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Curr Pediatr Rev 2021 04 6. Epub 2021 Apr 6.

Department of Paediatrics, Patras Medical School, Rion 26504. Greece.

Background: In December 2019, a local outbreak of pneumonia presented in Wuhan (China), and quickly identified to be caused by a novel coronavirus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 was named COVID-19 and was soon declared as pandemic because of the millions of infections and thousands of deaths worldwide. Children infected with SARS-CoV-2 usually develop asymptomatic or mild disease compared to adults. Read More

Ther Adv Chronic Dis 2021 22;12:2040622320987051. Epub 2021 Jan 22.

Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing 100730, China.

Background: Cardiac manifestations are common and life-threatening in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), which remains poorly studied in China. We aim to investigate its clinical features, associated factors, treatment, and outcomes.

Methods: We reviewed the clinical records of 110 EGPA patients and examined the independent factors associated with cardiac manifestations using multivariate logistic regression. Read More

Radiographics 2020 Nov-Dec;40(7):1866-1892

From the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, PO Box 208042, Room TE-2, New Haven, CT 06520 (M.V.R., A.M., A.S.B.); Department of Radiology, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Northwell Health System, Manhasset, NY (S.R., R.W., C.D., R.D.P., K.C., C.K., J.S.P.); and Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Danbury Radiological Associates, PC, Danbury, Conn (N.C.S.).

Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 results in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was declared an official pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. COVID-19 has been reported in most countries, and as of August 15, 2020, there have been over 21 million cases of COVID-19 reported worldwide, with over 800 000 COVID-19-associated deaths. Although COVID-19 predominantly affects the respiratory system, it has become apparent that many other organ systems can also be involved. Read More

Radiographics 2020 10;40(6):1574-1599

From the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, PO Box 208042, Room TE-2, New Haven, CT 06520 (M.V.R., A.S.B., A.M.); Department of Radiology, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Northwell Health System, Manhasset, NY (S.R., R.W., C.D., R.D.P., K.C., C.K., J.S.P.); and Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Danbury Radiological Associates, PC, Danbury, Conn (N.C.S.).

Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) results in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was declared an official pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. The infection has been reported in most countries around the world. As of August 2020, there have been over 21 million cases of COVID-19 reported worldwide, with over 800 000 COVID-19-associated deaths. Read More

EMBO Mol Med 2020 10 18;12(10):e12822. Epub 2020 Sep 18.

Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Sporadic lymphatic diseases are orphans among orphans in the medical community, a diverse collection of disorders at the intersection of cardiac, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, dermatologic, and oncologic disease that receives only passing attention in medical school and that no subspecialty in medicine fully embraces as its own. They often present in a confusing and illusive manner, with a fractured bone, expectoration of blood or a branching airway cast, a swollen limb or a collection of chylous material; protean manifestations that can challenge even the most expert diagnostician. Yet many of these acquired disorders have been discovered to have a targetable genetic basis, and as the case report of Foster et al (2020) demonstrates, the sedulous clinician-patient dyad can be rewarded with an almost miraculous result when the molecular pathogenesis of the disease is pursued and an exquisitely targeted therapy is administered. Read More

Am J Emerg Med 2020 09 6;38(9):1715-1721. Epub 2020 Jun 6.

Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, United States of America.

The novel coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. While much of the focus has been on the cardiac and pulmonary complications, there are several important dermatologic components that clinicians must be aware of.

Objective: This brief report summarizes the dermatologic manifestations and complications associated with COVID-19 with an emphasis on Emergency Medicine clinicians. Read More

Nat Med 2020 07 10;26(7):1017-1032. Epub 2020 Jul 10.

Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.

Although COVID-19 is most well known for causing substantial respiratory pathology, it can also result in several extrapulmonary manifestations. These conditions include thrombotic complications, myocardial dysfunction and arrhythmia, acute coronary syndromes, acute kidney injury, gastrointestinal symptoms, hepatocellular injury, hyperglycemia and ketosis, neurologic illnesses, ocular symptoms, and dermatologic complications. Given that ACE2, the entry receptor for the causative coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, is expressed in multiple extrapulmonary tissues, direct viral tissue damage is a plausible mechanism of injury. Read More

N Engl J Med 2020 07 29;383(4):347-358. Epub 2020 Jun 29.

From the New York State Department of Health, Albany (E.M.D., A.M., J.R., A.M.M., D.E., J.K., W.P., L.S., B.H., D.B., H.Z.); the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Response (E.H.K., E.J.C.) and the Epidemic Intelligence Service, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (E.J.C.), CDC, Atlanta; and the University at Albany School of Public Health, State University of New York, Rensselaer (E.M.R., M.A.B., E.S.R., T.U.).

Background: A multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is associated with coronavirus disease 2019. The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) established active, statewide surveillance to describe hospitalized patients with the syndrome.

