Rare Diseases
Military Dermatology
Hidradenitis Suppurativa in the Military
Hidradenitis suppurativa can be more difficult to treat in physically active military servicemembers.
Feature
CDER chief reflects on advances in rare diseases
“People always call me fearless, but I feel like I just state the facts,” Dr. Janet Woodcock said.
News from the FDA/CDC
Golimumab approval extended to polyarticular-course JIA and juvenile PsA
The expanded approval to include pediatric indications came as part of a review of a clinical trial mandated by the Pediatric Research Equity Act...
Case Letter
Dystrophic Calcinosis Cutis: Treatment With Intravenous Sodium Thiosulfate
Dystrophic calcinosis cutis is a potentially debilitating condition with limited effective therapies. Consider intravenous sodium thiosulfate in...
Hospital Consult
Management of Classic Ulcerative Pyoderma Gangrenosum
This article highlights best practices in pyoderma gangrenosum management through survey responses from expert medical dermatologists.
From the Journals
TNF inhibitors linked to inflammatory CNS events
The authors do not caution “against using these therapies in appropriate patients,” and it is unclear whether this association “represents de novo...
Conference Coverage
Novel oral drug improves sunlight tolerance in patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria
Dersimelagon increases cutaneous melanin density.
From the Journals
Sarcoidosis may raise long-term risk of heart failure and death
Patients with sarcoidosis have an increased risk of heart failure and other adverse outcomes, including all-cause mortality.
Conference Coverage
IV gentamicin improves epidermolysis bullosa
Aminoglycoside antibiotic builds functional collagen at the dermal-epidermal junction.
Conference Coverage
Be vigilant for scleroderma renal crisis
Thirty percent of patients with scleroderma renal crisis present atypically.
Conference Coverage
Cell and gene research raise hopes for recessive dystrophic EB treatments
“There are now perhaps as many as a dozen different clinical trials that are in the early stages of trying to find a permanent cure for this...