Specific therapies for cutaneous lupus include oral prednisone and hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine as the typical first-line agents. If these are unsuccessful, quinacrine can be added. Other agents that have been…

Lupus chilblains is a unique form of Raynaud’s phenomenon, and it is identical in clinical presentation to pernio. It may be that this is just pernio occurring in a patient…

Discoid lupus is one of the easiest forms of cutaneous lupus to recognize. It is most commonly found on the head and neck region and has a tendency to be…

Treatment: No good therapy exists for calciphylaxis. Aggressive supportive care and early treatment of superinfections are critical. Surgical debridement of wounds is necessary to remove necrotic tissue that provides a…

Narcotics (for pain control) and antivenin have been used to treat black widow spider bites and have been helpful. The antivenin is derived from horse serum, and there is a…

Treatment: Therapy is specific to each syndrome. The molecular understanding of the pathogenesis has led to specific therapies. Because of their rarity, no randomized studies have been performed on the…

Most ticks bite and feed for up to 24 hours before falling off after receiving their blood meal. They can leave a tick bite granuloma, which is a small red…

TRAPS is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern and also can occur sporadically. Patients develop attacks early in childhood, which consist of fever, abdominal pain, conjunctivitis, arthralgias, and migratory myalgias….

Treatment is usually more successful in children than in adults. Occasionally in children and more commonly in adults, systemic therapies are used to keep the dermatitis under control. Oral antihistamines…

Most childhood atopic dermatitis resolves spontaneously over time. It is estimated that 10% of cases will resolve by the age of 1 year, 50% by 5 years, 70% by 7…