Evaluation of a Case Series of Patients With Palmoplantar Pustulosis in the United States.

Importance: Palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP) is a is a chronic, orphan disease with limited epidemiological data.

Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics, treatments, longitudinal disease course, and health care utilization in adults with PPP across the US.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This retrospective, longitudinal case series from 20 academic dermatology practices in the US included a consecutive sample of 197 adults who met the European Rare and Severe Psoriasis Expert Network consensus definition for PPP between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2018.

Evaluation of a Case Series of Patients With Generalized Pustular Psoriasis in the United States.

Importance: Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is a chronic, orphan disease with limited epidemiological data.

Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics, treatments, longitudinal disease course, and disease-specific health care utilization among patients with GPP across the United States.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A retrospective longitudinal case series involving 95 adults who met the European Rare and Severe Psoriasis Expert Network consensus definition for GPP and were treated at 20 US academic dermatology practices between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2018.

Dermatologic sequelae of breast cancer: From disease, surgery, and radiation.

The care of breast cancer patients is important to dermatologists. Breast cancer's initial presentation, clinical progression, and its associated treatments can result in a variety of cutaneous complications. Dermatologists may be the first to identify a breast cancer diagnosis, as a subset of patients first present with direct extension of an underlying tumor or with a cutaneous metastasis.

Cosmetic procedure use as a type of substance-related disorder.

Background: A role for addiction psychiatry in aesthetic treatment-seeking behavior has been evidenced for ultraviolet light tanning.

Objective: We aim to demonstrate an initial proof of concept for the presence of addictive behaviors in cosmetic procedure use.

Methods: Adults visiting a cosmetic dermatology practice with history of at least 1 cosmetic procedure and consideration of at least 1 cosmetic procedure in the past 12 months were included.

Clinical Characteristics of Lupus Erythematosus Panniculitis/Profundus: A Retrospective Review of 61 Patients.

This case series characterizes the initial presentation and treatment of lupus erythematosus panniculitis/profundus and its association with systemic lupus erythematosus and discoid lupus erythematosus.

Perceived Esthetic Outcomes of Face Transplantation: A Survey of the General Public.

Facial transplantation (FT) has attracted the interest of individuals with facial disfigurement as a path to social reintegration. The perception among face transplant recipients and the reconstructive surgery community appears to be that superior functional and esthetic outcomes can be obtained with FT compared to autologous reconstruction (AR). Although lifelong immunosuppression adds well-known risks to FT, its benefits have proven difficult to quantify, especially because of its non-life-saving nature.

Evaluating the July Phenomenon in Plastic Surgery: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Analysis.

Background: The perception that complications are more frequent earlier in the medical academic year, known as the "July phenomenon," has been studied in several specialties, with conflicting results. This phenomenon has yet to be studied in plastic surgery; therefore, this study sought to evaluate the presence of the July phenomenon within plastic surgery.

Methods: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database was accessed, and cases from 2005 to 2014 where "plastic surgery" was listed as the surgical specialty were identified.