Contact Dermatitis
Environmental Dermatology
Botanical Briefs: Australian Stinging Tree (Dendrocnide moroides)
Dendrocnide moroides is arguably the most brutal of stinging plants, even leading to death in dogs, horses, and humans in rare cases.
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Patch testing finds higher prevalence of ACD among children with AD
AD and ACD both present with red, itchy, eczema-like patches and plaques and can be “really hard to differentiate.”
Environmental Dermatology
What’s Eating You? Tropical Rat Mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti)
The tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti) can infest humans who make bodily contact with a rodent, reside in living spaces infested...
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Raised Linear Plaques on the Back
A 77-year-old man with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and nonmelanoma skin cancer presented to the dermatology clinic for evaluation...
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Dupilumab gains off-label uses as clinicians turn to drug for more indications
As the roster of approved and off-label indications grows, skin specialists said, pediatricians and other primary care providers should become...
Contact Dermatitis
Lanolin: The 2023 American Contact Dermatitis Society Allergen of the Year
In this article, we discuss allergic contact dermatitis to lanolin with a focus on its paradoxical nature and the subtleties to consider when...
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Skin reactions common at insulin pump infusion sites
The inflammatory response “may result in tissue changes responsible for the infusion-site failures seen frequently in clinical practice,” say the...
Case Letter
Dyshidroticlike Contact Dermatitis and Paronychia Resulting From a Dip Powder Manicure
To increase clinical awareness of the dip manicure technique, we describe the presentation and successful treatment of dyshidroticlike contact...
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Oval Brown Plaque on the Palm
A 43-year-old woman presented with a painful lesion on the palm of 30 years’ duration that had grown in size. Physical examination revealed an...
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Enthesitis, arthritis, tenosynovitis linked to dupilumab use for atopic dermatitis
Musculoskeletal symptoms identified in some patients treated with dupilumab for atopic dermatitis could help further understanding of how...
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Contact allergens lurk in diabetes devices
Some reports suggest that at any given time, skin complications may affect as many as one quarter to one half of patients who use diabetes devices...