We present a case of a 33 years old man who presented to the Emergency Department of our Hospital with small, red, drop-like lesions located at his arms, legs, torso and back. He had no history of any dermatological disease, but he had a positive maternal family history for plaque psoriasis. The patient had recently recovered from acute tonsillitis after receiving amoxicillin clavulanic acid th...

Adalimumab, a TNF-alpha antagonist, is the first fully humanized recombinant immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) monoclonal antibody. It is presently widely used in the systemic treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, moderate and severe psoriasis and hidradenitis suppurativa. However, its administration is associated with a two-fold risk of severe and possibly fatal infections and ...

Nine patients, seven males and two females aged 6-14 years, presented with extensive, asymptomatic, brown-black macules and mildly elevated, pigmented lesions of a few months' duration. The sites affected were the face, trunk and proximal extremities. The skin lesions were discrete and individual lesions were less than 2 cm in size. The clinical diagnoses rendered by the referring physicians we...

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Grande Ronde Basalt (GRB) lavas represent the most voluminous eruptive pulse of the Columbia River-Snake River-Yellowstone hotspot volcanism. With an estimated eruptive volume of 150,000 km, GRB lavas form at least 66% of the total volume of the Columbia River Basalt Group. New Ar/Ar dates for GRB lavas reveal they were emplaced within a maximum period of 0.42 ±0.18 My. A well-documented strati...

Hypertrophic scars and keloids result from abnormal wound healing in predisposed individuals. They occur within months of cutaneous trauma (surgical wounds, piercing, lacerations) or inflammation (acne, folliculitis, vaccination site). They have rarely been reported after chickenpox. Herein we report a dramatic case in a 4-year-old black girl and discuss the issues related to the management of ...