4 citations
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December 2021 in “Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii” This review reported that various nonsurgical treatments, like cryosurgery, photodynamic therapy, and topical medications, offer effective alternatives for basal cell carcinoma management, especially when surgery is unsuitable, and treatment decisions should consider tumor characteristics and patient preferences.
11 citations
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December 2010 in “Archives of Dermatology” This abstract provides no research results, focusing instead on navigation and subscription details for JAMA Dermatology content access.
September 2024 in “Dermatology Reports” In this study, 45 patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma treated with the medication sonidegib experienced a 24% incidence of alopecia, with detailed trichoscopic and LC-OCT examination revealing specific hair changes, suggesting LC-OCT might help identify early signs of alopecia from sonidegib use.
10 citations
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January 2016 in “ACG Case Reports Journal” This case report describes a 73-year-old male with numerous colon polyps whose long-term use of Cape Aloe likely caused melanosis coli, which helped highlight the polyps' locations.
3 citations
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September 1998 in “International Journal of Dermatology” In this case study, long-term treatment with acitretin significantly improved chronic skin conditions like erythematosquamous plaques and follicular hyperkeratoses in a patient, but stopping the treatment led to severe worsening of symptoms.
7 citations
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May 2021 in “Clinical Case Reports” This abstract discusses Alopecic and aseptic nodule of the scalp as a rare alopecia condition that may be underdiagnosed and reports doxycycline as a safe and effective treatment option.
April 2025 in “Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery” This case report of a 60-year-old male patient diagnosed with trichilemmal carcinoma, initially mistaken for a sebaceous cyst, highlights the importance of careful evaluation of atypical swellings for correct diagnosis and treatment.
September 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings” This report highlights four cases where squamous cell carcinoma was misdiagnosed in individuals with darker skin, emphasizing the challenges in accurate diagnosis for this population.
This review discusses the clonal or polyclonal nature of skin carcinomas and the stem cell origins of basal and squamous cell carcinomas but presents no new research findings.
January 2025 in “Dermatology Online Journal” The man's hair loss and skin papules were diagnosed as atrichia with papular lesions, not alopecia areata universalis.
69 citations
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May 2002 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study suggests that congenital atrichia with papular lesions may be more common than previously thought and proposes diagnostic criteria including the observation of hypopigmented whitish streaks on the scalp.
8 citations
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October 2018 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This study found that basal cell carcinoma is more prevalent on the cutaneous lip while squamous cell carcinoma is more common on the vermilion lip, with rare recurrences following Mohs micrographic surgery.
23 citations
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February 2003 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This case study describes a 40-year-old man diagnosed with pilotropic mycosis fungoides, a form of folliculotropic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of hair follicles and eccrine glands.
5 citations
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January 2018 in “Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina Pannonica et Adriatica” This case study highlights congenital atrichia with papular lesions as a cause of total body hair loss, characterized by the absence of hair follicles and the presence of skin-colored papules.
11 citations
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May 2022 in “JEADV. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology/Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This systematic review provides a detailed overview of the clinical and dermoscopic features of cutaneous adnexal tumors, highlighting their potential to mimic other skin lesions and assisting in differential diagnosis.
April 2024 in “Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology” In this case report, the patient was diagnosed with oral lichen sclerosus following a detailed clinical and histological examination and referral to dermatology, and it underscores the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in managing this rare condition and its associated risks.
September 2025 in “Archives of Dermatological Research” In this retrospective chart review, researchers found that keratinocyte carcinomas on the scalp and forehead of non-alopecic women occurred more frequently in the part line of the scalp, with basal cell carcinoma being more common than squamous cell carcinoma.
October 2021 in “European Journal of Dermatology” In this study, the researchers reported that calcipotriol pre-treatment made photodynamic therapy more effective and safe than conventional treatment for actinic keratosis on the scalp, improving long-term clearance rates, especially for Grade II lesions. However, they suggested larger trials are necessary to corroborate these findings.
5 citations
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August 2000 in “Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine” This case report describes an 89-year-old woman with a recurrent benign proliferating trichilemmal tumor on her back, highlighting its misdiagnosis as a sebaceous cyst and successful excision with free margins.
In this case study, a 15-year-old obese boy was diagnosed with acanthosis nigricans and hair casts in the axillae, with Wood's lamp and dermoscopic examination revealing specific features, yet fungal infection was ruled out through a negative KOH test.
3 citations
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May 2023 in “Pediatric Dermatology” This case report describes a 9-year-old boy with atypical alopecic and aseptic nodules of the scalp, suggesting possible inclusion within the spectrum of typical AANS and DCS due to its prepubertal onset and facial involvement.
October 1967 in “Archives of Dermatology” This report discusses a case of an intradermal nevus in a 42-year-old woman and provides no clinical findings beyond a biopsy showing hyperkeratosis and cellular pigmentary changes.
7 citations
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October 2016 in “American Journal of Dermatopathology” This report discusses a 77-year-old man with primary onycholemmal carcinoma, a rare nail bed tumor, emphasizing its slow growth, diagnostic challenges, and treatment typically involving surgical removal.
This article reviews the characteristics and diagnostic criteria of tricholemmoma and tricholemmal carcinoma, detailing their clinical presentations and associations but reports no new clinical findings.
14 citations
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August 2019 in “Dermatologic Therapy” This letter to the editor comments on new-onset alopecia areata during secukinumab therapy but presents no new research findings.
3 citations
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November 2011 in “Small GTPases” This study identified hair follicle stem cells as a source of squamous cell carcinoma in an inducible mouse model and proposes targeting these for future cancer therapies.
3 citations
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January 2014 in “Indian dermatology online journal” This case report describes a 10-day-old female with aplasia cutis congenita, presenting with two spontaneously healing ulcers on her buttock and no associated abnormalities.
This review discusses the unique characteristics and possible pathophysiology of spiny keratoderma, reporting no new clinical results, but suggests that some therapies might alleviate symptoms.
21 citations
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November 1981 in “Archives of Dermatology” This study hypothesizes that postinflammatory hyperpigmentation in ashy dermatosis may result from basal cell apoptosis, as evidenced by consistent histologic findings across nine patients.