Wadhera, A Emanual Maverakis Mitsiades, N Lara, Pn Fung, Ma Lynch, Pj
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Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a T cell-mediated disease seen most commonly after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Rarely, a GVHD-like disease can be seen in patients with malignant thymoma. We describe a 50-year-old man with malignant thymoma who developed skin, liver, and intestinal manifestations similar to that seen in GVHD. We als...
Shi, Vivian Y Tran, Khiem Patel, Forum Leventhal, Jonathan Konia, Thomas Fung, Maxwell A Wilken, Reason Garcia, Miki Shirakawa Fitzmaurice, Sarah D Joo, Jayne
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Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Patients with cutaneous melanoma metastases have experienced excellent responses to intralesional interleukin (IL)-2. This has led to its recent inclusion into the US National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for management of cutaneous melanoma metastases. Despite this, intralesional IL-2 has not been highlighted in the US literature nor ha...
Emanual Maverakis Fung, Ma Lynch, Pj Draznin, M Michael, Dj Ruben, B Fazel, N
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Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of zinc deficiency. The genetic defect has been mapped to 8q24 and the defective gene identified as SLC39A4, which encodes the zinc transporter Zip4. The diagnosis is made by way of clinical presentation together with histopathology and laboratory tests. Here we provide an overview...