Surgery Alone (Without Adjuvant Radiation) Adequately Treats Histologic Perineural Basal Cell Carcinomas: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.

Background: Histologic perineural invasion (PNI) in basal cell carcinomas (BCC) lacks evidence-based treatment guidelines.

Objective: Systematically review and analyze treatment outcomes of BCC with histologic PNI (PNBCC).

Materials And Methods: PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Reviews were searched through June 25, 2021.

Angioedema: A potential complication of dupilumab in atopic dermatitis.

Dupilumab is a relatively new and quite effective medication for recalcitrant atopic dermatitis in patients over 6 years of age. Here, we present a 12-year-old girl with progressively worsening episodic facial swelling and erythema while treated with dupilumab. This case highlights the possibility of angioedema as an adverse effect of dupilumab treatment.

Dermatology residency applications: correlation of applicant personal statement content with match result.

The personal statement is a narrative written by an applicant to residency programs to discuss his/her interests and express his/her personality, but it is unclear how the personal statement impacts the dermatology residency application process. The aim of this study was to analyze personal statements from applicants to a dermatology program at a major academic institution to identify common themes and determine if certain themes were associated with successful matching. All personal statements submitted to the dermatology residency program at UNC School of Medicine (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) during the 2012 application cycle (N=422) were analyzed to identify 9 common themes of content.

What's eating you? millipede burns.

Millipedes often are regarded as harmless but are capable of causing adverse reactions through the secretion of toxic chemicals. Millipede burns cause localized pigmentary changes that may be associated with pain or burning in some patients. Clinical suspicion and physical examination are paramount to the diagnosis of millipede burns.

Assessment of Smartphone Application for Teaching Intuitive Visual Diagnosis of Melanoma.

This diagnostic study compares the training efficacy of a novel web-based application to the publicly available Internet Curriculum For Melanoma Early Detection Skin Education Series to determine if intuitive visual diagnosis training is superior to a traditional rule-based algorithm in the diagnosis of melanomas.

The safety of treatments used in pyoderma gangrenosum.

Introduction: Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a severe ulcerating orphan dermatosis characterized by painful and rapidly progressive skin ulcers often associated with underlying inflammatory disease.

Areas Covered: In this article, we review and analyze the literature regarding treatment options for patients with PG, with particular attention to the efficacy and safety of therapies. Despite the significance of this problem, there are few studies devoted to the efficacy or safety of therapeutics in PG.