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This study reported a predominance of adult patients, mostly women, with Trichophyton violaceum tinea capitis in southern Taiwan, noting a bimodal age distribution and questioning whether this represents a new trend.

This case report describes a 36-year-old Senegalese man with tinea capitis caused by Trichophyton soudanense, a dermatophyte more frequently encountered in Europe due to immigration.

In this case report, an 18-year-old male with an oral epidermoid cyst experienced trouble swallowing and respiratory distress, but recovered well following surgical removal of the cyst.

This case report highlights the importance of accurately diagnosing and treating tinea capitis in infants to prevent recurrences and therapeutic failures.

This study observed that discontinuation rates due to side effects were similar for penicillamine and tiopronin among cystinuria patients, and switching to the alternative agent was beneficial for half of those experiencing issues.

This case report describes a 21-year-old female with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed tuberculous lymphadenitis, which was attributed to her compromised immune system from long-term immunosuppressive therapy.

This case report highlights the importance of considering eosinophilic pustular folliculitis in adolescent patients with persistent papulopustular eruptions to avoid misdiagnosis and ensure effective anti-inflammatory treatment.

This study investigated Cronkhite-Canada syndrome in ten patients, finding severe taste abnormalities in the anterior tongue linked to tongue papillary atrophy, which improved with treatment. Taste function tests were helpful in evaluating treatment effectiveness for this rare disorder.

This case report describes a female SLE patient with CNS involvement who developed an acute West Nile virus infection, highlighting the diagnostic challenges in differentiating infection from a disease flare in immunosuppressed individuals.

This report details a rare case of late latent syphilis in a 17-year-old male with unusual symptoms like polyarthritis and hair loss, which resolved following antibiotic treatment, highlighting varied syphilis presentations and the importance of STI screening, especially in high-risk groups.

Treatment with dapsone, topical corticosteroids, and antibiotics improved the man's skin conditions.

This report describes two cases where alopecia areata occurred in conjunction with odontogenic infections, highlighting a mysterious association between dental infections and alopecia areata despite the known etiologies of the latter.

This study observed that human skin exhibits acute and chronic histological changes due to tick bites, including inflammation and changes in hair follicles, influenced by tick saliva and possible infections.

An 8-year-old girl developed a rare skin condition in a linear pattern on one side of her body after a lung infection, which improved with treatment.

This study explored COVID-related chilblains using transcriptomics and found they showed a distinct interferon and JAK/STAT pathway activation, absent in vaccine-related chilblains, with inflammatory cell types varying over time.

This case report describes a 21-year-old female with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed tuberculous lymphadenitis, highlighting the risk of TB in patients with weakened immune systems on long-term immunosuppressive therapy.

This review discusses non-motor symptoms in patients with thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis, suggesting these symptoms, which can be treatable, often go overlooked despite affecting multiple organs.

This case report describes a 6-year-old girl who developed MIS-C following COVID-19 vaccination, raising questions about the vaccine's potential role in its pathogenesis for children aged 5 to 11.

This case study reported that a 15-year-old female developed acquired localized trichorrhexis nodosa, a hair shaft disorder, due to vigorous rubbing of an herbal powder on her scalp as part of local cultural practices.

This review discusses the diverse range of skin manifestations in children with COVID-19 and highlights the complexity of clinical assessment due to varied presentations; it reports no new clinical findings.

This case report describes a 5-year-old girl who developed kerion celsi from an untreated scalp infection, likely contracted from a guinea pig, leading to significant hair loss and the need for a wig.

This study concluded that an ointment containing pine turpentine oil, larch turpentine, and eucalyptus oil was an effective and safe treatment for folliculitis, showing improvement over placebo in lesion evolution, responder rate, and patient assessment.

In this case report, a girl with tinea capitis experienced psychological disorders, but oral and topical treatment with griseovulfin led to both clinical and psychological improvement, as assessed by CDQLI and DMHC methods.

This case report describes folliculitis as a rare side effect in a 37-year-old woman using acitretin for pustular psoriasis, suggesting it should be considered in differential diagnoses for similar eruptions.

This report describes eleven cases of thallium poisoning in individuals who consumed tortillas made from barley mixed with thallium sulphate, leading to symptoms including tingling, abdominal pain, vomiting, and limb weakness.

This study reported that a treatment regimen of oral rifampicin and clindamycin for 10 weeks effectively managed folliculitis decalvans, with most patients experiencing no recurrence after one or multiple courses.

This case report highlights the overlap of Sjögren’s Syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, noting major salivary gland enlargement and bilateral facial nerve involvement, which may better explain the patient's symptoms than lupus alone.

This study observed that children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 exhibited physical intolerance and fatigue shortly after the acute phase, but significant improvements in exercise capacity, laboratory markers, and cardiac health were reported by six months post-discharge.