Lead Time from First Suspicion of Malignant Melanoma in Primary Care to Diagnostic Excision: a Cohort Study Comparing Teledermatoscopy and Traditional Referral to a Dermatology Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital.

Introduction: The increasing use of teledermatoscopy in clinical practice has led to demands to evaluate the effects of this new technology on traditional healthcare systems.

Objectives: To study lead times from first consultation in primary care to diagnostic excision of suspected malignant melanoma lesions in traditional referrals to a tertiary hospital-based dermatology clinic compared with mobile teledermatoscopy referrals.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study design was used.

Hidradenitis Suppurativa in Sweden: A Registry-Based Cross-Sectional Study of 13,538 Patients.

Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, inflammatory skin condition with nodules and fistula formation and scarring. It is a debilitating disease with a severe negative impact on quality of life. There is a need for increased knowledge about the social and lifestyle characteristics of patients with HS in general, and pregnant women in particular.

Patient-reported outcomes in topical field treatment of actinic keratosis in Swedish and Danish patients.

Topical treatments in dermatology can be long, complex and lead to nonadherence and nonpersistence to prescribed treatment. Clinical efficacy observed in randomized clinical trials (RCT) may therefore be reduced in real-world clinical practice. The objective of this study was to analyze patient-reported treatment adherence, treatment satisfaction and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with topical treatments of actinic keratosis (AK) in routine clinical practice in Denmark and Sweden.

Intralesional triamcinolone for flares of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS): A case series.

Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the hair follicle. Standard practice of managing acute flares with corticosteroid injection lacks scientific evidence.

Objective: We sought to assess the outcomes of routine treatment using intralesional triamcinolone (triamcinolone acetonide 10 mg/mL) in the management of acute flares in HS.

PGP 9.5 distribution patterns in biopsies from early lesions of atopic dermatitis.

Peripheral nerve fibres are often increased in lesional skin of atopic dermatitis (AD) patients. We attempted to study nerve fibre profiles, using PGP 9.5 as neuronal marker, in early AD lesions in 10 patients, as compared to non-lesional skin in the same patients and skin from healthy controls.

Cutaneous PGP 9.5 distribution patterns in hidradenitis suppurativa.

The aim of this study was to investigate the presence and density of the nerve fibre-marker protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5), with immunohistochemistry, in skin from patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).

Bacteraemia in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa undergoing carbon dioxide laser surgery: detection and quantification of bacteria by lysis-filtration.

Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a cicatrising and persistent disease of apocrine gland-bearing areas in adults. The severity of this condition varies from a few suppurating lesions to widespread, disabling disease. The aetiology is obscure, but suggested contributory factors include a genetic predisposition, comedones occluding the pilosebaceous apparatus, bacterial infections, and hormonal factors.

Scanner-assisted carbon dioxide laser surgery: a retrospective follow-up study of patients with hidradenitis suppurativa.

Background: The chronic fistulating lesions of hidradenitis suppurativa spread by contiguous growth, and all affected tissue needs to be surgically removed.

Objective: The aim of our study was to evaluate a surgical method for treatment of Hurley stage II hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), the carbon dioxide laser rapid-beam optomechanical scanner system in continuous mode.

Methods: Thirty-four patients were evaluated after treatment; 31 patients were women, and the mean age was 33.