Actinic Keratosis
Case Letter
Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa Secondary to Scleroderma
Scleroderma rarely may lead to elephantiasis nostras verrucosa (ENV) of the upper extremities. This report presents an unusual case of lymphedema...
Conference Coverage
Fine-tune staging for better SCC risk stratification
ORLANDO – SCC staging should be used routinely and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital staging system is the current...
Conference Coverage
Case report: Longstanding actinic keratosis responds to kanuka honey
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS – Doctors describe the results of a case report and some of the honey’s properties.
Conference Coverage
Will microneedling enhance the impact of photodynamic therapy?
ORLANDO – Early reports are promising for microneedling and other PDT innovations.
Conference Coverage
Products being developed for AKs therapy may appeal to patients
CAYMAN ISLANDS – Topicals in the pipeline have had excellent clearance rates, with a low rate of adverse events.
Case Reports
Imiquimod-Induced Hypopigmentation Following Treatment of Periungual Verruca Vulgaris
Imiquimod is a topical immunomodulating medication approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of condyloma acuminata,...
Clinical Review
Energy-Based Devices for Actinic Keratosis Field Therapy
Cutaneous field cancerization arises due to UV-induced carcinogenesis of a “field” of subclinically transformed skin and actinic keratoses (AKs)...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Painless PDT and other AK tricks
KAUAI, HAWAII – Imiquimod on the lip can be extremely painful, but it works wonders for actinic cheilitis, sometimes with only a few treatments....
Conference Coverage
Best practices address latest trends in PDT, skin cancer treatment
MIAMI – Consider new CPT codes for PDT and the benefit of hedgehog inhibitors to shrink some skin cancers before further treatment.