Dermatology Practical & Conceptual

Dermatology Practical & Conceptual is the official journal of the International Dermoscopy Society.

Dermatology Practical & Conceptual is an international peer-reviewed, PubMed-indexed, Open Access journal that publishes articles covering practical and conceptual aspects in the field of dermatology. There are no submission fees and no page charges for submissions to the journal.

Current Issue

2022 Vol 12, No 4 | October

DPCJ Issue 4-2022

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Original Article

Evaluating the perception of Mycosis Fungoides patients about their disease before and after educating them

Maryam Nasimi, Robabeh Abedini, Yousef Fakour, Shideh Shahabi, Yasamin Kalantari, Ifa Etesami

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Omalizumab for the treatment of chronic spontaneous urticaria: association between body mass index and outcome

Irene Russo, Sara Cazzolla, Francesca Pampaloni, Mauro Alaibac

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Association between Atopic Dermatitis and Major Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study

Hongjiao Qi, Lifeng Wang, Linfeng Li

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Dermoscopy of the diverse spectrum of cutaneous tuberculosis in the skin of color

Rashmi Jindal, Payal Chauhan, Sheenam Sethi

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The accuracy of clinical diagnosis in 2135 lesions on the face

Anna Czaplicka, Magdalena Misiak-Gałązka, Joanna Czuwara, Adam Gałązka, Barbara Górnicka, Lidia Rudnicka

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Indications for Digital Monitoring of Patients With Multiple Nevi: Recommendations from the International Dermoscopy Society

Teresa Russo, Vincenzo Piccolo, Elvira Moscarella, Philipp Tschandl, Harald Kittler, John Paoli, Aimilios Lallas, Ralph P Braun, Luc Thomas, H Peter Soyer, Josep Malvehy, Susana Puig, Ashfaq Marghoob, Alon Scope, Andreas Blum, Allan C Halpern, Horacio Cabo, Scott Menzies, Wilhem Stolz, Masaru Tanaka, Harold Rabinovitz, Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof, Renato Marchiori Bakos, Iris Zalaudek, Giovanni Pellacani, Anna Varela Veiga, Laura Rosende Maceiras, Cristina de las Heras-Sotos, Giuseppe Argenziano

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Challenges for new adopters in pre-surgical margin assessment by handheld reflectance confocal microscope of basal cell carcinoma; a prospective single-center study

Nina Richarz, Aram Boada, Ane Jaka, Julio Bassas, Carlos Ferrandiz , Jose Manuel Carrascosa, Oriol Yélamos

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Diagnostic Role of Direct Immunofluorescence Assay in Determining The Etiology of Erythroderma: Experience in a Tertiary Referral Hospital

Ecem Bostan, Ozay Gokoz, Sibel Dogan, Duygu Gulseren, Neslihan Akdogan, Basak Yalici-armagan, Sibel Ersoy-Evans, Gonca Elcin, Aysen Karaduman

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Alterations of the human gut microbiome in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa: a case-control study and review of the literature

Neslihan Demirel Öğüt, Gülşen Hasçelik, Nilgün Atakan

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Transepidermal Delivery of Triamcinolone Acetonide or Platelet Rich Plasma using either Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser or Microneedling in Treatment of Alopecia Areata

Khaled El Mulla, Eman Elmorsy, Dalia Halwag, Eman Hassan

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Evaluation of Sleep Quality in Patients with Genital and Nongenital Cutaneous Warts: A prospective controlled study

Muge Gore Karaali, Vildan Manav

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Investigation on utility of some novel terpenes on transungual delivery of terbinafine for the management of onychomycosis

Isha Gupta, Syeda Nashvia Adin, Mohd Aqil, Mohd Mujeeb, Yasmin Sultana

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Dermoscopy And Reflectance Confocal Microscopy To Estimate Breslow Index And Mitotic Rate In Primary Melanoma

Zamira Barragan-Estudillo, Johanna Brito, Marion Chavez-Bourgeois, Beatriz Alejo, Llucia Alos, Adriana Patricia García, Susana Puig, Josep Malvehy, Cristina Carrera

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Clinico-Epidemiological Aspects of Cutaneous Lesions in Injecting Drug Users Visiting an Oral Substitution Therapy Centre: A Cross-Sectional Study

Shaminder Singh Dhillon, Tejinder Kaur, Neeru Bala, none Mankaranpreet

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Reflectance confocal microscopy follow-up of multifocal superficial basal cell carcinomas treated with imiquimod 5% cream

Yun-Min Zou, Xiaohong Zhu, Rushan Xia

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COVID-19 Knowledge in Patients with Psoriasis Receiving Systemic Therapy: A Questionnaire Study

Sinan Özçelik, Fatma Arzu Kılıç

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Adiponectin contributes to the inflammatory milieu in hidradenitis suppurativa

Ersilia Nigro, Rita Polito, Graziella Babino, Edi Mattera, Elisabetta Fulgione, Giovanni Ragozzino, Vittoria D'Esposito, Serena Cabaro, Giuseppe Signoriello, Pietro Formisano, Giuseppe Argenziano, Aurora Daniele

