April 2020 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This study concluded that patients with type 3 acromegaly had higher comorbidities, greater disease activity, and increased mortality risk compared to those with type 1 and type 2 acromegaly, even after treatment adjustments.
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November 2004 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This article reports a case where the IOP-lowering drug bimatoprost was associated with eyelash hypertrichosis.
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August 2016 in “Dermatology - Open Journal” In this study, the researchers found that optic atrophy 1 (OPA1) is involved in the transition between filamentous and rounded mitochondria in hair follicle dermal papilla cells, potentially influencing cellular energy dynamics.
April 2020 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This case report details a post-menopausal woman with hirsutism and virilization due to rare Leydig cell tumors in both ovaries, underscoring the challenge of detecting such tumors with standard imaging.
45 citations
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September 2011 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This study found that obesity is associated with several skin conditions, such as striae and pseudoacanthosis nigricans, which may serve as markers of excessive weight.
September 2020 in “Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology” This case report describes a pilomatricoma in a 21-year-old woman, highlighting the diagnostic process and illustrating the potential for intraoral surgical access to minimize scarring.
October 2024 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This report describes varied causes of hirsutism in young females and highlights the need to revise diagnoses if initial treatments for common etiologies like PCOS do not yield results.
May 2021 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This case report describes the rare association of an ovarian Leydig cell tumor and primary hyperparathyroidism in a postmenopausal woman, highlighting the importance of considering rare causes in patients with virilizing symptoms.
April 2024 in “Skin health and disease” In this case study, a patient developed parieto-temporal pain, tissue necrosis, and alopecia after receiving a hyaluronic acid injection for temporal augmentation, which was effectively treated with hyaluronidase and aspirin.
January 2021 in “touchREVIEWS in Endocrinology” Surgery successfully treated a hidden ovarian tumor causing hair loss and excess hair growth in a postmenopausal woman.
January 2022 in “Journal of Morphological Sciences” This case report presents a 60-year-old woman with virilization and elevated adrenal androgens, where a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy confirmed ovarian steroid cell tumor NOS, and her symptoms resolved post-operatively.
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December 2019 in “Medical Journal of Dr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth” This case report details a 26-year-old woman with a rare large functional adrenal myelolipoma, characterized by elevated hormone levels and requiring surgical intervention.
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July 1988 in “PubMed” In this study, researchers observed that rhino mice exhibit significant ductal hyperkeratinization in the meibomian gland, which may represent the first naturally occurring disorder of this gland in mice.
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October 2003 in “PubMed” This case report describes a 30-year-old male with a late diagnosis of Kallmann's syndrome, highlighting the necessity of hormonal therapy to reduce the risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures despite the patient's acceptance of his physical appearance.
December 2013 in “Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences” This case report describes a 69-year-old woman with hirsutism and elevated serum testosterone, where surgery resolved symptoms and serum testosterone, suggesting ovarian steroid cell tumor consideration in similar profiles.
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January 2016 in “Experimental Dermatology” This article discusses how mechanical stress may contribute to the development of hidradenitis suppurativa lesions, drawing on historical research and highlighting the possible role of IL-17-mediated inflammation.
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June 2018 in “Journal of Dental Research” This study found that during amelogenesis in Msx2 null mice, a dysfunctional enamel organ developed due to abnormal epithelial transformation and lacked proper enamel formation.
April 2016 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study found that dermatology consultations in a tertiary care center led to treatment changes in most cases, especially for complex conditions potentially linked to systemic disease.
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April 2005 in “American journal of ophthalmology” This case report identified lash ptosis as a potential complication of latanoprost therapy in a 61-year-old man with ocular hypertension.
November 2018 in “Endocrine Abstracts” A woman's high testosterone levels were caused by a rare ovarian tumor, not the initially diagnosed condition.
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January 1992 in “Dermatology” This study found severe cutaneous complications after artificial hair implantation were associated with acute inflammatory and granulomatous infiltrates, suggesting bacterial infections significantly contribute to these complications.
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April 2017 in “European journal of endocrinology” This retrospective study found that serum hormone levels and MRI detection of ovarian nodules contributed to distinguishing virilizing ovarian tumors from ovarian stromal hyperthecosis in postmenopausal women, though histopathology remains crucial for diagnosis.
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December 2015 in “Journal of dermatology” This letter to the editor discusses excessive hair growth observed around local β-interferon injection sites for malignant melanoma but reports no new clinical results.
December 2024 in “Stem Cell Research & Therapy” This study found that OCT4-overexpressing human hair follicle mesenchymal stem cells show promise for artificial hematopoiesis by enhancing self-renewal through cytoskeletal remodeling and the beta-catenin-dependent adherens junction pathway.
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January 1986 in “PubMed” This case report describes a young patient with a unique combination of dysmorphism, bullous eruption, skin and muscle atrophy, and hyperpigmentation that doesn't fit existing nosological categories.
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April 2018 in “The journal of pediatrics/The Journal of pediatrics” This case report discusses a 6-year-old girl with loose anagen hair syndrome, characterized by painlessly shedding hair, and notes no evidence of benefit from biotin supplementation.
December 2021 in “Figshare” This study found that BBS7 expression is crucial for maintaining Sonic hedgehog signaling activity and periodontal ligament homeostasis, suggesting its downregulation in occlusal hypofunction affects cell migration and angiogenesis.
October 2017 in “Chinese Journal of Dermatology” January 2019 in “OpenBU/Boston University Institutional Repository (Boston University)” In this study, women with a PCOS diagnosis were more likely to report clinical signs of androgen excess, including hirsutism, acne, and alopecia, with ethnic patterns in symptom prevalence.
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June 2017 in “Regeneration” This study found that applying BMP2 stimulated limited regeneration of the amputated P2 bone in mice, but only when applied during a specific "regeneration window" after injury.