Publications by authors named "Carmen M Montagnon"
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- - Majocchi's granuloma (MG) is a rare fungal infection predominantly affecting hair follicles, often linked to previous use of immunosuppressants and corticosteroids, with case data coming from past reports due to its uncommon nature.
- - A study analyzed 147 adult patients over 30 years, revealing a median patient age of 55.6 years, with most patients being male, and Trichophyton species identified as the primary cause of MG.
- - Treatment typically involved a median duration of 31.5 days, primarily using oral terbinafine, leading to a successful clinical resolution in 96.6% of patients, although accurate diagnosis usually requires histopathologic confirmation.
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- * The article covers the background, how common these conditions are, their clinical features, and how they’re diagnosed.
- * It discusses various types of pemphigus, including pemphigus foliaceus and pemphigus vulgaris, among others, plus their unique characteristics and causes.
Intraepithelial autoimmune blistering dermatoses are a rare group of skin disorders characterized by disruptions of inter-keratinocyte connections within the epidermis through the action of autoantibodies. The second article in this continuing medical education series presents validated disease activity scoring systems, serologic parameters of disease, treatments, and clinical trials for pemphigus and its subtypes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSubepithelial autoimmune blistering dermatoses are a group of rare skin disorders that are characterized by the disruption of the dermal-epidermal junction through the action of autoantibodies. The third article in this continuing medical education series explores the background, epidemiology, clinical features, and diagnostic criteria of each of the major subepithelial autoimmune blistering dermatoses, including bullous pemphigoid, pemphigoid gestationis, lichen planus pemphigoides, mucous membrane pemphigoid, linear IgA bullous dermatosis, and dermatitis herpetiformis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSubepidermal (subepithelial) autoimmune blistering dermatoses are a group of rare skin disorders characterized by the disruption of the dermal-epidermal junction through the action of autoantibodies. The fourth article in this continuing medical education series presents the current validated disease activity scoring systems, serologic parameters, treatments, and clinical trials for bullous pemphigoid, mucous membrane pemphigoid, epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, bullous systemic lupus erythematosus, anti-p200 pemphigoid, linear IgA bullous dermatosis, and dermatitis herpetiformis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a devastating neutrophilic dermatosis that may be associated with trauma or systemic diseases. The associations, characteristics, and temporal relationship of PG with hematologic malignancies are not well understood.
Objective: We performed a systematic review of PG associated with hematologic malignancies using data from case reports, case series, and retrospective studies.