What is the underlying defect for the disease shown in picture is?
A. ATP2A2
B. ATP2C1
C. BPAG1
D. BPAG2
E. Collagen type 17
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You may want to make an extra effort to encourage your young adult patients to protect their skin from the sun. Recent surveys, as noted in The New York Times, showed that adults born after 1997 – those considered in Gen Z – were more likely to believe sun safety myths, including that daily sunscreen usage is more harmful than sun exposure.
Experts say that misinformation in this age group … Continue reading "Patient Buzz Series: Gen Z and Sun Protection Myths"
Histopathology can be rendered useless without good clinical information, according to Dr. Olayemi Sokumbi, a dermatologist and dermatopathologist with Mayo Clinic. Next Steps in Derm, in partnership with ODAC Dermatology, Aesthetic & Surgical Conference, interviewed Dr. Sokumbi about traps to avoid in challenging clinicopathologic scenarios. Learn how not to miss a diagnosis of dermatomyosit … Continue reading "Challenging Clinicopathologic Scenarios: Traps to Avoid"
This 8-year-old patient is brought in by his father for the lesions pictured on the lips. The father tells you that the patient is healthy aside from an episode of intestinal intussuusception several months ago. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. LEOPARD syndrome
B. Carney complex
C. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
D. Ba … 
Mohs Micrographic Surgery effectively removes skin cancer while preserving healthy tissue. But what happens when the procedure that’s supposed to help maintain aesthetics leads to long-lasting and highly distressing cosmetic outcomes?
That’s the focus of an observational study published in the May issue of the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. Researchers looked at the factors that contribut … Continue reading "JDD Buzz Series | PIH Following Mohs Micrographic Surgery"