Dermatopathology News

Researchers have determined that improving the diagnostic accuracy of, and limiting the policy and reimbursement variations for, teledermatopathology may encourage more pathologists to utilize the technology.

In a retrospective study that examined various dermatoscopic features of central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia in African American patients, a peripilar white halo was identified as highly specific for the condition and an optimal site from which to obtain a biopsy specimen.

Systemic therapy with liposomal amphotericin B resulted in a considerably shorter duration of Leishmania tropica in children than treatment with pentavalent antimony, according to study findings.

In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy allowed for accurate evaluation of imiquimod treatment in cases of lentigo maligna where surgery was contraindicated, researchers found.

The FDA today announced the approval of dalbavancin for adults with serious skin infections caused by certain gram-positive organisms.

DENVER — Advanced melanoma staging with updates on future therapies, the latest acne treatments, and laser and botulinum toxin A treatments for wounded warrior traumatic injuries are highlights of the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting beginning today.

Myriad Genetics has launched its new diagnostic test to differentiate malignant melanoma from benign pigmented skin lesions.

Myriad Genetics has announced that study results show its melanoma test effectively differentiated malignant melanoma from benign skin lesions.

Amelanotic acral melanomas were difficult to diagnose clinically and histopathologically, with BRAF mutations rare and some KIT aberrations detected, according to recent study results.

Patients with histopathologically dysplastic nevi whose reports included standardized margin comments had significantly lower re-excision rates than those without margin comments, according to retrospective study results.