Renal transplant recipients are at significantly greater risk of developing skin malignancies due to combination immunosuppressive therapy. A significant number of patients present with lesions needing excision at multiple outpatient follow-up visits. For basal cell carcinoma, we have recently described how combining CO(2) laser with Photodynamic therapy greatly increases the efficacy of long-t...

Actinic Keratoses (AKs) are epidermal skin lesions that have the potential to develop into squamous cell carcinoma. Many of the treatment options available can cause discomfort, pain or skin irritation. Topical 3% diclofenac in 2.5% hyaluronan gel (Solaraze, Bioglan Pharma) is a relatively new treatment that has been shown to be effective and well tolerated for the treatment of AKs.

BACKGROUND Actinic keratosis is a precursor to cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Long treatment durations and severe side effects have limited the efficacy of current actinic keratosis treatments. Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is an epithelium-derived cytokine that induces a robust antitumor immunity in barrier-defective skin. Here, we investigated the efficacy of calcipotriol, a topical...

Actinic keratoses are areas of intraepithelial neoplasia for which treatment is necessary. Because they arise in areas of sun damage, it is desirable to treat the entire damaged field to not only treat visible lesions, but also subclinical, emerging malignancies, ie, "field therapy", 5-fluorouracil, imiquimod, and diclofenac are all treatment options, and are discussed and compared.

Actinic keratoses are encountered by physicians worldwide on a daily basis. As these precancerous lesions can transform to skin carcinomas, it is important to understand the many available options to use as treatment. In recent years, new therapeutic options have emerged to treat this common condition. These treatments as well as a review of the literature of conventional therapies will be disc...

IMPORTANCE Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) studies have been performed to identify criteria for diagnosis of skin neoplasms. However, RCM-based diagnosis is operator dependent. Hence, reproducibility of RCM criteria needs to be tested. OBJECTIVE To test interobserver reproducibility of recognition of previously published RCM descriptors and accuracy of RCM-based skin cancer diagnosis. ...

Our study aimed to explore the unknowns regarding absolute and relative risks of future skin cancers in patients with actinic keratoses(AKs). We performed a retrospective cohort using de-identified, random sample 4,999,999 fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥65 years (2009-2018). included treated AKs and, as comparator group, benign lesion seborrheic keratosis(SK). Both groups required...

dowling-degos disease is a rare sporadic or autosomal dominant pigmentary entity, in which clusters of papules and reticulate macules slowly develop with predominance in flexural regions. this entity is due to mutations in the keratin 5 gene, and is related with other cutaneous disorders. we report the sporadic form of dowling-degos disease in an elderly man with multiple seborrheickeratosis in...

Bullous ichthyosiform erythroderma (BIE) is a rare disorder of keratinization (mutations in either keratin 1 or 10). It typically presents with fragile skin, which gives way to gradual evolutionof hyperkeratosis. Flaccid blisters, peeling, and superficial erosions at sites of minor trauma or friction are apparent within the first few hours of life. Yellow-brown, waxy, ridged or corrugated...

Cutaneous horn has been a source of controversy throughout the history. It evoked interest nearly half millennium before and continues to do so. Cornu cutaneum found be associated with several pre-malignant malignant skin conditions. The conditions commonly include actinic keratoses Bowen’s disease. Uncommonly, it is due presence an underlying squamous cell carcinoma. Thus, effort needed determ...