A Geospatial Analysis of the Association between Access to Tanning Bed Facilities and Melanoma in the United States New England Region.

Substantial geographic disparities in melanoma incidence and access to tanning bed facilities exist. In this spatial ecological study, we evaluate the relationship between access to tanning bed facilities and melanoma incidence. New England county-level melanoma incidence rates (2014-2018), tanning bed facilities location, demographic data, socioeconomic data, and geographic data were obtained from the National Cancer Institute State Cancer Profiles, Data Axle, American Community Survey, and United States Geological Survey.

Subcorneal Pustular Dermatosis Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

Subcorneal pustular dermatosis (SPD), also called Sneddon-Wilkinson disease, is a rare, relapsing pustular dermatosis.1 SPD has been associated with multiple myeloma, IgA Gammopathy, pyoderma gangrenosum and certain autoimmune diseases.2 However, SPD occurrence following SARS-COV-2 has not yet been reported.

Specialties with Few Underrepresented Applicants Lack Diversity Information on Residency Websites.

Introduction: With the advent of virtual interviews and the increasing accessibility of internet resources, students increasingly rely on program websites for residency application decisions. In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated the presence of diversity or inclusion information in the least diverse US specialties' residency program websites, including dermatology, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, and urology residency programs.

Methods: Two authors independently reviewed each Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited non-military US residency program website and ranked the websites' diversity and inclusion information using six pre-determined criteria based on previous studies in the literature.

Understanding melanoma in situ: Lentigo maligna surgical treatment terminology and guideline adherence, a targeted review.

Background: Malignant melanoma in-situ, lentigo maligna (MMIS-LM) can be successfully treated with several different surgical techniques; however, the literature is inconsistent in defining them.

Objective: To comprehensively define and describe the national guideline recommended surgical techniques used to treat MMIS-LM to help clarify and standardize this terminology to ensure compliance with the guidelines.

Methods: A targeted literature review was performed from 1990 to 2022 focusing on articles that discussed the national guideline recommended surgical techniques of wide local excision, Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS), modified Mohs surgery, and staged excision/Slow-Mohs for MMIS-LM, as well as the related methods of tissue processing.

The Value of Partnerships in Multi-Component Skin Cancer Prevention Interventions.

Melanoma causes most skin cancer-related deaths, yet melanoma mortality rates can be decreased by life-long reduction of ultraviolet radiation exposure and early detection. The disease is readily detectable through skin examinations by trained medical providers; however, the U.S.

Skin of Color in Preclinical Medical Education: A Cross-Institutional Comparison and A Call to Action.

Disease presentations can vary between different skin phototypes, at times requiring distinct management and therapies. Medical education curricula have yet to be updated to better reflect and address the dermatologic needs of an increasingly diverse population. The objective of this study was to determine if the preclinical dermatology curriculum at 3 US medical schools provided adequate representation of skin of color patients in their didactic presentation slides.

Clinical Outcomes of Free, Public Skin Cancer Screening Events, Rhode Island, 2015-2019.

Background: In Rhode Island, malignant melanoma of skin causes about 30 deaths a year. Early detection has been shown to reduce mortality risk.

Methods: Dermatology volunteers and public health professionals convened 27 free skin cancer screenings at public beaches in 2015-2019 to raise skin cancer awareness and screen patients for malignancy.

Dermoscopy Proficiency Expectations for US Dermatology Resident Physicians: Results of a Modified Delphi Survey of Pigmented Lesion Experts.

Importance: Dermoscopy education in US dermatology residency programs varies widely, and there is currently no existing expert consensus identifying what is most important for resident physicians to know.

Objectives: To identify consensus-based learning constructs representing an appropriate foundational proficiency in dermoscopic image interpretation for dermatology resident physicians, including dermoscopic diagnoses, associated features, and representative teaching images. Defining these foundational proficiency learning constructs will facilitate further skill development in dermoscopic image interpretation to help residents achieve clinical proficiency.

Wilderness Dermatology: Bugs, Plants, and Other Nuisances That May Ruin Your Hike.

Spending time outdoors can be rewarding. However, exposure to the sun, insect bites, and plant exposures may result in a wide range of dermatologic manifestations. In this article, we describe potential cutaneous manifestations of common wilderness exposures in New England including photodermatoses from prolonged sun exposure, phytodermatoses from plant exposures, and arthropod-bite reactions from common insects (mosquitos, spiders, ticks, hymenoptera, mites and chiggers).

Eccrine nevus.

Localized hyperhidrosis on the left forearm of a 7-year-old girl is described. Biopsy revealed an eccrine nevus. The differential diagnosis of localized hyperhidrosis is discussed.