Advika A Dani, Joan C Lo, Jeanne A Darbinian, Nirmala D Ramalingam, Paradi Mirmirani
{"title":"Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Burden of Alopecia Areata in Contemporary Pediatric Practice.","authors":"Advika A Dani, Joan C Lo, Jeanne A Darbinian, Nirmala D Ramalingam, Paradi Mirmirani","doi":"10.1111/pde.15993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.15993","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this retrospective, cross-sectional study, we evaluated racial and ethnic variation in alopecia areata prevalence among children aged 5-17 years who received routine pediatric care during 2017-2019 in a large integrated healthcare delivery system in Northern California. Among 598,067 children (mean age 11.0 ± 3.7 years; 49.1% female; 34.0% non-Hispanic White, 8.8% Black, 27.4% Hispanic, and 21.9% Asian/Pacific Islander), the age-sex-adjusted prevalence of alopecia areata (per 100,000) was higher for Hispanic (298 [95% confidence interval 272-326]), Asian/Pacific Islander (279 [251-310]), and Black (276 [233-325]) children and lower for non-Hispanic White (119 [104-135]) children; among Asian/Pacific Islander subgroups, prevalence ranged from 454 [330-616] South Asian, 333 [261-419] Filipino, 318 [177-550] Vietnamese, 310 [183-495] Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and 178 [119-256] Chinese. Compared to non-Hispanic White children, the age-sex-adjusted prevalence ratios for alopecia areata were two- to three-fold higher for South Asian (3.33 [2.46-4.52]), Filipino (2.80 [2.15-3.64]), Vietnamese (2.73 [1.65-4.52]), Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (2.62 [1.62-4.23]), Hispanic (2.49 [2.14-2.91]), and Black (2.32 [1.89-2.85]) children and only somewhat higher for Chinese children (1.49 [1.01-2.19]). This large US population study identified a substantial burden of alopecia areata among Black, Hispanic, and disaggregated US Asian and Pacific Islander children, particularly South Asian, Filipino, Vietnamese, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander subgroups.</p>","PeriodicalId":19819,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144128252","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}
Aldana Belén Almassio, Laura Luna, Margarita Larralde
{"title":"Pediatric Bullous Pemphigoid Treated With Dupilumab: A Case Report With Good Response.","authors":"Aldana Belén Almassio, Laura Luna, Margarita Larralde","doi":"10.1111/pde.15995","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.15995","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune blistering disorder predominantly affecting the elderly, with rare occurrences in children. We report a case of a 3-year-old girl with BP who initially failed conventional treatments but achieved complete remission following dupilumab therapy. This case suggests that dupilumab could be an effective and safe alternative for pediatric BP resistant to standard therapies, though further studies are needed to confirm its efficacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":19819,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144119452","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":"Biological Glues in Confluent and Reticulated Papillomatosis: Insight Into Tetracycline Efficacy?","authors":"Emma Scott, Craig G Burkhart, Craig N Burkhart","doi":"10.1111/pde.15923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.15923","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19819,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144102408","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":"Spotting the Syndromic and Non-Syndromic Spots on the Lips: Labial Melanotic Macules in Asians With Lip Dermatitis.","authors":"Joseph M Lam","doi":"10.1111/pde.15924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.15924","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19819,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144102473","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}
Fiona Haxho, Richard M Haber, Janan Mohamad, Ofer Sarig, Eli Sprecher, Renée Perrier, Dana Boctor, Michele Ramien
{"title":"Peeling Skin, Leukonychia, Acral Punctate Keratoses, Cheilitis and Knuckle Pads (PLACK) Syndrome: An Updated Review of Cases and Identification of a Recurrent CAST Variant in Two Patients.","authors":"Fiona Haxho, Richard M Haber, Janan Mohamad, Ofer Sarig, Eli Sprecher, Renée Perrier, Dana Boctor, Michele Ramien","doi":"10.1111/pde.15987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.15987","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Peeling skin, leukonychia, acral punctate keratoses, cheilitis, and knuckle pads (PLACK) syndrome (OMIM616295) is an exceptionally rare autosomal recessive genodermatosis caused by loss-of-function pathogenic variants in the CAST gene, encoding calpastatin. A total of 19 cases have been described in 12 articles, among families with unique de novo genetic variants of CAST. We describe two pediatric PLACK cases with a homozygous loss-of-function CAST variant (c.571G>T, p.Gly191Ter) which represents the only recurrent genetic variant of PLACK syndrome reported in the literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":19819,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144094276","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}
Cathleen Huang, Vivian C Iloabuchi, Amanda Damon, Danielle Vargas de Stefano
{"title":"An Unusual Scalp Lesion in a Child.","authors":"Cathleen Huang, Vivian C Iloabuchi, Amanda Damon, Danielle Vargas de Stefano","doi":"10.1111/pde.15980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.15980","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19819,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144079461","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}
Kiera Murphy, Bansri Patel, Shantelle Griffith, Thomas N Helm
{"title":"Regorafenib-Induced Hand-Foot Skin Reaction in an Adolescent.","authors":"Kiera Murphy, Bansri Patel, Shantelle Griffith, Thomas N Helm","doi":"10.1111/pde.15967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.15967","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Regorafenib is a multikinase inhibitor commonly used in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), and colorectal cancer. It is also used off-label for progressive or metastatic osteosarcoma, which is the most common primary bone malignancy in children and adolescents. While hand-foot skin reaction (HFSR) is a well-documented side effect associated with regorafenib use, no standard guidelines currently exist for preventing and managing regorafenib-associated HFSR in children, or for HFSR and hand-foot syndrome related to other chemotherapy agents. We present a case of regorafenib-induced HFSR in an adolescent with metastatic osteosarcoma that highlights an effective dose-reduction regimen and treatment plan that ultimately resolved her grade 3 HFSR and allowed her to resume alternate anticancer treatment immediately.</p>","PeriodicalId":19819,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078665","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}
Zara Nadir, Tiffaney Tran, Susuana Adjei, Stephen K Tyring
{"title":"A 17-Year-Old Girl With an Unusual Inflamed Papule on the Forearm.","authors":"Zara Nadir, Tiffaney Tran, Susuana Adjei, Stephen K Tyring","doi":"10.1111/pde.15981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.15981","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19819,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144026991","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":"Firm Pigmented Nodule on the Posterior Thigh in an Adolescent.","authors":"Resham Vasani, Kavya Baddireddy, Leena Patwardhan","doi":"10.1111/pde.15971","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.15971","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19819,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144023091","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}