Concurrent Eosinophilia Increases the Prevalence of Nail Abnormalities and Severity of Hair Loss in Patients With Alopecia Areata.

The potential link between alopecia areata (AA) and eosinophilia is unclear, as well as its clinical manifestations in these patients' subsets. This is a monocentric retrospective observational study in which clinical and laboratory data were summarized and evaluated the AA subset with concurrent eosinophilia. In a sample of 205 AA patients, 38 (18.

Control of dermatomyositis skin disease activity lags behind control of muscles disease activity during the early treatment stages of classic dermatomyositis: A retrospective, single-centre study.

This study aimed to retrospectively identify differences in relative control of cutaneous and muscular disease activity in adult dermatomyositis (DM) patients at a single, tertiary care centre following initiation of diagnosis and treatment. Our results demonstrated a significantly lower complete treatment response rate of skin disease compared to muscular disease at 6-months and persistent but not statistically significant lower skin disease response at 12 months. These results suggest DM skin disease activity may be more refractory to treatment than muscle disease activity, especially in the early disease phase.

Long-term Likelihood of Patch Testing, Academic Practice, and American Contact Dermatitis Society Membership Among North American Alexander Fisher Award Winners From 1989 to 2012.

Background: The Alexander Fisher Award (AFA) recognizes excellence in research among dermatology residents or medical students who make formal presentations at the annual American Contact Dermatitis Society (ACDS) meeting.

Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate long-term likelihood of patch testing, academic practice, and society membership among Alexander Fisher Award winners (AFAWs).

Methods: The AFAWs from 1989 to 2012 were identified with Internet searches to obtain their current practice location.

Clinical features of Behçet's disease. Report of four cases.

Behçet's disease is a multisystem inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology. The unifying histologic reaction pattern is a leukocytoclastic vasculitis that affects predominantly the skin, oral mucosa, and eyes. Many other sites of involvement have been reported but are inconsistently found in individual patients.