Background: A recent study showed over 80 percent of internal medicine residents reported being uncomfortable or very uncomfortable with dermatologic issues. Formalized teaching in dermatology in medicine residency may be prudent. This teaching could occur in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Our objective was to study the effect of a dermatology curriculum on knowledge and [...]

Background: Access to pediatric subspecialty care is often challenging outside of large urban areas, especially in the field of pediatric dermatology. Overall, demand for pediatric dermatologic care outstrips the supply of pediatric dermatologists. As a result, the need for dermatology consultative services to hospitalized children is increasingly unmet. Teledermatology, or the use of telemedicine platforms [...]

Background: Patients who have undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are at a higher risk of infection compared to their healthy counterparts. This retrospective chart review aimed to elucidate the incidence and etiology of skin infections in HSCT patients and understand the relationship between these infections and graft-versus host disease (GVHD), neutropenia, and transplant type. [...]

Case Presentation: A previously healthy 11-month-old female was admitted to the hospital with new onset of skin lesions. One month prior to admission, her parents noticed “bumps on her bottom.” They initially thought the bumps were secondary to insect bites, and took her to a local urgent care, where she was prescribed topical antibiotic ointment. [...]

Case Presentation: A 32 yo male presented after 1 week of high spiking fevers and a pruritic rash. Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim had been started 5 weeks prior. Treatment was started with antihistamines, topical steroids, and prednisone 60mg daily without improvement. Exam revealed facial edema, conjunctival injection, and diffuse erythematous papules. No vesicles or bulla and Nikolsky sign [...]

Case Presentation: A 36-year-old man presented with 10 days of progressive rash that started on his abdomen. The lesions grew, developed a more intense violaceous color, and spread to his lower back, buttocks, forearms and lower legs. The rash spared his upper torso, upper arms, neck, face and palmar/plantar surfaces. He also reported chills, nausea, [...]

Case Presentation: 67 year old man with a history of psoriasiform dermatitis refractory to dapsone and hydroxychloroquine, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura status post plasma exchange and rituximab, and a history of multiple venous thromboemboli, and a fever of unknown origin presented with progressive worsening of his skin lesions. On exam, the patient was febrile (temperature 39.3C), [...]

Case Presentation: This is an otherwise healthy 28-year-old female who presented with sudden, atraumatic left lower extremity paresis. With the same onset, she noted left-sided paresthesia and left upper extremity weakness. She additionally had a history of two episodes of transient, unilateral blurred vision. On admission, her examination revealed intact cranial nerves. Strength was intact [...]

Case Presentation: A 16-year-old Caucasian male presented to the pediatric emergency department with 10 days of worsening lumbar back pain, myalgias, difficulty ambulating and fevers. His medical history was significant for severe nodulocystic acne vulgaris, and he was started on isotretinoin at 80mg/day (1.4mg/kg/day) three weeks prior to presentation. Approximately 10 days after starting the [...]

Case Presentation: A 30-year-old G1P1 woman with a history of seasonal allergies, depression, and remote intravenous heroin use presented with progressively worsening bilateral hand swelling over the past three years since giving birth. She described painless bilateral hand swelling with nail thinning, skin bruising, decreased finger dexterity, and intermittent leakage of fluid. She did not [...]