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Skin & Dermatology

Source-linked briefings on dermatology research — screening and diagnostic studies, inflammatory disease, lesions, pigmentation, wound healing, hair and nails, and skin-directed treatments.

2026-09-03 · 1 sources Scabies Presentation and Sulfur Outcomes

A prospective single-center cohort of 170 scabies patients reported lesion-sample detection and categorical sulfur ointment outcomes. pmid:42418531

2026-09-01 · 1 sources Anifrolumab Cohort in Systemic Lupus

A 12-month prospective observational cohort of 20 adults with treatment-resistant systemic lupus erythematosus reported lower overall disease-activity measures during routine-care anifrolumab treatment, while the supplied evidence did not provide a cutaneous-specific effect estimate.

2026-08-29 · 1 sources Granulomatous Skin Findings in Late Syphilis

A single case report describes widespread granulomatous skin lesions with pulmonary findings in a man with inadequately monitored prior syphilis, alongside improvement after reported intravenous penicillin G treatment.

2026-08-27 · 1 sources Plasma Pilot in Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus

A five-participant prospective pilot found no consistent symptomatic or clinical improvement when noninvasive physical plasma was added to ongoing topical treatment for persistent vulvar lichen sclerosus or chronic vulvar inflammation.

2026-08-26 · 1 sources Leukemia Cutis at an Excision Site

A single case report describes leukemia cutis developing at a prior keratoacanthoma excision site and leading to diagnosis of systemic AML.

2026-08-25 · 1 sources Dermatology in Rehabilitation Referrals

A single-center review at AIIMS Gorakhpur found Dermatology accounted for 6.6% of included inpatient rehabilitation consultations. The finding describes referral patterns and service context, not dermatologic disease outcomes or treatment effects.

2026-08-24 · 1 sources Cellulitis Diagnostic Needs Briefing

A qualitative UK interview study describes healthcare professionals’ reported diagnostic challenges in cellulitis and the characteristics they would want in a diagnostic aid.

2026-08-23 · 1 sources Laser-Associated Epidermal Methylation Changes

A 22-participant split-face pilot study linked three 1940-nm non-ablative fractional laser sessions with delayed, persistent epidermal DNA-methylation changes and reported clinical improvement through six months.

2026-08-22 · 1 sources Resilience Findings in Mycosis Fungoides

A Swedish BIO-MUSE cohort study assessed resilience and dermatology-related quality of life in 45 people with mycosis fungoides, most with early-stage disease.

2026-08-21 · 1 sources Cowpox Facial Swelling Case

A 2026 case report describes cowpox in an immunocompetent 25-year-old man whose fever and progressive one-sided facial swelling occurred without visible skin lesions after exposure to an infected cat.

2026-08-20 · 1 sources Pediatric TMEP Diagnostic Features

A case-based explainer of the clinical, dermoscopic, and biopsy findings that supported TMEP in a 4-year-old child with phototype IV.

2026-08-19 · 1 sources Follicular Pattern in Hailey Hailey Disease

A single case report describes Hailey-Hailey disease with both classical erosive plaques and an atypical papular-follicular, pigmentary pattern across flexural sites.

2026-08-07 · 2 sources Preclinical Skin Models Test Treatment Signals

Two preclinical studies reported treatment signals in different skin models: nanoparticle-delivered antimicrobial peptides improved survival in infected, burned wax-moth larvae, while auricular nerve stimulation reduced tissue inflammation in mice with experimentally induced dermatitis. Neither study tested people or established clinical effectiveness.