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Questions discussed in this category

How are you utilizing vibratory devices for reducing pain associated with injection or procedures?

In which situations or patient populations do you find this useful? How is it sterilized?

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How would you work up a patient with cutaneous mastocytosis?

Is a BM biopsy a must when there is skin involvement? If tryptase level is mildly elevated but less than 20 would you recommend a BM biopsy?

1 Answer available

What approaches can we take to initiate therapy and improve survival rates in patients with HLH?

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What is your approach to evaluation in patients who present with erythromelalgia?

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What initial workup do you perform when there is a concern for porphyria?

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Do you hold histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors for patients receiving palliative radiation therapy for cutaneous lymphomas?

If so, how long before/after radiation?

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How would you manage a patient with essential thrombocythemia and persistent pruritus despite adequate control of CBC with hydroxyurea and aspirin?

ET is JAK2+

1 Answer available

How do you differentiate atopic dermatitis from mycosis fungoides histologically?

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How long do you give systemic therapies or skin directed therapies to work before changing treatments in patients with diffuse skin limited mycoses fungoides?

Do you have a preferred sequence of therapies for diffuse skin limited MF?

1 Answer available

Should venous thrombosis in a patient with Behcet syndrome be treated with both immunosuppression and anticoagulation?

1 Answer available

How do you handle hypogammaglobulinemia detected in patients prior to maintenance rituximab infusion?

2 Answers available

Papers discussed in this category

JAMA network open, 2018-11-02

Association of Immunoglobulin Levels, Infectious Risk, and Mortality With Rituximab and Hypogammaglobulinemia.

Eur J Dermatol,

Telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans: a neglected type of mastocytosis with exclusively cutaneous involvement? A case series.

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