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In this case report, a 7-month-old girl with suspected acrodermatitis enteropathica and severe dermatitis experienced a tragic outcome despite zinc treatment, highlighting the challenges of diagnosing and managing this rare genetic disorder.

A three-year-old girl survived a rare serious infection caused by BCG vaccination, which improved after treatment with a leprosy drug.

This study observed that women post-bariatric surgery may be at increased risk for dermatological signs of malnutrition during subsequent pregnancies, highlighting the need for dermatologists to recognize these early symptoms.

This article reviews the connection between malabsorption syndrome and skin diseases, reporting common skin complications and noting their improvement with malabsorption treatment; it offers no new clinical results.

In this review, dermatological symptoms associated with various eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and pica, were examined, highlighting the potential role of dermatologists and psychiatrists in early diagnosis and interdisciplinary treatment approaches.

This review examines the cutaneous manifestations of systemic diseases, including metabolic, cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, and malignant conditions, as well as updates on skin signs of COVID-19, without presenting new study results.

This study reports previously unreported nail features in Cronkhite-Canada syndrome, specifically recurrent onychomadesis of all 20 nails linked to systemic illness.

This study introduces a mouse model of cyclophosphamide-induced alopecia, which effectively replicates human chemotherapy-induced hair loss and can be pharmacologically manipulated to study hair regrowth patterns.

This study found that mice with a mutant CDP/Cux protein lacking the homeodomain showed severely impaired growth, high postnatal mortality, and reduced fertility, highlighting CDP/Cux's role in developmental regulation.

Surgery helps remove excess skin after major weight loss, but insurance may not cover it.

This study reported that postmenopausal patients with advanced breast cancer prioritize quality of life, overall survival, and progression-free survival over therapy-related side effects when considering cancer treatment decisions.

This study presents a new mouse model for investigating chronic graft-versus-host disease, highlighting the role of human thymic tissue in developing multiorgan fibrosis driven by human immune cells.

This case report highlights the importance of suspecting underlying malignancy, such as Hodgkin's lymphoma, in patients with diffuse hair loss and other cutaneous symptoms.

This case report describes significant skin and oral mucosa lesions in a 19-year-old patient with cri-du-chat syndrome, highlighting their impact on her nutritional status and quality of life.

This case report describes a 22-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed scurvy due to low serum ascorbic acid, despite a diet of white meat and processed foods.

In this case report, a 37-year-old patient with APECED showed significant clinical improvement, including hair regrowth and resolution of skin issues, after 11 months of treatment with ruxolitinib, highlighting the potential of JAK inhibitors in managing this complex autoimmune disease.

In this study, a 5-year-old Angus bull experienced systemic granulomatous disease and vasculitis potentially associated with grazing on hairy vetch, but other bulls in the same pasture showed no symptoms, suggesting variability in disease manifestation from similar exposures.

Researchers created a new mouse model for studying scleroderma.

Corticosteroids improved symptoms in a man with Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome.

This case study describes a 4-year-old boy with juvenile dermatomyositis whose severe subcutaneous edema resisted conventional treatment, necessitating aggressive immunosuppression for disease control.

This case study describes a 36-year-old woman with a history of recurrent limb weakness linked to hypokalemia and later diagnosed with Cushing syndrome indicated by elevated cortisol levels and a pituitary mass, which was treated with surgery and radiosurgery.

In this study, researchers highlighted that in sarcoidosis, macrophages in granulomas can produce vitamin D, potentially leading to calcium imbalances, where vitamin D supplementation may cause hypercalcemia, necessitating careful laboratory assessment before supplementation.

A man developed a painful skin condition after multiple heart procedures involving radiation.

This case study reports that a 26-year-old woman with epidermolysis bullosa prurogompsa also presented with unique findings of co-existing muscular dystrophy and immune-based myasthenia gravis, with significant improvement following steroid treatment.

This narrative review explores the strong association between various chronic inflammatory skin diseases and metabolic syndrome, emphasizing shared inflammatory pathways and chemokine involvement, though the precise molecular connections remain partially understood.

This study describes common skin disorders in palliative care patients, emphasizing that conditions like xerosis, pressure ulcers, and fungal infections often require symptomatic treatment focused on quality of life rather than cure, due to limited life expectancy and potential treatment burdens.

This study identified a mutation in the CST6 gene linked to a rare syndrome with symptoms affecting hair and skin, revealing cystatin M/E's role in maintaining epidermal homeostasis and hair follicle development.

This study reports that selenium deficiency in children on long-term total parenteral nutrition may lead to symptoms like erythrocyte macrocytosis and skin and hair depigmentation, which improved with selenium supplementation.