18 citations
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April 2002 in “Journal of cutaneous pathology” This study concludes that tiny infundibular cysts, rather than comedones, are the primary lesions in chloracne.
November 2021 in “Frontiers in medicine” This case study documents the first reported instance of bullous lichen planus/systemic lupus erythematosus overlap syndrome with initial hair loss, which improved with treatment including glucocorticoids and immunosuppressive drugs.
1 citations
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March 2013 in “Journal of Dermatological Case Reports” This case report describes an atypical presentation of lichen planopilaris affecting only facial vellus hair, without scalp involvement, in a 46-year-old man.
October 2023 in “Pediatric blood & cancer” This report discusses a potentially underdiagnosed form of multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis in infants, demonstrating the use of thymic sonography for staging, highlighting a case where thymic and cutaneous involvement was confirmed, and suggesting thymic ultrasound may aid in better diagnosis and management of LCH.
6 citations
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April 2020 in “Cureus” This case report presents a rare instance of coexistent tumid lupus erythematosus and systemic lupus erythematosus in a patient, with symptom improvement noted after hydroxychloroquine treatment.
This study suggests that pseudopelade may be an autonomous disease based on its distinctive clinical and histopathological features not present in other scarring alopecias.
12 citations
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March 2013 in “The American journal of dermatopathology/American journal of dermatopathology” This article reports on three new cases of Birt–Hogg–Dubé Syndrome and emphasizes the role of genetic analysis in its diagnosis due to clinical challenges.
August 2024 in “Case Reports in Ophthalmology” In this case report, researchers observed that local radiation therapy to the orbits may not be sufficient to halt progression of new retinal lesions in older patients, even when the disease initially appears confined to the intraocular space.
13 citations
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September 1997 in “Archives of Dermatology” This case report describes a 5-year-old boy with a solitary patch of hair loss, potentially linked to a fungal infection after antibiotic treatment showed minimal effectiveness.
16 citations
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March 2011 in “Ophthalmic genetics” This case report documents a 63-year-old with Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome who developed choroidal melanoma alongside multiple lid folliculomas, marking the first known association of these conditions.
21 citations
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April 2000 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” This case report describes a 22-year-old woman with a nevoid plaque termed localized follicular hamartoma, characterized by skin-colored papules and specific cellular and structural features.
June 2025 in “British Journal of Dermatology” In this study, researchers describe a rare case of trichoepitheliomas in a 7-year-old boy, characterized by multiple skin lesions in a Blaschko-linear pattern, hypothesizing it as a type 1 segmental mosaicism without detected CYLD gene mutations.
1 citations
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November 2024 in “Cutis” PLLA injections can cause hair loss and skin issues.
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May 2013 in “Familial cancer” This article discusses the pulmonary manifestations of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome, noting diagnostic challenges in differentiating it from other lung conditions, and underlines the need for further research on folliculin's role in cyst formation.
13 citations
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March 2000 in “Veterinary Dermatology” This study characterized a novel form of mural folliculitis in dogs, resembling human pseudopelade, marked by persistent alopecia, lymphocyte infiltration, and severe follicular atrophy without effective treatment response.
January 2025 in “Indian Dermatology Online Journal” This case report describes a rare presentation of nevus comedonicus following the lines of Blaschko, treated with oral isotretinoin and other therapeutic measures, resulting in a reduction of episodic painful cystic lesions.
21 citations
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January 2009 in “Indian journal of dermatology, venereology, and leprology” A new method can better diagnose eruptive vellus hair cysts.
November 2023 in “International Journal of Trichology” This case report describes a 19-year-old male with systemic lupus erythematosus presenting with an unusual combination of mucinous nonscarring alopecia and papulonodular mucinosis, noted by mucin deposition in skin lesions, which responded partially to treatment with hydroxychloroquine and prednisolone.
1 citations
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June 2021 in “Curēus” This study discusses incidental findings of syringomas and syringomatous proliferations in areas of scalp alopecia, suggesting they may be secondary to reactive changes from subclinical alopecia.
1 citations
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January 2024 in “Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This case report discusses a 58-year-old female diagnosed with oral lichen sclerosus, an extremely rare form of the disorder, which improved following treatment with topical and intralesional corticosteroids, highlighting the importance of recognizing this rare condition in the oral mucosa.
18 citations
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December 1992 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” This study observed that lectin-binding patterns in skin appendage tumors reveal differences in sweat gland tumors compared to normal tissues, but pilosebaceous tumors maintained a similar lectin-binding pattern to their corresponding normal structures.
March 2020 in “Clinical research in dermatology” This report describes two unusual cases of lichen planopilaris in Caucasian patients, detailing features suggestive of folliculotropic mycosis fungoides and an overlap with systemic lupus erythematosus.
September 2021 in “CRC Press eBooks” This review discusses the clinical and trichoscopic features of lichen planopilaris and notes its potential underdiagnosis prior to hair transplant, but it reports no new findings.
2 citations
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January 2007 in “Acta Dermato Venereologica” In this report, a case of a bullous lesion developed at the injection site in a patient treated with PEG-IFN-α-2a for chronic hepatitis C was described.
6 citations
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July 2017 in “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” This report presents four new cases of follicular porokeratosis, which exhibit distinct histological features where the cornoid lamella are confined to the follicular ostia.
5 citations
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February 2015 in “Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery” This study describes two new types of dermal keratinous cysts of the eyelids, derived from the pilosebaceous apparatus, each presenting distinct management challenges.
4 citations
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September 2024 in “Oncology Research Featuring Preclinical and Clinical Cancer Therapeutics” This review discusses the potential of 3D cell cultures, particularly Patient-Derived Organoids, in advancing research on liposarcoma by addressing limitations of 2D cultures and animal models but reports no new experimental findings.
16 citations
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October 1992 in “Journal of cutaneous pathology” This study examined two cases of bubble hair deformity using light and electron microscopy, suggesting that trauma to the hair shaft may contribute to this condition.
37 citations
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June 2000 in “Experimental dermatology” This study investigated a spontaneous mutation in mice resulting in hair abnormalities and elevated IgE levels, which resembles human Netherton's syndrome and monilethrix.
9 citations
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January 2011 in “American Journal of Dermatopathology” This study investigated pilomatrixoma, a benign skin tumor, and found that irregular expression of β-catenin and Lef-1 in transitional cells may contribute to amorphous debris and cyst formation.