More than 2 decades of treating atypical fibroxanthoma at mayo clinic: what have we learned from 91 patients?

Background: Atypical fibroxanthoma (AFX) typically occurs on the head and neck of elderly white men. Usually considered a malignancy, it is treated with wide local excision (WLE) or total margin control using Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS).

Objective: To determine the most appropriate treatment for this tumor based on a review of cases treated at Mayo Clinic.

Combination antimalarials in the treatment of cutaneous dermatomyositis: a retrospective study.

Objective: To observe whether the use of antimalarials in combination resulted in significant improvement in the cutaneous signs and symptoms of patients with dermatomyositis who did not otherwise respond to the use of single-agent antimalarial therapy.

Design: Retrospective case series of 17 patients treated between January 1, 1991, and December 31, 2002.

Setting: An ambulatory medical dermatology clinic in an academic center.

History of skin transplantation.

Some of the most interesting occurrences in the history of skin transplantation in Europe and North America took place in India. This article highlights the development of the pedicle flap and the free skin graft through the 19th century, beginning, as is most appropriate in this field of applied science, with an exploration of the cultural mores that created the need for such grafts.