Dermatology

Autoinflammatory Diseases

Oct 14, 2017 by in Dermatology Comments Off on Autoinflammatory Diseases

Autoinflammatory disease Inheritance Gene/Protein Age of onset Flare duration Mucocutaneous manifestations Musculoskeletal manifestations Systemic manifestations Treatment FMF AR MEFV/pyrin First three decades of life 1–3 days Erysipeloid-like rash on dorsal…

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Immune Environment of Cutaneous Malignancies

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Fig. 42.1 The SCC immune microenvironment. The SCC microenvironment involves a complex interplay of immunoinhibitory and immunostimulatory cells and cytokines. While Langerhans cells and plasmacytoid DCs are producing proinflammatory cytokines…

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Traditional Immune-Modulating Drugs

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Category Drug name Specific enzyme(s) inhibited Calcineurin Cyclosporine Calcineurin inhibitors Antimetabolites/purine analogues Azathioprine None Mycophenolate mofetil Inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase Antimetabolites/folate antagonists Methotrexate Dihydrofolate reductase, Thymidylate synthetase Dapsone Dihydropteroate synthetase, Myeloperoxidase…

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Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

Oct 14, 2017 by in Dermatology Comments Off on Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

, Camille E. Introcaso3, Stephen K. Richardson4 and Alain H. Rook5   (1) Department of Dermatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA (2) Department of Dermatology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA (3)…

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Topical Corticosteroids

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Fig. 48.1 Chemical structure of cortisol. Note the four-ring structure and the hydroxyl group at position 11 Modifications of the basic GCS structure result in agents with variant potency, mineralocorticoid…

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Angiogenesis for the Clinician

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Angiogenesis inhibitors Angiostatin Naturally occurring protein found in some animal species. Angiostatin is known to be cleaved by MMPs [2]. Angiostatin binds to endothelial cell surface adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase…

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Allergic Urticaria

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Fig. 27.1 Urticarial lesions (By permission of B Cohen and CU Lehmann, DermAtlas, Johns Hopkins University, 2000–2007) Clinical Features of Urticaria Clinically, urticarial lesions are intensely pruritic and can appear…

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Adverse Medication Reactions

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Phenotypes Major immune cells Major cytokines or cytotoxic mediators MPE CD4+ > CD8+ T cells IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-4, IL-5, perforin/granzyme B DRESS CD4+ > CD8+ T cells, eosinophils IFN-γ, TNF-α,…

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HIV/Opportunistic Infections

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Fig. 20.1 Represents the major steps in the infection of a CD4 lympocyte with HIV. Anti-retroviral drugs have been developed to target various steps in the replication of HIV Virologic,…

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Vitiligo

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Fig. 28.1 Clinical manifestations of vitiligo. (a) Patchy depigmentation on the hands. (b) Early macule of vitiligo on the arm. (c) Large, coalescing patches of vitiligo on the trunk. (d)…

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