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Dermatopathological Correlation of Clinically Challenging Cutaneous Lesions: A Single Center Experience of 2184 cases

Yunus Ozcan, Emin Özlü, Ebru Karagün, Belkız Uyar, Mehmet Gamsızkan

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The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Hidradenitis Suppurativa Patients: a Cross-Sectional Study From Tertiary Referral Hospital

Ecem Bostan, Adam Jarbou, Aysen Karaduman, Duygu Gulseren, Neslihan Akdogan, Basak Yalici-armagan

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UV Irradiation of Nevi: Impact on Performance of Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy and a Convolution Neural Network

Julia K. Winkler, Holger A. Haenssle, Lorenz Uhlmann, Anissa Schweizer-Rick, Christine Fink

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The hunt for baby melanomas: a prospective study of the dermoscopy features on 100 small melanoma cases with in vivo surface diameters up to a maximum of 6mm.

John Pyne, Sarah MacDonald, Susan Beale, Esther Myint, Wei Huang, Simon Clark, Andrew Trang

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Papulopustular rosacea treated with ivermectin 1% cream: remission of the Demodex mite infestation over the time and evaluation of clinical relapses

Ilaria Trave, Claudia Micalizzi, Emanuele Cozzani, Giulia Gasparini, Aurora Parodi

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Dermoscopic differentiation of blister beetle dermatitis and herpes zoster: An observational study

Balachandra Suryakant Ankad, Varsha Koti, Aimilios Lallas

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Serum Copper and Zinc levels among Iranian vitiligo patients

Zahra Khoshdel, Naser Gholijani, Maryam Niknam, Nasim Rahmani, Mohsen Hemmati-Dinarvand, Fakhraddin Naghibalhossaini

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Increased Prevalence of Bipolar Disorders in Hidradenitis Suppurativa: More Than a Striking Coexistence?

Pelin Esme, Aysenur Maden

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Patient Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Psoriasis Vulgaris and Factors Believed to Trigger the Disease: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study with 1621 Patients

Melek Aslan Kayıran, Ayşe Serap Karadağ, İlteriş Oğuz Topal, Selma Emre, Esra Adışen, Sevilay Oğuz Kılıç, Nuray Keskin, Asude Kara Polat, Bengü Çevirgen Cemil, Mualla Polat, Oğuz Yılmaz, Hilal Ayvaz, Filiz Topaloğlu Demir, Sezgi Sarıkaya Solak, Derya Uçmak, Sema Aytekin, Mehmet Salih Gürel, Algün Polat Ekinci, Kübra Nursel Bölük, Neslihan Şendur, Tuğba Özkök Akbulut, Günseli Öztürk, Ayda Acar, Erkan Alpsoy

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Videodermoscopic changes of the hair in vitiligo lesions in relation to disease duration

Tag Anbar, Hamza Abdelraouf, Ahmed Abd Elfattah Afify, Maha Hussien Ragaie, Amira Abulfotooh Eid, Hoda Moneib

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Dermoscopy of linear basal cell carcinomas, a potential mimicker of linear lesions: a descriptive case series

Cristian Patricio Navarrete-Dechent, Michael Marchetti, Pablo Uribe, Rodrigo Schwartz, Konstantinos Liopyris, Nadeem Marghoob, Lucas Galimany, Juan Castro, Natalia Jaimes, Harold Rabinovitz, Ana Moraes, Ashfaq Marghoob, Alvaro Abarzua-Araya

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Granuloma annulare: a case-control study of possible associated diseases.

Rosa Fornons-Servent, Andrea Bauer-Alonso, Càudia Llobera-Ris, Rosa María Penín, Joaquim Marcoval

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Review

Various Applications of Tofacitinib and Ruxolitinib (Janus Kinase Inhibitors) in Dermatology and Rheumatology: A Review of Current Evidence and Future Perspective

Sara Sadeghi, Azadeh Goodarzi

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Theory-Based Approaches to Support Dermoscopic Image Interpretation Education: A Review of the Literature

Tiffaney Tran, Niels K. Ternov, Jochen Weber, Catarina Barata, Elizabeth G. Berry, Hung Q. Doan, Ashfaq A. Marghoob, Elizabeth V. Seiverling, Shelly Sinclair, Jennifer A. Stein, Elizabeth R. Stoos, Martin G. Tolsgaard, Maya Wolfensperger, Ralph P. Braun, Kelly C. Nelson

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Eruptive non-melanoma skin cancers/squamous atypia following skin surgery. Report of two new cases, concise review of the literature with special emphasis on treatment options

Marco Adriano Chessa, Valentino Marino Picciola, Federica Filippi, Annalisa Patrizi, Cosimo Misciali, Bianca Maria Piraccini , Ignazio Stanganelli, Francesco Savoia

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The Use of Dermoscopy in the Delineation of Basal Cell Carcinoma for Mohs Micrographic Surgery

Noureddine Litaiem, Faten Hayder, Imene Benlagha, Manel Karray, Chedli Dziri, Faten Zeglaoui

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Apremilast in psoriasis patients with serious comorbidities: a case series and systematic review of literature

Aikaterini Tsentemeidou, Elena Sotiriou, Nikolaos Sideris, Katerina Bakirtzi, Ilias Papadimitriou, Aimilios Lallas, Dimitrios Ioannides, Efstratios Vakirlis

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Instructional Strategies to Enhance Dermoscopic Image Interpretation Education: A Review of the Literature

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Pigmented macules on the head and neck

Gracy Gouda, John Pyne , Tony Dicker

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SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination and Chilblain-like Lesions: What Do We Know So Far?

