New AAD CME course on
#artificialintelligence
in
#dermatology
➡️ Dermatologists can learn key AI-related concepts, technologies, and opportunities, as well as assess the legal and ethical implications of AI by taking our new course for 3 CME credits.
What's the
#diagnosis
? A 31-year-old intravenous heroin user, cat owner and self-described skin picker presented w/ 1-month history of a nontender, ulcerated forehead nodule...
A. Bacillary angiomatosis
B. Pyogenic granuloma
C. Poroma
D. Picker's nodule
After weighing the emerging facts as well as our duties to our members and other attendees, we have made the difficult, but necessary, decision to cancel the
#AAD2020
in Denver. Preparing for the event involves many, and we're disappointed not to be able to hold it as planned.
Matthew was diagnosed with
#alopeciaareata
and lost all his hair. Nothing worked until dermatologist Dr.
@Brett_King_
used
#JAKinhibitors
to treat him. "Dermatologists like Dr. King do much more than treat the skin. They transform patients’ lives."
.
@JAADjournals
reported that the most common histopathologic COVID-19 vaccine reaction pattern was spongiotic
#dermatitis
, which ranged from robust papules with overlying crust to
#pityriasis
-rosea like eruptions, to pink papules with fine scale.
What's the diagnosis? Patient with AIDS presented with 2 years of pruritic, slowly growing lesions after discontinuation of all antiviral medications...
A. Psoriasis
B. Majocchi granuloma
C. Rupioid syphilis
D. Hypertrophic lichen planus
E. Lobomycosis
What is the
#diagnosis
? A healthy 23-year-old Hispanic woman from Illinois presented with a 10-month history of a verrucous plaque on the left lower face. She had been treated for a pneumonia just prior to the plaque developing.
@jaadjournals
The results from the
#AAD2022election
are in! Your new AAD President-elect is Seemal R. Desai, MD, FAAD (
@seemalrdesaimd
) and the AAD Vice President-elect is Cyndi J. Yag-Howard, MD, FAAD.
This month’s Patient Access Hero is David Harker, MD, who volunteers at a free clinic in Dallas that provides cross-specialty health care to underserved populations.
#DermWorldWeekly
@HarkerDavid
A 59-year-old woman with idiopathic nonischemic heart failure was being evaluated for a 3-day history of a rapidly progressive generalized bullous eruption. Examination revealed violaceous plaques with central bullae...what's the
#diagnosis
?
#dermtwitter
“Recently, there have been multiple studies exploring the use of low-dose oral minoxidil (< 5mg daily) for treating many forms of alopecia, with the goal of gaining hair while keeping adverse reactions at bay.
#DermWorld
Insights and Inquiries
#dermtwitter
What's the diagnosis? Patient with AIDS presented with 2 years of pruritic, slowly growing lesions after discontinuation of all antiviral medications...
A. Psoriasis
B. Majocchi granuloma
C. Rupioid syphilis
D. Hypertrophic lichen planus
E. Lobomycosis
Due to the unacceptable situation with
#iPLEDGE
, the
@US_FDA
has convened an emergency meeting with AADA representatives tomorrow, December 16. Learn more:
#dermtwitter
Thank you to everyone who attended
#AAD2022
in Boston! We hope you learned A LOT and met some great people. Let us know your feedback of the meeting so we can improve for next year!
Today is
#MelanomaMonday
. Help your patients identify the warning signs of the deadliest type of skin cancer by sharing this graphic on social media.
Access more AAD public resources and promote skin cancer awareness all month long by visiting:
A
@JAADJournals
research letter compared the efficacy and tolerability of intralesional quadrivalent HPV vaccine versus intralesional bivalent HPV vaccine for multiple recalcitrant
#warts
treatment.
#DermWorldWeekly
➡️
“Metformin’s effect on malignant tumors is controversial and its mechanism(s) of action are incompletely understood. This commentary will focus on recent data exploring the role of
#metformin
in cutaneous oncology.”
#DermWorld
Insights and Inquiries:
.
@TheJEADV
study assessed the effectiveness of dutasteride intralesional microinjections in combination with oral minoxidil compared with oral minoxidil monotherapy in men with
#androgeneticalopecia
. Learn more in
#DermWorldWeekly
.
