Dermatopathology News

PHILADELPHIA — High levels of skin advanced glycation end products may be associated with a form of precocious tissue aging and an increased risk for complications among children with type 1 diabetes, according to Shreepal Shah, MD, who presented results of an ongoing study at the American Diabetes Association’s 72nd Scientific Sessions.

Dermatology is a branch of medicine that deals with the skin and diseases of the skin. It concerns the study, research and diagnosis of normal skin and disorders of the skin. Cancers, cosmetic and aging conditions of the skin, fat, hair, nails and oral and genital membranes are all aspects of dermatology.

Dermatopathology is the study of cutaneous diseases at a microscopic level, which also involves studying potential causes of skin, nail or hair disorders at the cellular level. It is a subspecialty of dermatology and surgical pathology

The short- and long-term prognoses for patients with dermatomyositis may be improved by the addition of intravenous immunoglobulin to their treatments, according to recent results.

Localized lymphedema may contribute to the formation of large disfiguring angiofibromas in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex, according to new data.

Diagnoses were changed upon review by a second pathologist in more than one-third of diagnostically challenging melanocytic tumors in a recent cohort, according to study results.

Necrotizing infundibular crystalline folliculitis, a poorly understood disorder marked by waxy papules that often appear on the forehead, is possibly pathogenetically linked to microorganisms such as yeasts that resemble Malassezia and gram-positive bacteria such as Propionibacterium acnes, according to study results.

Antimicrobial peptides are not sufficient to promote wound healing and contain secondary infections in patients with diabetic foot ulcers, according to study results.

The eosinophil ratio in patients with drug-induced subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus was not different from the ratio in patients with nondrug-induced subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, according to study results.

An investigation of three biomarkers provided further clues to histogenesis and differentiation of syringoma, according to results presented at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting.