagnostic problem in children. Although epicutaneous patch testing is the diagnostic standard for confirmation of contact sensitization, it is less used in children by dermatologists treating children, pediatric dermatologists, and pediatricians, when compared with adult practitioners.
Objective: The aim of the study was to create and evaluate standardization of a pediatric patch test series for children older than 6 years.
Background: Little is known about the epidemiology of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) in US children. More widespread diagnostic confirmation through epicutaneous patch testing is needed.
Objective: The aim was to quantify patch test results from providers evaluating US children.
Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) may complicate the clinical course of atopic dermatitis (AD), and patch testing remains the criterion standard for diagnosing ACD. To date, there have been no guidelines or consensus recommendations on when and how to patch test individuals with AD. Failure to patch test when appropriate may result in overlooking an important and potentially curable complicating comorbidity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMethotrexate versus Acitretin in the Treatment of Chronic Hand Dermatitis.
J Drugs Dermatol
December 2015
Background: Recent studies have produced treatment algorithms for hand dermatitis, but there are limited current indications of systemic treatments for chronic hand dermatitis.
Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of methotrexate and acitretin in the treatment of chronic hand dermatitis.
Methods: A chart-retrospective review of all patients with hand dermatitis seen by the primary author at the University of North Carolina Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center from September 2007 to April 2013.
Importance: Isotretinoin is the most effective treatment for acne. The ideal dosing regimen is unknown.
Objective: To determine the rates of relapse of acne vulgaris and retrial of isotretinoin after high cumulative-dose treatment and the changes to the adverse effect profile.
Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of 0.025 mmol/kg gadobenate dimeglumine, which is one quarter of the standard dose, for abdominal 3-T MRI studies in patients considered to be at risk for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, using qualitative and quantitative measures and comparison with higher doses.
Materials And Methods: The MRI database was retrospectively searched to select consecutive patients who underwent quarter-dose gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced abdominal MRI at 3 T, between January 1, 2009, and January 15, 2010, and who underwent half-dose (0.