Bullous Tinea: Single-Center Retrospective Histopathologic Review of 25 Skin Biopsies.

Context.—: Bullous dermatophytosis is a rare blistering disorder resulting from fungal infection. Limited literature describes the clinical and microscopic features of this disease.

Progression and flaring of focal dermal hypoplasia during an acute illness.

Focal dermal hypoplasia (FDH), or Goltz syndrome, is a rare genodermatosis affecting tissues of mesodermal and ectodermal origin. The characteristic skin changes have been reported to symptomatically flare in response to certain triggers as well as to progress over time in some cases. We present the case of a 5-year-old girl with cutaneous flaring and progression of FDH in the setting of septic shock.

Surgical and non-surgical treatment of inguinal hernia during non-elective admissions in the Nationwide Readmissions Database.

Introduction: Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common surgical operations, yet the optimal treatment strategy remains undefined. Treatment of symptomatic inguinal hernias include both surgical and non-surgical approaches. The objective of this study was to determine differences in population, readmission rates, and costs between operative and non-operative approaches for patients admitted non-electively for an inguinal hernia in a national dataset.