Regulations, liability, safety, and economics related to compounding.

Extemporaneous compounding is a means to tailor a medication to an individual patient's needs and may be required when no commercial product exists to meet that need. Compounded products range from buffered lidocaine to topical creams and ointments. Recent heightened regulations have made compounding more challenging for dermatologists and prompted this review of regulations, liability, and safety related to compounding.

Cosmetic Dermatology Training During Residency: Outcomes of a Resident-Reported Survey.

Background: As the demand for cosmetic treatments increases, it is important for dermatology residents to be educated about and achieve proficiency in dermatologic cosmetic procedures.

Objective: To assess dermatology residents' educational exposure to cosmetic dermatology.

Materials And Methods: An anonymous 18-question survey was sent electronically to 1,266 dermatology residents requesting information about cosmetic dermatology training during residency.

Development of sarcoidosis in cosmetic tattoos.

Background: The development of granulomatous lesions within tattoos is a well-recognized occurrence in individuals with sarcoidosis. The characteristic histopathological finding of sarcoidosis is the presence of noncaseating granulomas; however, similar histopathogical findings may be seen in foreign body granulomas. Several reports have challenged the assertion that the presence of foreign material within sarcoidal granulomas is incompatible with a diagnosis of sarcoidosis.

Childhood subungual melanoma in situ in diffuse nail melanosis beginning as expanding longitudinal melanonychia.

We report a rare childhood occurrence of melanoma in situ presenting as diffuse nail pigmentation resulting from expanding longitudinal melanonychia, and discuss factors that should come into play when considering a possible nail matrix biopsy.

Infectious eccrine hidradenitis caused by Nocardia.

Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis is a nonspecific clinical reaction pattern classified as a neutrophilic dermatosis that typically occurs in the setting of chemotherapy for hematologic malignant disease. Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis more rarely has been reported in association with infectious agents, including Serratia, Enterobacter, Staphylococcus, and HIV. We describe the first case of infectious eccrine hidradenitis occurring in a patient with cutaneous Nocardia infection.