thalidomide

Friday Pop Quiz 1/30/2026
A family brings their 10-year-old daughter to clinic during the summer months. They immigrated from Mexico over the winter. She presents with an eruption on her lips, as seen in the image. She has had similar episodes in prior summers, with involvement of the upper eyelids and distal dorsal arms and hands, as well as associated conjunctivitis. Her symptoms are triggered by sun exposure. She was …
Thalidomide for Dermatologic Conditions | Therapeutic Cheat Sheet
ThalidomideThalidomide was introduced in the 1950s as a “safe” sleeping medication; however, it quickly became vilified and was removed from the market for its severe teratogenic effects, most commonly phecomelia, or loss of arms and legs. Despite these devastating birth defects, thalidomide has a variety of indications for dermatologic conditions, with manageable side effects when used appropriately. We …
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GW Resident Segment – January 2018 Edition with Dr. Hsu
In this throwback edition of the JDD Podcast "Ask the Investigator," host Adam Friedman speaks with Dr. Sylvia Hsu, Professor and Chair of Dermatology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University on her study published in the August 2008 edition of the JDD entitled, "A Case Series of 48 Patients Treated with Thalidomide." Get a taste of rich dermatology history with the evolution of t …