Ocular Rosacea Causing Corneal Melt in an African American Patient and a Hispanic Patient by Joanna S. Saade, Bachir Abiad, Jonathan Jan, Dana Saadeh, James P. McCulley, Jeremy Bartley

“…Her prior medical history was significant for rosacea only, diagnosed clinically by a dermatologist. Her eye exam showed signs of bilateral ocular rosacea. …”
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Treatment of the Induration of the Soft Tissue of the Lower Eyelids After Accidental Oil Injections by Vladimir Safronov, MD, PhD

“…The author presents a case of a 51-year-old woman, injected with unknown oil solution into the lower eyelid skin by the local dermatologist. Inflammation and induration of the skin of the lower periorbital region have occurred after these injections. …”
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Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis Among Children Under 19 in an East-Hungarian Agricultural County by Agnes Kuhnyar, Katalin Egyud, Imre Szabo, Janos Hunyadi, Lajos Kosa

“…Combined data obtained with Schultz-Larsen questionnaire on 1158 children were analyzed, and 25% of the index persons were examined by dermatologist. The mean prevalence of AD determined by questionnaires appeared to be 17.5% in the entire study population. …”
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Psychological Impact of Alopecia Areata by Suchana Marahatta, Sudha Agrawal, Baikuntha Raj Adhikari

“…Because of their direct impact on treatment outcome, we, treating dermatologist, must be aware of them, and we should counsel our patients for consultation with the psychiatrist on time for their maximum benefit.…”
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Cryotherapy versus fractional carbon dioxide laser in patchy alopecia areata: a self-controlled comparative study by Ahmed A. Afify, Maha A. Shaheen, Mays Q. Ojaimi

“…Results Comparison of single-blinded dermatologist assessment of clinical response between the three groups revealed a statistically significantly better response with FCO2 laser and cryotherapy compared with control patches, but there was no statistically significant difference between the FCO2 laser group versus the cryotherapy group (P=1). …”
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Skin Biopsy in the Context of Dermatological Diagnosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Chrysovalantis Korfitis, Stamatis Gregoriou, Christina Antoniou, Andreas D. Katsambas, Dimitris Rigopoulos

“…Skin biopsy is an established method for allying the dermatologist in overcoming the diagnostic dilemmas which occur during consultations. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Cutaneous Melanoma and Second Primary Malignancies in a Dutch Hospital-Based Cohort of Cutaneous Melanoma Patients by Haike M. J. van der Velden, Michelle M. van Rossum, Willeke A. M. Blokx, Jan B. M. Boezeman, Marie-Jeanne P. Gerritsen

“…As nonmelanoma skin cancer is the most frequent second malignancy, our results subscribe to the necessity of follow-up by a dermatologist.…”
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Drug Insurance and Psoriasis Severity: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Laurence Mainville, Hélène Veillette, Paul R. Fortin

“…**Methods:** This unicentric, retrospective cohort study included patients suffering from psoriasis treated by advanced therapy, dermatologist-prescribed between September 2015 and August 2019, in a tertiary academic care center in Québec City, Canada. …”
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Clinical and Trichoscopic Evaluations of Topical Finasteride 1%, Topical Spironolactone 5%, and Minoxidil 5% in Female Pattern Hair Loss Treatment by Naglaa Mohamed El Sayed, Eman Hamed Elmorsy, Tarek Mahmoud Hussein, Eman Hassan

“…Despite the availability of multiple treatment options, FPHL management poses challenges for the dermatologist. Objectives: We aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of topical finasteride 1% solution and spironolactone 5% solution  to minoxidil 5% solution in the treatment of FPHL clinically and trichoscopically. …”
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Incontinentia Pigmenti Misdiagnosed as Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection by Fahimeh Abdollahimajd, Minoo Fallahi, Mohammad Kazemian, Yalda Nilipour, Mitra Radfar, Sedigheh Tahereh Tehranchi

“…Eventually the diagnosis for incontinentia pigmenti was made by consultation with a dermatologist, and skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis.…”
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Dermatological Manifestations in Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients on Chemotherapy: A Cross-sectional, Observational Study by Tulika Rai, Rajendra Kumar Mahawar, Priyanka Aggarwal

“…The diagnosis of mucocutaneous manifestations was made by the dermatologist mainly on clinical findings. Special investigations such as potassium hydroxide mount for fungus and Tzanck smear were done in few patients when indicated. …”
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Trichotemnomania in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report of an Asian Child and Literature Review by V. Thadchanamoorthy, Markandu Thirukumar, Kavinda Dayasiri, N. Thamilvannan, Judy Jeyakumar

