Dermatology News

Maternal lifetime incidence of pollinosis and allergic conjunctivitis was observed as new predictive factors for infantile hemangioma, according to a letter in Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

A 10-year-old girl is brought to your clinic by her mother, complaining of left-sided facial swelling with mild-to-moderate pain.

A 3-year-old boy presented to the dermatology clinic with a rash on his right leg. The rash started 3 months earlier as a single lesion, then a second lesion developed a few weeks later.

Boston Children’s Hospital was named Tuesday as the best children’s hospital in the United States for the eighth consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report, which expanded its annual list this year to include state and regional rankings.

The FDA has expanded its approval of the Recell system in combination with meshed autografting to include treatment of acute full-thickness thermal burn wounds in pediatric patients, Avita Medical announced in a press release.

Skin disease is more active than muscle disease in juvenile dermatomyositis and should be treated early and aggressively to limit its severity, according to a study.

Pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis who were treated with dupilumab and topical corticosteroids experienced an improvement in both itch and excoriations, according to a study presentation.

A 10-year-old female presented to her primary care provider’s office with some redness and painful swelling of the area about her nose and mid-face. The history of this problem began when she developed a “pimple” on the bridge of her nose 4 days earlier. After picking at the pimple for a couple of days, she noted the onset of the erythema and painful swelling, which progressively worsened. She had no fever or other new symptoms and otherwise felt well. Her provider sent her to the ED for further management of this mid-facial cellulitis.

Itch can have a substantial impact on quality of life, but is difficult to quantify, according to a research article in Science Advances.

Acne vulgaris (acne) is a common dermatologic condition affecting most adolescents and young adults. It is a complex condition that involves multiple factors.