Christeebella O Akpala, Yassaman J Erfani, Jordan Young, Vahide Saeidi, Austin Todd, Cynthia Chelf, Elizabeth J Philips, Afsaneh Alavi
{"title":"Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis-like eruptions in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a systematic review.","authors":"Christeebella O Akpala, Yassaman J Erfani, Jordan Young, Vahide Saeidi, Austin Todd, Cynthia Chelf, Elizabeth J Philips, Afsaneh Alavi","doi":"10.1111/ijd.17479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.17479","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have transformed cancer treatment by targeting immune checkpoints such as PD-1, PDL-1, and CTLA-4, but concerns about severe immune-related adverse events persist. The scarcity of literature on dermatologic implications, especially severe reactions such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), highlights the urgent need for investigation.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>Our systematic review aims to address the gap in relevant literature by extensively examining the epidemiologic risk factors and management of SJS/TEN-like illnesses in ICI-treated patients to provide insights for risk assessment and clinical care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We identified 158 case reports that detailed the incidence of SJS/TEN in patients being treated with ICIs, examining demographic patterns, type of malignancy, clinical characteristics, and treatments linked to onset. We assessed mortality rates, risk elements, and the effectiveness of interventions to help guide clinical care.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Analysis of 158 case reports revealed that SJS/TEN in ICI users is typically seen on average at the age of 63 and is more common in males. PD1 inhibitors such as nivolumab and pembrolizumab are often associated with various mucocutaneous patterns and significant risks with ICI use, especially TEN, which is linked to high morbidity and mortality rates.</p><p><strong>Limitations: </strong>Our study notes limitations due to the inclusion of case reports or case series, such as potential publication and reporting biases, leading to skewed findings. Additionally, because of the heterogeneous reporting standards, the retrospective nature limits phenotypic precision, control for confounding variables, and data completeness.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study provides valuable insights into the epidemiology, clinical features, management strategies, and outcomes of ICI-induced SJS/TEN, underscoring the importance of vigilant monitoring and personalized risk assessment in oncology practice. Continued research efforts are essential to optimize patient outcomes and enhance the safety profile of ICIs in cancer therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":13950,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142286326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mpox challenges in a clinical setting: patterns of skin lesions, diagnostic clues, and long-term consequences.","authors":"Andrei Tanasov, George-Sorin Tiplica","doi":"10.1111/ijd.17477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.17477","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13950,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142286323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Moving beyond biology: the critical role of social and structural determinants in atopic dermatitis.","authors":"Meredith Tyree Polaskey, Raj Chovatiya","doi":"10.1111/ijd.17491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.17491","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a prevalent chronic inflammatory skin disease with a substantial global burden and negative impact on quality of life. While genetics and pathophysiology are key to understanding AD, emerging evidence indicates that social and structural determinants of health (SDOH and StDOH) strongly influence the condition's onset, severity, and outcomes. SDOH, such as economic stability, education quality and access, healthcare quality and access, neighborhood environment, and social/community context, shape individual risk and disease experience. StDOH, including government processes, economic policies, social/public policies, and cultural/societal values, further act as upstream forces that directly and indirectly influence AD outcomes. In this review, we synthesize current knowledge on the impacts of SDOH and StDOH on AD incidence, severity, and disparities. Embracing a biopsychosocial model is crucial to elucidate the etiology, epidemiology, and optimal management of AD. Future research should adopt a holistic approach, moving beyond a purely biological perspective to consider the intricate interplay of social and structural determinants in understanding and managing AD.</p>","PeriodicalId":13950,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142286322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unveiling the potential of pioglitazone: efficacy in actinic keratosis treatment.","authors":"Abdullah Demirbaş, Gözde Ulutaş, Tuğrul Eruyar","doi":"10.1111/ijd.17492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.17492","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13950,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142286329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molluscum contagiosum under treatment with upadacitinib for atopic dermatitis.","authors":"Cristina Bertoli, Caterina Longo, Vito Di Lernia","doi":"10.1111/ijd.17494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.17494","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13950,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142286321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana Maria Abreu Velez, Takashi Hashimoto, Jorge Mario Vélez Arango, Yulieth Alexandra Upegui-Zapata, Eduardo Upegui-Quiceño, Adriana Milena Olarte Aponte, Michael S Howard
{"title":"New complex cell junctions in and around the intervertebral discs discovered using autoantibodies from patients affected by endemic pemphigus foliaceus in El Bagre, Colombia, South America.","authors":"Ana Maria Abreu Velez, Takashi Hashimoto, Jorge Mario Vélez Arango, Yulieth Alexandra Upegui-Zapata, Eduardo Upegui-Quiceño, Adriana Milena Olarte Aponte, Michael S Howard","doi":"10.1111/ijd.17471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.17471","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Traditionally, the intervertebral disks' (IVD) nucleus pulposus (NP) and annulus fibrosus (AF) are considered to have few cellular components and cell junctions. Patients affected by a new variant of endemic pemphigus foliaceus in El Bagre, Colombia, experience back pain in the spinal areas of the lower and upper back. Here, we investigate the reactivity of the patient's autoantibodies to structures in and around the IVDs at the cellular level.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We first administered a questionnaire and performed a medical examination. We then tested for autoreactivity against IVDs by indirect immunofluorescence, confocal microscopy, and reflectance confocal microscopy using bovine and human tissues as antigen sources. We tested 45 sera from patients affected by the disease and 45 control sera from the endemic area matched by age, gender, demographics, and work activity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Most of the patient sera revealed polyclonal antibodies against newly discovered cell junctions in the NP and AF, including their translamellar cross-bridges. Additional reactivities were detected against cell junctions in the spinal cord neurons, paraspinal nerves, blood vessels, anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments, and paraspinal skeletal muscles. The reactivities of the patient's autoantibodies co-localized with those of commercially available antibodies to desmoplakins I-II, armadillo repeat gene deleted in velo-cardio-facial syndrome, plakophilin-4, and myocardium-enriched zonula occludens-1-associated protein (p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We discovered novel complex cell junctions in the IVDs using patients' autoantibodies. These discoveries open a new chapter in the knowledge of IVD, representing a breakthrough pertinent to many diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":13950,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142286324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bianca E Ituarte, Prathishtha Pitchyaiah, Mitchell A Taylor, Sierra Thomas, Divya Sharma, Vanessa B Voss
{"title":"Male sex as an independent predictor of poor disease-specific survival in conjunctival melanoma.","authors":"Bianca E Ituarte, Prathishtha Pitchyaiah, Mitchell A Taylor, Sierra Thomas, Divya Sharma, Vanessa B Voss","doi":"10.1111/ijd.17480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.17480","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13950,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142286319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The convergence of AI, sleep disorders, and dermatology: insights and innovations","authors":"Caroline Mann, Mohamad Goldust","doi":"10.1111/ijd.17489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.17489","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13950,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Dermatology","volume":"103 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"White paint dot‐like lesions of the scrotum infected by Microsporum gypseum in a juvenile","authors":"Xia Wang, Wentao Zhang, Feipeng Zeng, Bao Chai","doi":"10.1111/ijd.17395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.17395","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13950,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Dermatology","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Megan M. Tran, Fatima N. Mirza, Lindsey Gaghan, Leslie Robinson‐Bostom, Christopher DiMarco
{"title":"Delayed onset eruptive keratoacanthomas following immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy","authors":"Megan M. Tran, Fatima N. Mirza, Lindsey Gaghan, Leslie Robinson‐Bostom, Christopher DiMarco","doi":"10.1111/ijd.17483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.17483","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13950,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Dermatology","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142198927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}