Can You See Me Now? Video Supplementation for Pediatric Teledermatology Cases.

Background/objectives: Digital video is widely available and is used sporadically in clinical settings to evaluate patients, but whether it helps improve clinical management has not been determined. The aim of this study was to assess whether recorded video in addition to still images can improve residents' diagnostic and management accuracy and confidence with pediatric teledermatology cases.

Methods: Dermatology residents from three programs were assigned alternately to an online survey with 15 pediatric teledermatology cases presented with still images only (still) or still images plus recorded video (mixed).

Ventral midline blanching in the setting of segmental infantile hemangiomas: clinical observations and pathogenetic implications.

Areas of blanched skin in children may be seen as an independent finding or in association with vascular birthmarks. We performed a retrospective chart review to identify and describe infants with areas of ventral midline blanching in the presence of segmental infantile hemangiomas. We identified nine full-term infants with partial or full segmental hemangiomas and areas of midline ventral blanching.

What should primary care providers know about pediatric skin conditions? A modified Delphi technique for curriculum development.

Background: There is limited access to pediatric dermatology in the United States, resulting in inadequate education and patient care.

Objective: This Delphi study aimed to identify important objectives for a pediatric dermatology curriculum for general practitioners.

Methods: A modified, 2-round Delphi technique was used to develop consensus on objectives developed by expert pediatric dermatologists.

Treatment of molluscum contagiosum with cantharidin: a practical approach.

Molluscum contagiosum is very common. In this article we discuss the use of cantharidin as a treatment option for molluscum contagiosum and give detailed information about distribution sources, how to apply it, and caveats regarding its use.Molluscum contagiosum is a common viral disease of childhood caused by a poxvirus, which presents with small, firm, dome-shaped, umbilicated papules.

Pediatric teledermatology: observations based on 429 consults.

Background: Store-and-forward teledermatology is an emerging means of access for patients with skin disease lacking direct access to dermatologists.

Objectives: We sought to examine the patient demographics, diagnostic concordance, and treatment patterns in teledermatology for patients younger than 13 years.

Methods: We conducted a descriptive retrospective cohort study involving 429 patients.

A four-year-old boy with fever, rash, and arthritis.

The triad of fever, rash, and arthritis in a hospitalized child suggests an inflammatory, infectious, or postinfectious process in most cases; however, malignancy must be considered. The most common causes in this age group are inflammatory conditions, including Kawasaki disease, Henoch-Schönlein Purpura, serum sickness-like reaction, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Other rarer inflammatory processes can present with this triad of symptoms such as Cryopyrin-related diseases (autoinflammatory disorders), urticarial vasculitis, and systemic lupus erythematosus.

''Ectopic eyelashes'' (ectopic cilia) in a 2-year-old girl: brief report and discussion of possible embryologic origin.

Cilia, or eyelashes, are unique hair follicles normally found at the eyelid margin. The spectrum of cilial anomalies includes cilial row duplication, agenesis, and ectopic placement. Ectopic cilia are the most rare of cilial anomalies.

Clinical characteristics and management of vascular anomalies: findings of a multidisciplinary vascular anomalies clinic.

Objective: To describe the scope of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Vascular Anomalies Clinic (VAC), including the types of diagnoses, characteristics, and management of patients seen in the clinic.

Design: Case series.

Setting: Referral, outpatient, multidisciplinary clinic in a university system.