“…This patient was assessed by a team including a paediatrician, gynecologist, dermatologist, and psychiatrist to gather focused medical history and to perform physical examination, laboratory investigations, and dermoscopic assessment. …”
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Epidemiology and Management of Actinic Keratosis in France: A General Population Survey (REAKT) by Brigitte Dréno, Pierre Lévy, Gregory Caillet, Chantal Touboul, Jean-Michel Joubert, Jean-Michel Amici

“…AK was diagnosed by a dermatologist for 521 participants (81.6%). Some 200 participants (31.3%) had no lesions at the time of the survey and 243 (37.9%) had never been treated; 312 participants (78.6%) were prescribed physical treatment, principally cryotherapy; and 125 (31.5%) were prescribed topical treatment, principally 5-fluorouracil or imiquimod. …”
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Risk of General Anesthesia in Pediatric Skin Procedures with Projection on Tumescent Anesthesia by Abdulmajeed Alajlan, Bader M. Alhabeeb, Ali M. Alhazmi, Osama A. Alobaid, Ahmed A. Alharthi, Nada I. Al-Habib, Ahmed M. El-Malky

“…., 0.46809 to 1.00). Conclusion. Dermatologist and pediatricians can safely do necessary procedures under general anaesthesia with the supervision of pediatric-trained anesthesiologists while considering other safety and risk precautions and the pediatric age group.…”
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Comparison Between Convolutional Neural Network CNN and SVM in Skin Cancer Images Recognition by Zaid Ghazi Hadi, Ahmed R. Ajel, Ayad Q. Al-Dujaili

“…This work presents a dermatologist-level classification of skin cancer by using residual network (ResNet-50) as a deep learning convolutional neural network (DLCNN) that maps images to class labels. …”
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The Prevalence of Using Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine by Patients with Epidermolysis Bullosa by Mohammad Mahdi Parvizi, Nasrin Saki, Ehsan Amiri-Ardekani, Parisa Ahmadfard, Mehdi Pasalar

“…We enrolled the patients with EB whose diseases were approved by a dermatologist and registered in the dermatology department and Molecular Dermatology Research Center affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.  …”
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A cross-sectional study to determine prevalence of neonatal dermatoses in a tertiary health care centre of Andhra Pradesh, South India by Deepti Vemu, Shalini Eslavat, Shankar Kunti, Prasad Naik NM, Ritu Gujarati Vishwanath, Sruthi Kamatham

“…Background: By definition, the term "neonatal dermatoses" refers to a broad range of cutaneous conditions that develop in the first four weeks of life. Dermatologists and paediatricians must be able to recognize typical events and distinguish them from the more serious cutaneous illnesses that affect newborns. …”
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Follicular Occlusion Syndrome — a Possible Option of Follicular-Retension Origin of Pilonidal Sinus by D. D. Shlyk, M. N. Pikuza, Yu. E. Kitsenko, A. S. Pirogova, N. B. Paramonova, R. T. Rzaev, N. P. Teplyuk, P. V. Tsarkov

“…Deroofing of the lining of the cavity, often used in dermatologic practice, along with complex treatment within the framework of multidisciplinary (together with a dermatologist) management of patients with FOS, looks promising.…”
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Characterising melanoma diagnostic pathways for patients in routine practice using administrative health data in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study by Frances C Wright, Timothy P Hanna, Patti A Groome, Nicole J Look Hong, Meaghan E Mavor, Yuka Asai, Hugh Langley

“…Indicator variables characterised the patient’s keratinocyte carcinoma and dermatologist history, presentation pattern, procedure types, number of visits and procedures, and the activity on the diagnosis date. χ2 tests and Pearson residuals were used. …”
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Long-term outcome of photodynamic therapy with hexyl aminolevulinate, 5-aminolevulinic acid nanoemulsion and methyl aminolevulinate for low-risk Basal Cell Carcinomas by M. Salmivuori, M. Grönroos, T. Tani, J. Räsänen, E. Snellman, N. Neittaanmäki

“…Methods: Ninety-eight histologically verified low-risk BCCs on the trunk or extremities were included and randomized into three arms to receive PDT in two sessions with MAL, BF-200 ALA or HAL. A blinded dermatologist assessed the response, cosmetic outcome, and obtained biopsies for histological verification at three months, one year and five years. …”
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