Treatment: Therapy is often aimed at reducing inflammation and bacterial superinfection. There is no curative therapy, and most treatments have only anecdotal reports of success. Topical clindamycin and other antibacterial…

Treatment: Treatment of Graves’ disease is predicated on stopping the excessive thyroid hormone production. Ablation of the thyroid can be achieved with radiation therapy or surgical removal. Medications such as…

Treatment: Localized forms of granuloma annulare that are asymptomatic and not causing any distress to the patient can be left alone. Most cases resolve spontaneously over time with no residual…

Chronic GVHD is difficult to manage. There is no cure for GVHD, and treatment is directed at stabilizing and improving skin function and increasing the patient’s functional capabilities. Phototherapy has…

Tophi can be treated with the long-term use of allopurinol or probenecid. Over time, the goal is to mobilize the tissue uric acid and increase its excretion from the body….

Chronic gout, which is seen as a sequela of multiple attacks of acute gout, leads to joint destruction and chronic arthritis. Patients with chronic gout may also develop acute episodes…

Treatment: The main point in therapy is making the correct diagnosis and removing the offending agent. Once this is done, the lesions heal within a month. Medium to potent topical…

Treatment: Many medications can be used to treat the acroparesthesias, and they typically come from the antiseizure class of medications. Phenytoin and gabapentin are used to help control the frequency…

Treatment: Treatment is primarily symptomatic. One must pursue the possibility of an underlying disorder. Erythema nodosum induced by medications or pregnancy resolves spontaneously once the medication is withdrawn or after…

SJS can be a life-threatening condition and can progress to toxic epidermal necrolysis. For both SJS and toxic epidermal necrolysis, the cause of the reaction should be identified and withdrawn,…