Prognostic factors for patients with cancer-associated dermatomyositis: a retrospective, multicenter cohort study of 73 patients.

Objectives: To investigate factors associated with dermatomyositis (DM) complete clinical response and overall survival with a focus on the use of immunosuppressive therapies in patients with cancer-associated DM.

Methods: We performed a multicentre, retrospective cohort study. Multivariable survival analyses used a Cox model with time-dependent covariates and adjustments with inverse probability censoring weighting.

[Anterior orbital ischemia secondary to type 1 cryoglobulinemia: A case report and literature review].

Introduction: Type 1 cryoglobulinemia is characterized by a large number of clinical signs. The lack of specificity of these signs can make diagnosis difficult. Ocular manifestations are rarely described across medical literature.

Pruritus and brain tumours: A prospective and descriptive study.

Background: Pruritus, especially localised to the nostrils, has been reported as a specific sign of brain tumours.

Objectives: The main goal of this study was to estimate the prevalence of pruritus in a group of patients with brain tumours. The second outcome was to better characterise this pruritus with a specific questionnaire and a skin examination.

Observational case-control study of small-fiber neuropathies, with regards on smoking and vitamin D deficiency and other possible causes.

Introduction: Small fiber neuropathies (SFNs) are disorders of skin nerve endings inducing pruritus, burning pain, numbness, and paresthesia. The aims of this study were to search for putative etiologies of SFN and their occurrence in a cohort of patients and to compare patients with SFN to a group of patients without SFN to highlight potential factors associated with SFN.

Methods: This study was observational, retrospective, and monocentric.