Surgical management of leukoderma after burn: A review.

Burns are a common and sometimes devastating injury causing a significant amount of pain, disability, and occasionally death. Burns can have serious aesthetic and functional consequences such as pigmentary changes and formation of scar tissue. Hypopigmentation or depigmentation is often a result of partial- or full-thickness burns, which is referred to as leukoderma after burn.

Association of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine With the Development of Keratinocyte Carcinomas.

Importance: Keratinocyte carcinomas (KCs), consisting of squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) and basal cell carcinomas (BCCs), are the most common human malignant neoplasms. Several risk factors have been implicated in KC development. For some SCCs, particularly those in immunocompromised patients, human papillomavirus (HPV) may be an important factor.

A Unique Case of Progressive Hemi-facial Atrophy Successfully Treated with Methotrexate.

The effects of many dermatologic syndromes are not exclusive to the skin. Disorders commonly involve a complex interplay between multiple organ systems, thus not relying solely on the dermatologist for proper work up, diagnosis, and treatment. Morphea is one such rare disease which involves progressive loss or atrophy of subcutaneous tissue, muscle, and bone with a relatively mysterious etiology.

Keloidal Atypical Fibroxanthoma: Case and Review of the Literature.

Keloidal atypical fibroxanthoma (KAF) has recently been categorized as a variant of atypical fibroxanthoma. This paper will emphasize the importance of including KAF in both clinical and histological differential diagnosis of benign and malignant lesions which exhibit keloidal collagen and will also review the current literature on epidemiology, pathogenesis, histology, immunochemistry and treatments.

Role of whole bone marrow, whole bone marrow cultured cells, and mesenchymal stem cells in chronic wound healing.

Introduction: Recent evidence has shown that bone marrow cells play critical roles during the inflammatory, proliferative and remodeling phases of cutaneous wound healing. Among the bone marrow cells delivered to wounds are stem cells, which can differentiate into multiple tissue-forming cell lineages to effect, healing. Gaining insight into which lineages are most important in accelerating wound healing would be quite valuable in designing therapeutic approaches for difficult to heal wounds.