January/February 2012 • Volume 10 • Issue 1 - SKINmed Journal

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
January/February 2012 • Volume 10 • Issue 1
Modesty and the Skin: Why They Shouldn’t Mix ................................................................................................ 6
Caren Campbell, BA; Lawrence Charles Parish, MD, MD (Hon)
COMMENTARY
Origin and Evolution of Syphilis: Drifting Myth .................................................................................................. 8
Virendra N. Sehgal, MD; Prashant Verma, MD; Kingshuk Chatterjee, MBBS; Anita Chaudhuri, MD; Gautam Chatterjee, MS; Farhan Rasool, MBBS
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
REVIEW
A New Paradigm in the Treatment of Kerions: Treat the Inflammation ............................................................. 14
Sarah E. Dolder, MD; Brendan J. O’Neill, MD; Meghan M. O’Brien, MD; Amy S. Ross, MD; Robert A. Allen, MD; Herbert B. Allen, MD
Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris: Evolution of Challenges in Promising Treatment Options ............................................. 18
Virendra N. Sehgal, MD; Govind Srivastava, MD; Prashant Verma, MD
The Role of Surgical Debridement in Healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcers .............................................................. 24
Katherine A. Gordon, BS; Elizabeth A. Lebrun, MD; Marjana Tomic-Canic, PhD; Robert S. Kirsner, MD, PhD
CORE CURRICULUM
Cutaneous Tuberculosis: A Diagnostic Dilemma ............................................................................................. 28
Virendra N. Sehgal, MD; Prashant Verma, MD; Sambit N. Bhattacharya, MD; Sonal Sharma, MD; Navjeevan Singh, MD; Nishant Verma, MD
Self-Test Review Questions (p. 34)
DEPARTMENTS
COSMETIC SCIENCE
Howard A. Epstein, PhD, Section Editor
Repelling Insects With Safe and Effective Alternatives to DEET ....................................................................... 36
Howard A. Epstein, PhD
PERILS OF DERMATOPATHOLOGY
W. Clark Lambert, MD, PhD, Section Editor
It’s Not Just Who You Are, It’s Also Where You Are: The Cutaneous Leiomyosarcoma Dilemma ......................... 40
Gizem Tumer, MD; Carmen F. Castilla, BS; W. Clark Lambert, MD, PhD
INFECTIOUS DISEASE CAPSULE
Jack M. Bernstein, MD, Section Editor
It May Be Vulgar, but It Isn’t a Bad Word......................................................................................................... 42
David Saunders, MD;Thomas Herchline, MD; Jack M. Bernstein, MD
CASE STUDIES
Vesna Petronic-Rosic, MD, MSc, Section Editor
Unusually Severe Case of Dermatosis Neglecta .............................................................................................. 46
Jake E. Turrentine, BS; Travis W. Blalock, MD; Loretta S. Davis, MD
Fixed-Drug Eruption Caused by Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera): A Widely Used Ayurvedic Drug ................ 48
Virendra N. Sehgal, MD; Prashant Verma, MD; Sambit N. Bhattacharya, MD