Bengu Nisa Akay, Christopher Earl, Tracey Zeelie, Tony Dicker, Simon Clark, Cliff Rosendahl
{"title":"Melanomas on the dorsum of the hand are extremely rare: A series of seven cases with clinical and dermatoscopic images.","authors":"Bengu Nisa Akay, Christopher Earl, Tracey Zeelie, Tony Dicker, Simon Clark, Cliff Rosendahl","doi":"10.1111/ajd.14394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajd.14394","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Melanomas on the dorsum of the hand are exceedingly rare, with limited documentation in medical literature. This report presents seven cases of dorsal hand and finger melanomas, encompassing patients from Australia, New Zealand and Turkey, predominantly women with a mean age of 53 years. The majority were invasive, with a mean Breslow thickness of 1.1 mm and none were of lentigo maligna subtype. The rarity of dorsal hand melanomas prompts speculation into potential protective factors unique to this site, challenging existing knowledge on melanoma aetiology and sun exposure.</p>","PeriodicalId":8638,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142680694","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}
Laxmi Iyengar, Patrick Hosking, Joel Dowsett, John Su
{"title":"Expression of JAK/STAT signalling in bullous pemphigoid.","authors":"Laxmi Iyengar, Patrick Hosking, Joel Dowsett, John Su","doi":"10.1111/ajd.14389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajd.14389","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the present study, we characterise the expression of JAK/STAT signalling in Bullous Pemphigoid (BP). Punch biopsy specimens of normal skin, lesional and perilesional skin of patients diagnosed with biopsy proven BP were utilised for immunoperoxidase labelling with commercially available antibodies for Phosphorylated STAT 1,2,3,5A and 6 (Genesearch, USA). Quantitative analysis demonstrated that in comparison to normal skin, phosphorylated STAT 2, 3, 5A and 6 were overexpressed in BP.</p>","PeriodicalId":8638,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142680692","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}
Danxiang Shen M.Med, Di Jin M.Med, Zhimin Lin M.B.B.S, Fanzhang Meng MD, Chen Li MD, Zhenhua Ying MD
{"title":"Is tofacitinib monotherapy also effective for the treatment of Acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau?","authors":"Danxiang Shen M.Med, Di Jin M.Med, Zhimin Lin M.B.B.S, Fanzhang Meng MD, Chen Li MD, Zhenhua Ying MD","doi":"10.1111/ajd.14384","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ajd.14384","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8638,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Dermatology","volume":"65 8","pages":"e283-e285"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142680693","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}
Eugene Tan MBChB, FACD, Catherine Scarff MBBS, FACD, PhD, Rebecca B. Saunderson MBBS, FACD, H. Peter Soyer MD, FACD, Fiona Bruce MBBS, FACD
{"title":"Location matters! Optimizing venue selection and attendance format to lower the carbon footprint of air travel to the Australasian College of Dermatologists ASM","authors":"Eugene Tan MBChB, FACD, Catherine Scarff MBBS, FACD, PhD, Rebecca B. Saunderson MBBS, FACD, H. Peter Soyer MD, FACD, Fiona Bruce MBBS, FACD","doi":"10.1111/ajd.14381","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ajd.14381","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8638,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Dermatology","volume":"65 8","pages":"e266-e269"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613936","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}
Sarah L Becker, Gregory S Phillips, Jesse Keller, Radhika Sheth, Stephanie Egge, Stephanie Mengden Koon, Alex G Ortega-Loayza
{"title":"Leishmaniasis masquerading as pyoderma gangrenosum in a non-endemic area: A case report.","authors":"Sarah L Becker, Gregory S Phillips, Jesse Keller, Radhika Sheth, Stephanie Egge, Stephanie Mengden Koon, Alex G Ortega-Loayza","doi":"10.1111/ajd.14385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajd.14385","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) can be difficult to diagnose, leading to diagnostic delay which affects patient outcomes and increases health care utilization. Among different scenarios of diagnostic delay, atypical infections can mimic PG. Here, we present a case of extensive cutaneous leishmaniasis initially misdiagnosed as the superficial granulomatous variant of PG and describe diagnostic clues to aid in differentiation.</p>","PeriodicalId":8638,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613918","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":"A reply to: 'Melanoma documented arising in an involuting naevus 3 years after cessation of monitoring'.","authors":"Miranda Wallace, Jim Muir","doi":"10.1111/ajd.14382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajd.14382","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8638,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142581935","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":"Interleukin-17 inhibitors for the management of severe rosacea","authors":"Sera Sarsam MBBS, Dédée F. Murrell DSc","doi":"10.1111/ajd.14377","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ajd.14377","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8638,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Dermatology","volume":"65 8","pages":"660-662"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142567547","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}
Nicholas M. Muller MD, Samuel X. Tan MD, H. Peter Soyer FACD, Owen Bradfield MBBS (Hons), BMedSc (Hons), LLB, MBA, PhD, FRACGP, John A. Devereux D Phil (Oxon), Brian De Ambrosis FACD
{"title":"Medicolegally safe skin cancer care requires improvement of referral mechanisms","authors":"Nicholas M. Muller MD, Samuel X. Tan MD, H. Peter Soyer FACD, Owen Bradfield MBBS (Hons), BMedSc (Hons), LLB, MBA, PhD, FRACGP, John A. Devereux D Phil (Oxon), Brian De Ambrosis FACD","doi":"10.1111/ajd.14379","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ajd.14379","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8638,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Dermatology","volume":"65 8","pages":"665-666"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142557017","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}