Pruritic folliculitis of pregnancy is a rare disease of unknown etiology. It occcurs primarily during pregnancy, usually with spontaneous resolution postpartum. It is characterized by a benign dermatosis, with papular and pustular follicular lesions that first appear on the torso and occasionally spread throughout the body. We report the case of a patient in the 27th week of pregnancy, with a t...

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Thalidomide was first introduced in the 1950s as a sedative but was quickly removed from the market after it was linked to cases of severe birth defects. However, it has since made a remarkable comeback for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved use in the treatment of erythema nodosum leprosum. Further, it has shown its effectiveness in unresponsive dermatological conditions such as ac...

CASE A 52-year-old man without a history of atopy was referred to the dermatology clinic at the City of Hope Medical Center for lesions on his arms and legs that had been present for several months. He stated that they began to appear days after receiving traditional needle acupuncture therapy. The location of the lesions on his extremities coincided with where the acupuncture needles had been ...