Night of the living thrips: an unusual outbreak of Thysanoptera dermatitis.

Identifying the etiology of a cutaneous eruption in the setting of an acute cluster outbreak is of utmost importance due to the inherent potential public health impact. The differential diagnosis ranges from innocuous arthropod bites to more concerning causes such as infection, medication reaction, and environmental exposure. We report the simultaneous presentation of 15 US Marines who presented with numerous discrete papular skin eruptions.

Lupus erythematosus tumidus: a unique disease entity.

Lupus erythematosus tumidus (LET) is a photosensitive skin disease characterized by succulent, edematous, and non-scarring plaques. Histologic features include perivascular and periadnexal lymphocytic infiltration and interstitial mucin deposition. Despite being first described in 1909, there are few case reports in the current literature describing this disease and even fewer that discuss treatment.

Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms: DRESS following Initiation of Oxcarbazepine with Elevated Human Herpesvirus-6 Titer.

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a rare and potentially fatal severe cutaneous reaction, which has a delayed onset after the initiation of an inciting medication. After recognition and withdrawal of the causative agent, along with aggressive management, a majority of patients will have complete recovery over several months. We present a rare case of DRESS secondary to oxcarbazepine with an elevated human herpesvirus-6 titer.

Mycobacterium haemophilum Masquerading as Leprosy in a Renal Transplant Patient.

Opportunistic infections following immunosuppression in solid organ transplant (SOT) patients are common complications with the skin being a common sight of infection. Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are rare but potential causes of skin infection in SOT patients. We present a case of an adult male immunosuppressed following renal transplantation who presented with an asymptomatic rash for several months.

Conventional, emerging, heredity, lifestyle, and psychosocial coronary risk factors: relationships to subclinical atherosclerosis.

The authors examined the relationship between calcified coronary atherosclerosis and an array of cardiovascular risk factors in sequential logistic models to determine the extent to which these markers overlap in their identification of patients at risk for developing coronary heart disease. The prevalence of coronary artery calcium using electron beam computed tomography was 19.4% in this cross-sectional study of a prospective, consecutive, screening cohort of 1999 healthy United States Army personnel (aged 39-50 years).

Intracardiac leiomyomatosis: iliac vein to right-ventricular outflow tract.

Background: A 58-year-old female with a history of hypertension and asthma presented to an internist for a routine physical examination. A grade II/VI systolic ejection murmur and electrocardiogram abnormalities were noted. She was referred to a cardiologist for further assessment.

Relation between coronary artery calcium and incident chest pain in a community-dwelling screening population.

Incident chest pain occurred in 30.3% of 1,743 asymptomatic healthy men and women who were followed for up to 4 years. Proportions of patients who had coronary artery calcium were similar among those who had no chest pain, noncardiac pain, atypical pain, or cardiac chest pain.