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Clin Dermatol
December 2024
Department of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Electronic address:
Dr. Irwin Braverman, a luminary in our field of dermatology, united his love of internal medicine with dermatology to pioneer our understanding of the cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease. His meticulous documentation of physical examination findings in his book Skin Signs of Systemic Disease became fundamental to the training of dermatologists worldwide for decades.
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December 2024
Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Clin Dermatol
December 2024
Department of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Electronic address:
While rare, life-threatening dermatoses encompass various inflammatory, infectious, vasculitic/vasculopathy, paraneoplastic, and neoplastic skin diseases. Complications include skin barrier dysfunction, secondary infection, and internal organ involvement. Skin signs may serve as a critical window into systemic disease.
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November 2024
Department of Dermatology, JR Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, JPN.
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by subepidermal blister formation, primarily affecting elderly individuals. While BP has been associated with malignancies, the exact nature of this relationship remains unclear. We report the case of a 72-year-old man who presented with pruritic cutaneous lesions, including tense vesicles and bullae and was diagnosed with BP.
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December 2024
Department of Hematology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
We herein report a case of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) characterized by paraneoplastic hypercalcemia-leukocytosis syndrome. The patient presented with systemic symptoms, including anorexia, a fever, and a tumoral lesion on the upper arm. Laboratory test results revealed hypercalcemia and leukocytosis.
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