Taha Gul Shaikh, Summaiyya Waseem, Syed Hassan Ahmed, Nashwa Abdul Qadir, Vincenzo Piccolo

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Research Letter

Dermatoscopic features of angiomatoid spitz nevus: a case report

Belkiz Uyar, Ömer Faruk Elmas, Asuman Kilitçi

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Not all polarized-light dermatoscopes may display diagnostically critical polarizing-specific features

Chin Whybrew , Pawel Pietkiewicz , Ihor Kohut, Justin C Chia, Bengu Nisa Akay, Cliff Rosendahl

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Recurrent microinvasive subungueal squamous cell carcinoma in an HIV patient: a case of good response to photodynamic therapy

Aurora Alessandrini, Valeria Evangelista, Alessia Barisani, Sabina Vaccari, Emi Dika, Bianca Maria Piraccini, Michela Starace

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Primary cutaneous follicle center B lymphoma at the site of a resolved herpes zoster eruption

Francesco Messina, Giulia Tadiotto Cicogna, Riccardo Rondinone, Mauro Alaibac

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Dermoscopy of lymphoplasmacellular erosive dermatitis of the scalp reveals striking similarities to lymphoplasmacellular balanitis of Zoon

Enrico Zelin, Claudio Conforti, Ludovica Toffoli, Nicola Di Meo, Diego Signoretto, Iris Zaludek

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Five synchronous melanomas: role of dermoscopy as a triage tool to manage melanoma during the COVID-19 pandemic

Carla Tubau, Lluís Rusiñol, Guillermo Sánchez-Rodríguez, Helena Iznerdo, Victoria Amat-Samaranch, Oriol Yélamos

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Dermatologic Manifestations of Thymoma-associated Multiorgan Autoimmunity (TAMA) Syndrome: Cutaneous Signs of an Immune Dysregulation

Luigi Rossiello, Amalia Lupoli, Giuseppe Cicala, Gianfranco De Dominicis, Vittorio Tancredi, Stefano Caccavale

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Dupilumab-associated facial erythema successfully treated with oral ivermectin

Javier Gil-Lianes, Daniel Morgado-Carrasco

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Patch testing in patients with alopecia areata: a case-series study

Eirini Kyrmanidou, Eleni Sotiriou, Demetrios Ioannides, Zoi Apalla, A Emvalomati, Elisavet Lazaridou

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Isolated patchy heterochromia with pili annulati features on light and electron microscopy

Alejandro Lobato-Berezo, David Pesqué, Ramon M Pujol

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Benefits and Pitfalls of Using In Vivo Reflectance Confocal Microscopy in Lentigo Maligna Diagnostics. Case Reports

Ieva Povilaite, Giuseppe Argenziano, Graziella Babino, Claudio Conforti, Elvira Moscarella, Francesca Pagliuca, Andrea Ronchi, Iris Zalaudek, Marina Agozzino

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Sexually transmitted infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Swedish healthcare region without lockdown: a focus on gonorrhoea and syphilis

Sandra Gulin-Jerkovic, Maria Pissa

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Application of machine learning technologies to improve the diagnostic value of dermatoscopy, combined with digital photo-fixation of skin neoplasms

Marian Voloshynovych, Galyna Girnyk, Valerii Chmut , Iryna Blaga, Nataliia Kozak

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Subcutaneous Granuloma Annulare in an Atypical Age Group in Immediate Post-COVID Phase

Lovleen Kaur, Disha Chakraborty, Surabhi Dayal, Sunita Singh, Karamvir Yadav

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated subcorneal pustular dermatosis: not as rare as we think?

Gloria Baeza-Hernández, Alberto Guerrero-Torija, Ricardo Francisco Rubio-Aguilera, Radia Khedaoui, Cristina Martínez-Morán, Jesús Borbujo

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Clinicopathological and demographic characteristics of Paget disease: A 4-year study showing a male predominance in extramammary paget

Kamran Balighi, Yasamin Kalantari, Kambiz Kamyab Hesari, Vahide Lajevardi, Hamidreza kheiri, Zeinab Aryanian

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Letter to the Editor

Lymphadenopathy after COVID-19 vaccine mimicking lymph-node progression in a patient with metastatic melanoma

Julia Verdaguer Faja, Josè Luis Manzano, Sofia España, Paula Cecilia Notta, Raul Vicente Rodriguez Iniesta, Aram Boada

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Unilateral Rosacea in a patient with multiple sclerosis

Mariem Tabka, Rima Gammoudi, Refka FRIOUI, Nedia Fetoui, Colandane Belajouza, Mohamed Denguezli

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