Methods: Hospitals in New York State reported cases of Kawasaki's disease, toxic shock syndrome, myocarditis, and potential MIS-C in hospitalized patients younger than 21 years of age and sent medical records to the NYSDOH. Read More

Chest 2019 01 7;155(1):178-193. Epub 2018 Sep 7.

Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

Lung transplant is now an established modality for a broad spectrum of end-stage pulmonary diseases. According to the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Registry, more than 50,000 lung transplants have been performed worldwide, with nearly 11,000 recipients of lung transplants alive in the United States. With the increasing use of lung transplant, pulmonologists must be cognizant of the common as well as the unique posttransplant dermatologic complications. Read More

Adv Exp Med Biol 2018;1065:489-509

Department of Skin Diseases & Cosmetology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia.

Cardiology, dermatology, and rheumatology form a fascinating triad. Many skin and joint disorders are associated with cardiovascular comorbidities because they share etiologic elements. Female predominance is often remarkable and likely related to autoimmune pathology. Read More

Pediatrics 2018 04;141(Suppl 5):S466-S469

Divisions of Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Lyme disease is caused by and can lead to dermatologic, neurologic, cardiac, and musculoskeletal manifestations. The arthritis of Lyme disease is typically monoarticular, with the knee being most commonly involved. Lyme arthritis of small joints has not previously been well described. Read More

J Cosmet Dermatol 2019 Feb 25;18(1):204-211. Epub 2018 Mar 25.

Department of Basic and Clinical Research, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Background: Dermatologic complications are common in patients with end-stage renal disease and also have a high diversity.

Objectives: This meta-analysis reviews prevalence of dermatological manifestations among hemodialysis patients in Iran.

Materials And Methods: Using PubMed and NLM Gateway (for MEDLINE), Institute of Scientific Information (ISI), and SCOPUS as the main international electronic data sources, and Iran-Medex, Irandoc, and Scientific Information Database, as the main domestic databases with systematic search capability, we systematically searched surveys, papers, and reports on the prevalence of dermatological manifestations (until February 2016). Read More

J Am Acad Dermatol 2018 03 21;78(3):498-505.e2. Epub 2017 Oct 21.

Department of Dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.

Background: The immune abnormalities underlying the ichthyoses are poorly understood.

Objective: To determine the immunophenotype of an ichthyosis resulting from mutations in the spectrin repeat 6 (SR6) domain of desmoplakin gene (DSP) and target therapy on the basis of molecular pathogenesis.

Methods: Immunophenotyping was performed by using the blood and skin of a girl with SR6 region DSP mutations causing erythroderma/ichthyosis and cardiomyopathy. Read More

Radiographics 2017 Jul-Aug;37(4):1135-1160. Epub 2017 May 26.

From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (J.D.O., S.E.S., L.E.J., M.R., A.M.S.), University of Utah, 30 North 1900 East, #1A71, Salt Lake City, UT 84132; and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis (B.P.S.).

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, relapsing immune-mediated inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. IBD includes two major disease entities: Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis. Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis and surveillance of these complex disorders. Read More

An Bras Dermatol 2016 Sep-Oct;91(5 suppl 1):92-94

Universidade do Oeste Paulista (UNOESTE) - Presidente Prudente (SP), Brazil.

Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, infective endocarditis still shows considerable morbidity and mortality rates. The dermatological examination in patients with suspected infective endocarditis may prove very useful, as it might reveal suggestive abnormalities of this disease, such as Osler's nodes and Janeway lesions. Osler's nodes are painful, purple nodular lesions, usually found on the tips of fingers and toes. Read More

J Atr Fibrillation 2016 Feb-Mar;8(5):1378. Epub 2016 Feb 29.

James J. Peter VA Medical Center/The Mount Sinai Hospital.

Lyme disease is a multisystem disorder affecting dermatologic, cardiac, nervous and musculoskeletal systems. Cardiac manifestations occur in about 5% of Lyme infections and stem from the involvement of the cardiac conduction system, resulting in varying degrees of sino-atrioventricular block. Occasionally, Lyme infection may also present with myopericarditis. Read More

Surv Ophthalmol 2016 Nov - Dec;61(6):693-701. Epub 2016 Apr 1.

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Parry-Romberg syndrome is a rare disease characterized by slowly progressive atrophy affecting facial subcutaneous tissues, including the underlying muscles and osteocartilaginous structures. Various periocular, ocular, and neuro-ophthalmological manifestations have been described in Parry-Romberg syndrome. The most common periocular disorders include enophthalmos, eyelid, and orbit alterations. Read More

Ther Apher Dial 2016 Oct 16;20(5):433-452. Epub 2016 Sep 16.

Inselklinik Heringsdorf GmbH, 17424, Seeheilbad Heringsdorf, Germany.

