{"title":"Anatomical distribution of acral lentiginous melanoma in the hand and nail among Japanese individuals.","authors":"Yuna Kochi, Yaei Togawa, Yuriko Yamazaki, Yosuke Yamamoto, Keisuke Suehiro, Hiroyuki Matsue, Takashi Inozume","doi":"10.1093/bjd/ljaf070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljaf070","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9238,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143555849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on 'Incidence of non-infectious uveitis among patients with hidradenitis suppurativa': reply from authors.","authors":"Andrew Strunk, Amit Garg","doi":"10.1093/bjd/ljaf084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljaf084","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9238,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143555854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Haematological cancers and skin cancer: statistics from the Netherlands.","authors":"Lena A von Schuckmann, Kiarash Khosrotehrani","doi":"10.1093/bjd/ljaf081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljaf081","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9238,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143555771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alan Y Hsu, Chun-Ju Lin, Ning-Yi Hsia, Chun-Ting Lai, Yi-Yu Tsai
{"title":"Comment on 'Incidence of non-infectious uveitis among patients with hidradenitis suppurativa'.","authors":"Alan Y Hsu, Chun-Ju Lin, Ning-Yi Hsia, Chun-Ting Lai, Yi-Yu Tsai","doi":"10.1093/bjd/ljaf083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljaf083","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9238,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143555851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ipilimumab + nivolumab combination or nivolumab monotherapy as first-line treatment in patients with metastatic melanoma: conclusions from a real-world French national cohort.","authors":"Charlée Nardin, Dewi Vernerey, François Aubin","doi":"10.1093/bjd/ljaf080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljaf080","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9238,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143555777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Setting the melanoma research agenda for all end-users: the need to include patient, clinician, and policy perspectives.","authors":"Deonna M Ackermann, Katy J L Bell","doi":"10.1093/bjd/ljaf082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljaf082","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9238,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143555938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PIVKA-II as a Biomarker in Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum-like Disorder with Multiple Coagulation Factor Deficiency: Implications for Vitamin K Therapy.","authors":"Suzuka Miyamoto, Satoru Shinkuma, Koji Yada, Kengo Hamada, Kohei Ogawa, Keiji Nogami, Hideo Asada","doi":"10.1093/bjd/ljaf078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljaf078","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9238,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143555794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First-line treatment patterns and overall survival in patients diagnosed with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma in England from 2013 to 2020: results of a nationwide observational cohort study.","authors":"Seyed Hamidreza Mahmoudpour, Craig Knott, Jenny Nobes, Mairead Kearney, Emmanuelle Boutmy, Patrice Verpillat, Zoe C Venables","doi":"10.1093/bjd/ljaf063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljaf063","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9238,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143555769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simon F Roy, Nnenna G Agim, Adnan Mir, Kasey L Couts, Travis Vandergriff, William A Robinson, Boris C Bastian, Ilona Frieden, Iwei Yeh
{"title":"Congenital melanocytic nevi initiated by BRAF fusion oncogene with firmness, pruritus, and desmoplastic stroma.","authors":"Simon F Roy, Nnenna G Agim, Adnan Mir, Kasey L Couts, Travis Vandergriff, William A Robinson, Boris C Bastian, Ilona Frieden, Iwei Yeh","doi":"10.1093/bjd/ljaf061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljaf061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Large and giant congenital melanocytic nevi present a risk for developing melanoma or neurocutaneous melanosis. Most are caused by NRAS or, less commonly, BRAF mutations.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>We present a series of patients with large to giant congenital melanocytic nevi with BRAF fusion genes as driver alterations and describe their unique clinical presentation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively identified five patients with giant congenital melanocytic nevi harboring BRAF fusion genes, from three academic institutions. We analyzed tumor DNA using capture-based next-generation sequencing.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four of five patients with giant congenital melanocytic nevi harboring a BRAF fusion gene exhibited thousands of satellite nevi, many with significant pruritus, nodularity and firmness. One patient developed neurocutaneous melanosis. Histopathology showed marked stromal desmoplasia, akin to the changes observed in acquired melanocytic nevi with BRAF fusion genes. Notably, one case responded to the MEK inhibitor trametinib, demonstrating the potential therapeutic advantage of genetic characterization of these lesions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Congenital melanocytic nevi with BRAF fusion genes appear to have unique clinical features and may be associated with numerous satellite lesions. Marked desmoplasia is a histopathologic feature that can point towards an underlying BRAF fusion gene.</p>","PeriodicalId":9238,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143555855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}