No Brainer Approaches to Neutrophilic Dermatoses
At the 2025 ODAC Dermatology conference, Dr. Anthony Fernandez, MD, PhD gave an informative presentation titled, No-Brainer Approaches to Neutrophilic Dermatoses. His presentation focused on discussing the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis considerations, and treatment options of pyoderma gangrenosum and Sweet syndrome.
Pyoderma Gangrenosum (PG)
Pyoderma gangrenosum typically present …
At the 2025 ODAC Dermatology conference, Dr. Anthony Fernandez, MD, PhD gave an informative presentation titled, No-Brainer Approaches to Neutrophilic Dermatoses. His presentation focused on discussing the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis considerations, and treatment options of pyoderma gangrenosum and Sweet syndrome.
Pyoderma Gangrenosum (PG)
Pyoderma gangrenosum typically present … Continue reading "No Brainer Approaches to Neutrophilic Dermatoses"
A 33-year-old female presents with the shown painful lesions that appeared abruptly one week ago. She recently had gotten over an upper respiratory infection the previous week. She is currently febrile to 38.3C with malaise and headaches. You perform a biopsy to confirm your clinical suspicions. Which of the following medications should result in quick clearance of her skin lesions:
A. Doxy … 
A pregnant 33-year-old female presents with the shown painful lesions that appeared abruptly one week ago. She additionally has been febrile to 38.3C with malaise and headaches. What do you expect to find on biopsy of a representative lesion?
A. Perivascular neutrophils with fibrinoid necrosis and RBC extravasation
B. Apoptotic individual keratinocytes with intracellular spongiosis
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Derm In-Review Advisory Council Member, Dr. Ramya Kollipara, searched dermatology journals so that you don’t have to! She reports on important take-aways from different medical journals for the months of January, February, and March of 2018. Find study tools and more like this at Derm In-Review.
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