What is the
#diagnosis
? A 19-year-old Iraqi woman is being evaluated for a large mass on the posterior aspect of her neck that had appeared after birth and had increased in size and thickness in the last 4 years, associated with itching and bad odor...
What is the most likely
#diagnosis
? ➡️ A 53-year-old man presents for distal fissuring of his right thumbnail with longitudinal erythronychia. On dermoscopy, there is splinter hemorrhage within the erythronychia and distal subungual hyperkeratosis...
We're monitoring the COVID-19 situation daily, assessing its impact on
#AAD2020
, the dermatology community, our patients and our communities. The Board of Directors will meet tonight to discuss the latest developments. By tomorrow, we'll have guidance on how we will proceed.
(2/2) ...with all aspects of
#monkeypox
in order to identify possible cases and limit contagion.” Learn more in this early edition of
#DermWorld
Insights and Inquiries with expert opinion commentary from
@MishaRosenbach
.
In light of 2 HIV cases tied to
#vampirefacials
given at a spa, the AAD is advising patients to do their homework before undergoing any cosmetic procedure. Retweet to share the value of seeing a board-certified dermatologist for skin, hair, and nail care.
A 7-year-old boy is being evaluated for asymptomatic white spots of 2 years' duration. He has no triggers or preceding skin lesions. He denies medication use or current medical issues. His medical history is significant for atopic dermatitis in infancy...
Derms are rapidly becoming reacquainted with
#chilblains
due to the increasing reports of pernio-like acral eruptions in association with
#COVID19
. This raises the question: what is the proper workup for patients with skin findings suggestive of pernio?
A
@JAADjournals
article reviews
#monkeypox
modes of transmission, clinical manifestations of the virus, and diagnostic methods and treatment options. Find out what derms should know in
#DermWorldWeekly
.
“Every dermatologist has examined a pigmented nail, wondering if the pathologic process reflects a nail unit melanoma or subungual melanoma versus a benign melanocytic lesion, pigmented onychomycosis, or hemorrhage.”
#DermWorld
Insights and Inquiries -
AAD collaborates with
@VisualDx
to improve access to clinical photos of
#skinofcolor
➡️ The project is dedicated to reducing health care bias in skin of color by ensuring that those who treat dermatologic conditions can recognize them in skin of color.
"Infantile digital fibromatosis (IDF) is a rare, benign spontaneously regressing, fibrous tissue tumor of infancy and childhood, although identical cases have been reported in adults." Learn more from Dr. Warren Heymann in
#DermWorld
Insights and Inquiries
VEXAS syndrome, an adult inflammatory syndrome, was first described in 2020. According to a
@JAADjournals
review, 89% of published cases have documented skin involvement.
#DermWorldWeekly
#dermtwitter
Welcome to the
#AAD18
Annual Meeting — the world’s largest society meeting for dermatology! Get ready to learn, network, and advance the specialty throughout this 5-day event with
#derm
professionals from all over the world!
“Every dermatologist has examined a pigmented nail, wondering if the pathologic process reflects a nail unit melanoma or subungual melanoma versus a benign melanocytic lesion, pigmented onychomycosis, or hemorrhage.”
#DermWorld
Insights and Inquiries -
“I confess. I had never heard of alopecic and aseptic nodules of the scalp (AANS) and have probably beaten around the bush with alternative (incorrect) diagnoses when confronted with probable cases.”
#DermWorld
Insights and Inquiries -
#dermtwitter
The AAD encourages participation in its new dermatology
#COVID19
registry, which is collecting information about the dermatologic manifestations of the virus. To learn more, visit:
“Treating
#bullouspemphigoid
requires a thorough medical knowledge of the patient and their comorbidities — tailoring therapy to include second-line agents (azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, dapsone, methotrexate) or third-line therapies...”
“The authors hypothesized that a patient developed an increase in insulin resistance from
#isotretinoin
and advised that patients with insulin-dependent diabetes be counseled about the possibility of poor glycemic control upon isotretinoin administration.”
Which laboratory abnormality is most likely in the patient shown?
