Wounds
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Multiple Fingerlike Projections on the Leg
A 61-year-old man presented with painful skin growths on the right pretibial region of several months’ duration. The patient reported pain due to...
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Topical gene therapy for dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa shows promise
B-VEC was well tolerated with no drug-related serious adverse events or discontinuations due to treatment.
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Fungated Eroded Plaque on the Arm
A 39-year-old man from Ohio presented with a tender, 10×6-cm, fungated, eroded plaque on the right medial upper arm that developed over the last 4...
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Topical gel for epidermolysis bullosa shows ongoing benefit
Earlier this year, the FDA declined to approve oleogel-S10 for use in EB, even after it extended its review by 3 months to include additional...
Commentary
Surgical Specimens and Margins
Margin analysis in simple excisions can provide useful information by proxy about more than the 1% of the margin often quoted in the literature....
Practical Pearls
Simple Intraoperative Technique to Improve Wound Edge Approximation for Residents
Among the variables associated with surgical outcomes, cosmesis is important to patients and challenging to the early-learning resident. We offer...
From the Journals
Combo of excision, cryosurgery found to benefit keloid scar outcomes
Intramarginal excision (shaving) of a keloid scar followed by an immediate single session of contact cryosurgery was associated with significantly...
Photo Challenge
Nonhealing Violaceous Plaque of the Hand Following a Splinter Injury
A 70-year-old immunocompetent man presented to the dermatology department with a progressive asymptomatic hand wound of 2 years’ duration...
Case Letter
Postirradiation Pseudosclerodermatous Panniculitis: A Rare Complication of Megavoltage External Beam Radiotherapy
Postirradiation pseudosclerodermatous panniculitis presents as an erythematous or indurated plaque at a site of prior radiotherapy.
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Topical treatment for EB recommended for approval in the EU
“The benefit of Filsuvez is its ability to promote healing of EB partial thickness wounds,” the EMA said in an announcement.
From the Journals
IV gentamicin improves junctional epidermolysis bullosa in children
After treatment, each of the children had increased, sustained expression of laminin 332.