by Curt Samlaska | May 15, 2024 | Eczema Herpeticum
Patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) are susceptible to cutaneous dissemination of the herpes virus, referred to as Eczema Herpeticum (EH) and/or Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption. Development of EH has been shown to be associated with severe AD, higher IgE levels,...
by Curt Samlaska | Sep 3, 2019 | Bromangiomas
Andrew and I recently published a series in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology of patients that appear to have eruptive angiomas associated with the use of an asthma drug–Ipratropium Bromide. To read this article click HERE. I thought it...
by Curt Samlaska | Aug 20, 2019 | Schambergs Disease
Jay Frank Schamberg first described the disease in a 15-year-old boy in 1901. It is a chronic condition that can afflict anyone at any age, but may be seen more in men than women, in one study the ratio was 3.8:1. Patient’s develop typical lesions, most...
by Curt Samlaska | Jul 5, 2019 | Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
Dilantin & Radiation Associated Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN): This is a patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The patient had metastatic breast cancer to her brain and was experiencing severe seizures. She was treated with Dilantin to control the...
by Curt Samlaska | Jul 3, 2019 | Drug Eruption
Sweet’s syndrome is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome, usually associated with hematologic malignancies, manifesting with fevers, neutrophilic leucocytosis, painful edematous plaques, usually involving the hands and distal arms with a dermal infiltrate of...