A. Elevated creatine phosphokinase (CPK) or aldolase
B. Elevated serum ferritin
C. High titer rheumatoid factor
D. Low C3 and C4
E. Topoisomerase 1 antibodies
Submit for CME credit:
In study published in Mycoses, authors performed a clinical trial comparing the efficacy of combined itraconazole and acitretin versus either treatment alone in the treatment of
#onychomycosis
.
#dermtwitter
What is the most likely
#diagnosis
? A 79-year-old man with urothelial carcinoma was being evaluated for a 1-week history of erythematous, indurated, arcuate plaques studded with pustules. Nine weeks earlier, he started a series of pembrolizumab infusions...
What is the most likely
#diagnosis
? A 14-year-old boy presents with a 1-month history of draining, crusted, tender bleeding plaques and nodules on the trunk and bilateral knee pain. On examination, there are no comedonal lesions or tracts...
#dermtwitter
“
#Pemphigusvulgaris
and pemphigus foliaceus are potentially life-threatening disorders demanding aggressive therapy with all the finesse and skill that dermatologists can muster.” Learn more from Dr. Warren R. Heymann in
#DermWorld
Insights and Inquiries.
Review the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, DDx, complications, and more for Darier and Hailey-Hailey diseases in this new Boards Fodder study chart. Download now for free!
@oyetewa
@abdulhadiJfri
#dermtwitter
What's the
#diagnosis
? 👀 Patient presented with fever and chronic painful rash with new pustules on her back. Skin exam was significant for erythroderma with non-follicular-based pustules coalescing into annular plaques with “sunflower-like” configuration
"I recall so many ingrained dictums that affected my practice (whether valid or not). One caveat that has stood the test of time is to 'think of polycythemia vera if your patient complains of itching after bathing'..." - Warren R. Heymann, MD, FAAD.
Board-certified dermatologist Sacharitha Bowers (
@SBowersMD
) is the Academy’s latest “Patient Care Hero” for her role on the
@SIUSOM
Equity COVID Response Team
Say YES to sun protection, say NO to
#skincancer
! Share this infographic with your
#dermatology
patients about the many ways to protect oneself from the sun's harmful rays -
Data were presented on a new topical anticholinergic gel, sofpironium bromide 15%, which was shown to be safe and effective for the treatment of primary axillary
#hyperhidrosis
. Learn more in
#DermWorldWeekly
-
What's the
#diagnosis
? A patient with a past medical history of diabetes mellitus and hydrocephalus requiring ventricular-peritoneal shunt placement was admitted to the neurology intensive care unit for a workup of altered mental status....
#dermtwitter
An article published in Contact Dermatitis found that over 30% of patients with facial
#dermatitis
that were
#patchtested
had a rash induced partly or fully by cosmetics.
#DermWorldWeekly
“‘Malignant
#syphilis
is a rare, severe form of secondary syphilis, characterized by cutaneous ulcers with central necrosis that a black-brown rupioid crust may accompany.” Read more in
#DermWorld
Insights and Inquiries.
IL-36 plays an important role in the pathogenesis of pustular
#psoriasis
. Targeting this cytokine therapeutically may have the capability to alter the course of this potentially life-threatening disease. Learn more from Dr. Warren Heymann in
#DermWorld
“
#Melasma
is a frustrating disorder. Austin et al concluded that cysteamine, triple combination therapy, and tranexamic acid received strong clinical recommendations for the treatment of melasma.”
#DermWorld
Insights and Inquiries
.
@JAMADerm
authors developed a consensus statement about the optimal approach to lab monitoring for healthy patients treated with
#isotretinoin
for acne. Find out what testing is recommended and when in
#DermWorldWeekly
.
A
@JAADJournals
study found that patients with a history of
#rosacea
were significantly less likely to have facial BCC compared with those without a history of rosacea.
#DermWorld
Weekly
VEXAS syndrome, an adult inflammatory syndrome, was first described in 2020. According to a
@JAADjournals
review, 89% of published cases have documented skin involvement.
#DermWorldWeekly
#dermtwitter
When the pandemic hit, board-certified dermatologist
@GinetteOkoye
opened a testing site to help vulnerable communities access free COVID-19 tests in Washington, DC -
The results of the
#AAD2023election
are in! Congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to the AAD members who voted. The winners will officially take office at the conclusion of the 2024 Annual Meeting in San Diego on March 12, 2024.
