Barbara Cocuroccia, Giorgio Annessi, Enzo Palese, Siavash Rahimi, Filomena Russo
{"title":"Juvenile gangrenous vasculitis of the scrotum: a rare entity and a diagnostic challenge.","authors":"Barbara Cocuroccia, Giorgio Annessi, Enzo Palese, Siavash Rahimi, Filomena Russo","doi":"10.23736/S2784-8671.24.08029-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S2784-8671.24.08029-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14526,"journal":{"name":"Italian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142836022","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}
Luca Mastorino, Gitana Scozzari, Simone Ribero, Pietro Quaglino, Antonio Scarmozzino, Michela Ortoncelli
{"title":"Televisits for patients with atopic dermatitis treated with dupilumab: experience from a tertiary care center in Northern Italy.","authors":"Luca Mastorino, Gitana Scozzari, Simone Ribero, Pietro Quaglino, Antonio Scarmozzino, Michela Ortoncelli","doi":"10.23736/S2784-8671.24.07974-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S2784-8671.24.07974-X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an inflammatory skin disease. The monoclonal antibody dupilumab can provide a rapid response with achievement of stable clinical disease. This study aimed to confirm the effectiveness of a televisit approach for patients with AD and treated with dupilumab.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Demographic data and characteristics at baseline including mean EASI, mean NRSp, mean DLQI, and mean NRSds were retrospectively assessed and subsequently collected at up to 48 weeks, last visit in attendance, and up to the fourth televisit. The mean reduction of the above scores, and achievement at each time point of EASI≤7, EASI 75, EASI 90, DLQI 0/1, and NRSp≤4 were considered as endpoints.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twelve patients underwent at least 1 televisit. The mean follow-up on dupilumab before switching to a televisit was 28.5 months. The mean EASI at the last face-to-face visit was 0.75 and remained stable at subsequent televisit visits. All patients achieved EASI≤7 as early as week 16 which was during the televisits. A similar trend was seen for EASI 75. Only 1 patient discontinued the televisits after 2 visits, preferring to return in person.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In our case series of remotely-followed patients, clinical and patient-reported outcomes remained stable.</p>","PeriodicalId":14526,"journal":{"name":"Italian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142836421","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}
Olive Anagu, Jesse Salas, Sarah Choe, Abhinav Birda, Ajay Sharma, Gabrielle Baker, Natasha Mesinkovska
{"title":"The emerging role of photodynamic therapy in the treatment of cutaneous infections.","authors":"Olive Anagu, Jesse Salas, Sarah Choe, Abhinav Birda, Ajay Sharma, Gabrielle Baker, Natasha Mesinkovska","doi":"10.23736/S2784-8671.24.07910-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S2784-8671.24.07910-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Cutaneous infections pose ongoing challenges to standard treatments due to resistance and limited efficacy. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) emerges as a promising supplement or an alternative to address complicated cases. In this review, we comprehensively review PDT's safety and efficacy in treating cutaneous infections.</p><p><strong>Evidence acquisition: </strong>A PubMed systematic review with search terms for PDT treatment, hair, skin, and nail infections.</p><p><strong>Evidence synthesis: </strong>There were a total of 43 studies on the use of PDT in cutaneous infections which discussed the treatment of viral (N.=20), bacterial (N.=11), fungal (N.=9), and protozoal (N.=3) infections. There is evidence for using PDT, mostly 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) and methyl aminolevulinate (MAL), in the treatment of cutaneous infections. Most evidence for viral infections involved treatment with 5-ALA PDT in condyloma acuminatum (CoAc), verruca vulgaris, and molluscum contagiosum. In bacterial infections, 5-ALA and MB PDT have been used to achieve complete remission in refractory Pseudomonas and atypical mycobacteria infections without recurrence. In onychomycosis, MAL PDT achieved a 40.9% cure rate and MB PDT showed a 77.8-100% cure rate with no reports of recurrence. Parasitic infections, such as leishmaniasis have also been successfully treated with both 5-ALA and MAL PDT.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>PDT is a promising treatment option for cutaneous infections, with growing evidence for its utility in treating cutaneous bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections, particularly those that fail standard treatments. Side effects were mostly limited to localized pain with good outcomes and low recurrence rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":14526,"journal":{"name":"Italian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142750879","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}
Giulia Briatico, Gaetano Licata, Vittorio Tancredi, Carmine Fiorentino, Camila Scharf, Francesca Pagliuca, Giuseppe Argenziano, Caterina M Giorgio
{"title":"Intralesional rifampicin for cutaneous leishmaniosis: a case report with reflectance confocal microscopy therapy assessment.","authors":"Giulia Briatico, Gaetano Licata, Vittorio Tancredi, Carmine Fiorentino, Camila Scharf, Francesca Pagliuca, Giuseppe Argenziano, Caterina M Giorgio","doi":"10.23736/S2784-8671.24.07967-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S2784-8671.24.07967-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14526,"journal":{"name":"Italian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142750777","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":"Translation and pre-validation of the Quality of Life in Hand Eczema Questionnaire (QOLHEQ) in Italian.","authors":"Rosella Gallo, Luca Stingeni, Monica Corazza, Ilaria Trave, Silvia M Ferrucci, Emanuela Martina, Maddalena Napolitano, Caterina Foti, Fabrizio Guarneri","doi":"10.23736/S2784-8671.24.08026-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S2784-8671.24.08026-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14526,"journal":{"name":"Italian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142750880","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}
Federica Trovato, Simone Michelini, Emanuele Amore, Maria E Greco, Giovanni Pellacani
{"title":"Cutaneous post-vaccinal outbreak in hematologic patient on ibrutinib therapy.","authors":"Federica Trovato, Simone Michelini, Emanuele Amore, Maria E Greco, Giovanni Pellacani","doi":"10.23736/S2784-8671.24.08008-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S2784-8671.24.08008-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14526,"journal":{"name":"Italian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142750772","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}
Giulia Bazzacco, Filippo Chersi, Enrico Zelin, Vanessa Mazzoletti, Nicola DI Meo, Iris Zalaudek, Raffaele D Caposiena Caro
{"title":"New onset vitiligo induced by dupilumab therapy for severe asthma: a case report and a short review of the literature.","authors":"Giulia Bazzacco, Filippo Chersi, Enrico Zelin, Vanessa Mazzoletti, Nicola DI Meo, Iris Zalaudek, Raffaele D Caposiena Caro","doi":"10.23736/S2784-8671.24.07987-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S2784-8671.24.07987-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14526,"journal":{"name":"Italian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142750856","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}
Dario Didona, Julia Hinterseher, Antonio M Sequeira Santos, Michael Hertl
{"title":"Coexistence of psoriasis vulgaris and lichen planus pemphigoids in an elderly patient.","authors":"Dario Didona, Julia Hinterseher, Antonio M Sequeira Santos, Michael Hertl","doi":"10.23736/S2784-8671.24.08011-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S2784-8671.24.08011-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14526,"journal":{"name":"Italian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142750812","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}