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ADVANCES IN DERMATOLOGY AND INTERNAL MEDICINE

Dec

2006

Vol. 25. No. 4

Introduction

This issue of Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery is dedicated to the interface between dermatology and internal medicine.

Introduction

Lindy P. Fox, MD

This issue of Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery is dedicated to the interface between dermatology and internal medicine.

Update on Syndromes With Cutaneous Manifestations and New Diagnoses in Dermatology

Katherine Brown, MD

We have highlighted new information regarding syndromes with cutaneous manifestations and present several newly described dermatologic diagnoses.

Emerging Dermatologic Issues in the Oncology Patient

Steven R. Mays, MD | Philip R Cohen, MD

The spectrum of skin diseases that occurs in the oncology patient differs somewhat from that seen in other immunosuppressed populations. We review the cutaneous manifestations of invasive mold infections in the leukemia/lymphoma population.

The Changing Face of Graft-Versus-Host Disease

Julie V. Schaffer, MD

Despite advances in the procedure and posttransplantation immunosuppressive therapy, more than half of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients develop graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), which remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality.

Emerging Infections in Dermatology

J Mark Jackson, MD

This review will focus on 3 of these emerging infections: community acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Epstein Barr virus cutaneous infections, and the reemergence of atypical mycobacterial infections.