Psychiatric issues inherently accompany dermatologic disease in children and adolescents. With body image issues being of paramount importance to adolescents, perceived flaws may be accompanied by depression, anxiety, or loss…
Few benign melanocytic lesions encountered in clinical practice elicit the level of controversy as that generated by lesions within the spectrum of Spitz nevi. Unlike melanoma, the dermoscopic structures found…
Due to many factors, including parental anxiety, a child’s inability to understand the necessity of a procedure and a child’s unwillingness to cooperate, it can be much more challenging to…
Photosensitivity disorders in childhood are rare, with the notable exception of overexposure as sunburn, and therefore require a more circumspect approach. Practitioners who treat children are key players in identifying…
New technologies are accelerating the pace at which genetic defects leading to inherited skin disease are elucidated. Translation of these genetic discoveries into new therapies for patients with inherited skin…
Infantile hemangioma is the most common soft tissue tumor of childhood. Despite its frequency, it has only been in the last decade that these lesions have been better characterized and…
Severe psoriasis is uncommon in children, but when it occurs, can be physically, emotionally and socially disabling. Systemic treatments such as phototherapy, acitretin, methotrexate and cyclosporine have been used to…
Accurate characterization of vascular anomalies is important in predicting clinical course and guiding treatment. This article provides an imaging review of vascular anomalies, highlighting the particular imaging characteristics of hemangiomas…
This article reviews some of the recent literature on therapeutic modalities and their efficacy in common pediatric skin conditions. Immunotherapy and laser therapy of warts and molluscum contagiosum show therapeutic…
This article outlines the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood morphea. Also known as localized scleroderma, morphea is a fibrosing disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissues….