The process of curing a patient by removing his illness by extracting blood is a very old one. Many years ago, phlebotomy was practiced to cure illness. Now, this old process, placed on a rational basis with therapeutic apheresis (TA), is being followed in clinical practice. Read More

J Am Acad Dermatol 2016 Aug;75(2):265-84

Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Otolaryngology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address:

While the overall incidence of emergencies in dermatologic surgery is low, emergent situations can occasionally pose a risk to patients undergoing such procedures. The clinical importance of several types of emergences related to systemic reactions, high energy systems, and trauma are reviewed, and relevant epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, work-up, management, and prevention are discussed. Early detection of surgical emergencies can mitigate any associated adverse outcomes, thereby allowing the outstanding record of safety of dermatologic surgery to continue. Read More

J Am Acad Dermatol 2016 Aug;75(2):243-62

Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Otolaryngology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address:

While the overall incidence of emergencies in dermatologic surgery is low, emergent situations can occasionally pose a risk to patients undergoing such procedures. The clinical importance of several types of emergences related to vascular occlusion, hypertension, and hypotension are reviewed, and relevant epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, work-up, management, and prevention are discussed. Early detection of these emergencies can mitigate or forestall associated adverse outcomes, thereby allowing the outstanding record of safety of dermatologic surgery to continue. Read More

Semin Oncol 2016 06 23;43(3):335-40. Epub 2016 Feb 23.

Department of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

The skin signs of benign and malignant endocrine and neuroendocrine tumors are manifold and early identification of these dermatologic features is crucial in initiating timely diagnosis and management. This article reviews the salient cutaneous features of these tumors that arise in the classic endocrine glands, lung and gastrointestinal tract either as individual neoplasms or as part of a syndrome. Read More

Cardiovasc Pathol 2016 May-Jun;25(3):195-199. Epub 2016 Jan 8.

University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA. Electronic address:

Hereditary sclerosing poikiloderma is a rare, familial disease with the primary clinical features being dermatologic. Widespread poikiloderma, as well as linear hyperkeratotic and sclerotic bands, tends to be the most common sign of this disease. It has been suggested that cardiac involvement may represent an important element of this disorder; however, this has not been well studied. Read More

Vnitr Lek 2015 Oct;61(10):886-95

For diagnosing of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) it is currently recommended to follow the ESHRE criteria. For diagnosis according to them two of the following three symptoms are sufficient: 1. morphology of polycystic ovaria, 2. Read More

J Autoimmun 2015 Feb 16;57:82-115. Epub 2014 Oct 16.

Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Electronic address:

Lyme disease was originally identified in Lyme, Connecticut, based upon an unusual cluster of what appeared to be patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. It was subsequently identified as a new clinical entity originally called Lyme arthritis based on the observation that arthritis was a major clinical feature. However, Lyme arthritis is now called Lyme disease based upon the understanding that the clinical features include not only arthritis, but also potential cardiac, dermatologic and neurologic findings. Read More

Acta Biomed 2014 May 9;85(1):81-4. Epub 2014 May 9.

Post-Graduate School of Neurology, University of Parma.

Fabry disease (angiokeratoma corporis diffusum universale) is a rare, progressive, X-linked lysosomal storage disease. Deficiency of the α-galactosidase A (α-gal A) enzyme leads to accumulation of neutral glycosphingolipids within vascular endothelial lysosomes of various organs, including skin, kidneys, heart, and brain (1). We herein describe the case of a 30-year-old female presenting two classic signs of Fabry disease, angiokeratomas and episodic acroparesthesias, in the absence of other clinical manifestations. Read More

J Am Acad Dermatol 2014 May;70(5):821.e1-19

Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address:

There are a multitude of diseases that commonly affect both the skin and the eye. Part II of this 2-part series reviews the oculocutaneous manifestations of neoplasms, both benign and malignant, and adverse drug reactions affecting the skin and the eye. Though rare, a number of neoplasms that primarily involve the skin, such as melanoma and basal cell carcinoma, can metastasize to the eye, leading to permanent damage if not properly treated. Read More

Adv Parasitol 2014 ;84:27-149

Departamento de Parasitologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

Fascioliasis is a food-borne parasitic disease caused by the trematode species Fasciola hepatica, distributed worldwide, and Fasciola gigantica, restricted to given regions of Africa and Asia. This disease in humans shows an increasing importance, which relies on its recent widespread emergence related to climate and global changes and also on its pathogenicity in the invasive, biliary, and advanced chronic phases in the human endemic areas, mainly of developing countries. In spite of the large neurological affection capacity of Fasciola, this important pathogenic aspect of the disease has been pronouncedly overlooked in the past decades and has not even appear within the numerous reviews on the parasitic diseases of the central nervous system. Read More