@SusanTaylorMD
In
@NEJM
, researchers found rituximab was superior to mycophenolate mofetil for treatment of
#pemphigusvulgaris
in generating complete remission at 52 weeks, although it had a higher rate of serious adverse events.
#DermWorldWeekly
What's the
#diagnosis
? A 28-year-old man comes to the emergency department with a 2-week history of
#rash
. He reports that the rash has been progressive in onset, starting on his face and spreading to his scalp before progressing cephalocaudally...
A
@JAADJournals
research letter compared the efficacy and tolerability of intralesional quadrivalent HPV vaccine versus intralesional bivalent HPV vaccine for multiple recalcitrant
#warts
treatment.
#DermWorldWeekly
➡️
.
@US_FDA
has approved topical
#ruxolitinib
(Opzelura) for the treatment of nonsegmental
#vitiligo
in patients aged 12 years or older. The cream formulation—a Janus kinase (JAK) 1/JAK 2 inhibitor—was first approved in September for the treatment of AD.
.
@US_FDA
has approved topical
#ruxolitinib
(Opzelura) for the treatment of nonsegmental
#vitiligo
in patients aged 12 years or older. The cream formulation—a Janus kinase (JAK) 1/JAK 2 inhibitor—was first approved in September for the treatment of AD.
“
#Pemphigusvulgaris
and pemphigus foliaceus are potentially life-threatening disorders demanding aggressive therapy with all the finesse and skill that dermatologists can muster.” Learn more from Dr. Warren R. Heymann in
#DermWorld
Insights and Inquiries.
A
@JAADjournals
article reviews
#monkeypox
modes of transmission, clinical manifestations of the virus, and diagnostic methods and treatment options. Find out what derms should know in
#DermWorldWeekly
.
Download the Boards Fodder study chart on Merkel cell carcinoma by complex medical dermatology fellow
@AbdulhadiJfri
and cutaneous oncology fellow
@CatPisano91
.
In
@JAMADerm
, authors discuss two case reports of patients with
#warts
who were successfully treated with needle-free injection of fluorouracil. The injection uses high-speed liquid flow to deliver drugs into skin tissue without causing much pain -
Dermatologists have a unique opportunity to recognize potential inflammatory bowel disease by the presence of specific lesions or non-specific signs including erythema nodosum or pyoderma gangrenosum.
#DermWorld
Insights and Inquiries
“
#Mucosalulceration
urgently gets everyone’s attention. How many times have you been asked to evaluate a patient for suspected Stevens-Johnson syndrome?” Learn more from Dr. Warren Heymann in
#DermWorld
Insights and Inquiries -
#dermtwitter
"Anifrolumab is a human, IgG1K monoclonal antibody that blocks type 1 interferon signaling.
#Anifrolumab
was approved for SLE in July 2021. Controlled trials are warranted to study to the potential of anifrolumab for CLE."
#DermWorld
Insights and Inquiries
What's the
#diagnosis
? 👀 Patient presented with fever and chronic painful rash with new pustules on her back. Skin exam was significant for erythroderma with non-follicular-based pustules coalescing into annular plaques with “sunflower-like” configuration
Complications of silicone injections: "Walking in with a cane and reporting his severe skin pain, a patient recalled traveling with a friend to get buttock injections in a hotel room in another state over a decade ago...
#DermWorld
Insights and Inquiries
Matthew was diagnosed with
#alopeciaareata
and lost all his hair. Nothing worked until dermatologist Dr.
@Brett_King_
used
#JAKinhibitors
to treat him. "Dermatologists like Dr. King do much more than treat the skin. They transform patients’ lives."
A Pediatric Dermatology review evaluated RCTs comparing berdazimer gel with vehicle for treating
#molluscumcontagiosum
. Learn more about the study in
#DermWorldWeekly
.
According to a recent
@JAADjournals
article,
#acne
patients are using YouTube to get information on
#isotretinoin
. Researchers found that most videos had fair (54%) or poor (32%) quality of medical information. Learn more in
#DermWorldWeekly
-