8 citations
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January 2014 in “Indian Dermatology Online Journal” This article presents a case of trichostasis spinulosa, a common but often unrecognized disorder, diagnosed through dermoscopic examination of black macules revealing bundled vellus hairs, with the patient declining treatment.
1 citations
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March 2019 in “Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine” This case report details a middle-aged man with multiple sclerosis who developed difficult-to-evaluate skin reactions after daclizumab treatment, noting only slight improvement with additional therapies.
9 citations
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March 1968 in “The BMJ” In their 1957 study, Neuman and Neuman suggested that magnesium deficiency may inhibit the ion exchange process required for calcium ions to enter extracellular fluid, potentially affecting calcium mobilization.
September 2001 in “Swiss Medical Forum ‒ Schweizerisches Medizin-Forum” 36 citations
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December 2004 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This case study reports a peculiar variant of an epidermal cyst in a patient, featuring unique characteristics like brownish, lumpy contents resembling bone marrow.
July 2021 in “PARIPEX INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH” This study highlighted knuckle hyperpigmentation as an early sign of vitamin B12 deficiency, indicating a potential link to megaloblastic anemia in the vegetarian population in India.
This study reported that women with acanthosis nigricans and insulin resistance often exhibit signs of hyperandrogenism, including hirsutism, and have elevated fasting plasma insulin compared to controls.
January 2018 in “Our Dermatology Online” This case report describes a carpenter who presented with contact dermatitis and trichopathy with whitish nodules in the axillary hair.
January 2025 in “Dermatology Review” In this case report, a 57-year-old man with chronic myelogenous leukemia developed a large, rapidly growing giant keratoacanthoma, highlighting the diagnostic challenges it poses compared to cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, with surgical excision identified as the preferred treatment.
October 2017 in “Journal of medical science and clinical research” This study found that obese individuals commonly experienced skin manifestations such as acanthosis nigricans, hyperandrogenism features, and increased cutaneous infections compared to non-obese individuals.
16 citations
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January 2006 in “The Aging Male” This review discusses various skin diseases with endocrinological origins and reports no clinical results, highlighting the need for interdisciplinary understanding in diagnosis.
February 2013 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” A boy with a rare birthmark called verrucous hemangioma needed careful timing for surgery due to its size and depth.
36 citations
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June 2016 in “Journal of dermatological treatment” This study found that a combination of low-fluence Q-switched 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser, hydroquinone cream, and oral tranexamic acid showed promising results for Riehl’s melanosis in Asian patients, with no serious adverse events reported.
9 citations
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February 2022 in “Dermatology and therapy” This study found that daily use of an emollient PLUS containing ADE-G1 significantly reduced xerosis severity and improved quality of life in cancer patients, regardless of their initial xerosis severity or cancer treatment.
January 2008 in “中山醫學大學醫學研究所學位論文” This study found that Danthron induced apoptosis in a human malignant melanoma cell line through mitochondrial, endoplasmic reticulum, and death receptor pathways.
April 2016 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” A woman's skin symptoms led to a diagnosis of systemic AL amyloidosis, but she died from sepsis shortly after.
October 2022 in “Boletín médico del Hospital infantil de México/Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México” This case report describes an 18-year-old male with a rare acquired smooth muscle hamartoma on his face, characterized by hyperpigmented plaques and increased hair growth, suggesting a histological overlap with folliculosebaceous cystic hamartoma.
11 citations
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August 1986 in “Archives of Dermatology” This case report describes a patient with skin and nail hyperpigmentation and premature gray hair due to vitamin B12 deficiency, which were reversed after treatment with cyanocobalamin.
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January 1980 in “Archives of Dermatology” This exchange discusses interpretations of syphilitic chancres, noting disagreement over whether multiple lesions are atypical given historical references that describe primary chancres as often being single.
January 1982 in “Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology” This case study reports the rare occurrence of widespread soft-tissue calcification in a young patient with SLE, suggesting that 99mTe-phosphate compounds could help diagnose this complication.
17 citations
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April 2004 in “Acta Clinica Belgica” This study found that ultraviolet light-enhanced visualization can detect subtle skin changes linked to carotene and vitamin A deficiency, which improved with dietary correction in deficient individuals.
5 citations
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May 2007 in “Pediatric Dermatology” This case report of a 15-year-old girl suggests a direct association between extremely severe hypothyroidism and unusual cutaneous manifestations, such as psoriasiform lesions and abscesses, which improved with thyroid supplementation.
4 citations
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June 1989 in “Archives of Dermatology” This case report describes a 65-year-old man diagnosed with a trichofolliculoma, a benign tumor originating from hair follicles, which appeared as a persistent pore on his cheek.
96 citations
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January 1997 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This study found that G protein-coupled estrogen receptor enhances melanin synthesis in melanoma cells through cAMP-PKA-MITF-TYR signaling, suggesting its potential as a drug target for chloasma treatment.
October 2023 in “BMJ Case Reports” This case report describes a man diagnosed with Hoffman syndrome, characterized by muscle hypertrophy and weakness due to severe hypothyroidism, who had an excellent response to thyroid hormone replacement.
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January 2015 in “Actas dermo-sifiliográficas/Actas dermo-sifiliográficas” Latanoprost eye drops caused excessive cheek hair growth and eyelash whitening in a woman.
July 2014 in “Acupuncture & electro-therapeutics research” This study observed that certain changes in facial "heart representation areas," like eyebrow hair whitening and loss, are associated with cardiovascular issues and may correspond with increased Cardiac Troponin I levels.
This case report describes an ulcerated lesion in the oral cavity of an 85-year-old man that has not responded to various treatments and remains without a conclusive diagnosis.
2 citations
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June 2003 in “American Journal of Dermatopathology” This article reports a rare case of squamous cell carcinoma with miliary calcification in a cutaneous horn, suggesting possible involvement of calcium-binding proteins in this unique presentation.
25 citations
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May 1995 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This article reports two new cases of erythromelanosis follicularis faciei in women and includes a literature review on this rarely diagnosed condition.