by Curt Samlaska | Sep 2, 2020 | Morphea
Linear Morphea is also known as Linear Scleroderma. Scleroderma is characterized by the appearance of circumscribed or diffuse, hard, smooth, ivory-colored areas that are immobile and give the appearance of hidebound skin (Andrews’ Diseases of the Skin). There...
by Curt Samlaska | Jun 16, 2020 | Music Box Spines Keratosis
Brown reported the first case of Spiny Keratoderma in 1971 when he described punctate keratotic projections on the palms of a 20-year-old male. Commonly referred to as “Music Box Spines Keratosis” it has also been referred to as punctate keratoses of the...
by Curt Samlaska | May 12, 2020 | Kava Ichthyosis
Kava Ichthysis is the most common type of skin reaction related to long-term ingestion of Kava products. It is also known as Kava Dermopathy, Kava Dermatitis and in Australia, Crocodile Skin. In Fiji they refer to it as KaniKani. Dr. Scott Norton has a funny...
by Curt Samlaska | Apr 22, 2020 | Chronic Lip Licking
Chronic Lip Licking is often seen in children and is also referred to as Exfoliative Cheilitis, or Cheilitis Exfoliativa. The patients develop an exfoliative dermatitis with sharp margins that rims the upper and lower lips…often looking like a clown face as...
by Curt Samlaska | Apr 7, 2020 | COVID-19
Dermatologists for years have used Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine) to treat many chronic, often inflammatory, conditions, such as erosive lichen planus (LP), discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), dermatomyositis, frontal fibrosing...
