Robert T. Brodell, MD

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Facial Follicular Spicules: A Rare Cutaneous Presentation of Trichodysplasia Spinulosa

Author:: Joy F. King, MD, PhD; Adam C. Byrd, MD; Jennifer Schulmeier, MD; Anna A. Wile, MD; Chelsea S. Mockbee, MD; Ying Wang, PhD; Robert T. Brodell, MD

Trichodysplasia spinulosa (TS) is a rare skin disease caused by primary TS-associated polyomavirus infecting follicular keratinocytes in...

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Authors’ response

Author:: Hannah R. Badon, MD; Ross L. Pearlman, MD; Robert T. Brodell, MD

My co-authors and I appreciate the excellent comments regarding our Photo Rounds column, “Foot rash and joint pain,” and would like to provide...

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Erythematous ear with drainage

Author:: Daniel Zieman, BA; Mark Braswell, MD; Ashton Davis, MD; Jeremy D. Jackson, MD; Robert T. Brodell, MD

This case reminded us that not every moist, erythematous, crusting eruption is purely infectious.

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Foot rash and joint pain

Author:: Hannah R. Badon, MD; Ross L. Pearlman, MD; Robert T. Brodell, MD

An untreated infection led to a series of unusual signs and symptoms that included difficulty walking.

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Rural Residency Curricula: Potential Target for Improved Access to Care?

Author:: Alexandra Streifel, BA; Laurel L. Wessman, MD; Ronda S. Farah, MD; Kevin J. Gaddis, MD; Adam Byrd, MD; Robert T. Brodell, MD; Cindy Firkins Smith, MD

Dermatology residency programs can influence medical students and resident dermatologists to provide care in rural and geographically isolated...

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Painful ulcers on gingiva, tongue, and buccal mucosa

Author:: Ashli Fitzpatrick, MD; Robert T. Brodell, MD

We had one clue that helped explain the ulcers in the patient’s mouth: He had an accompanying low-grade fever.

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Persistent facial hyperpigmentation

Author:: Kandice C. Bailey, MS-2; Louis “Skip” Wise, MD; Tracy Breeden, RN; Robert T. Brodell, MD

The patient presented with persistent hyperpigmentation that was unaffected by regular face washing. A simple test both diagnosed and treated the...

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Tinea Incognito in a Tattoo

Author:: Robert M. Gathings, MD; Kathleen Casamiquela, MD; Angela Jackson, NP; Robert T. Brodell, MD

Tinea incognito occurs when superficial fungal infections fail to demonstrate typical clinical features in the setting of immune suppression...

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Idiopathic Livedo Racemosa Presenting With Splenomegaly and Diffuse Lymphadenopathy

Author:: Laura Bukavina, MD, MPH; Joshua Weaver, MD; Teri Nagy, MPAS, PA-C; Robert T. Brodell, MD; Eliot N. Mostow, MD, MPH

Sneddon syndrome (SS) is a rare condition and the diagnosis is made only when other more common disease entities have been excluded. Common...

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Nevus Spilus: Is the Presence of Hair Associated With an Increased Risk for Melanoma?

Author:: Robert Milton Gathings, MD; Raveena Reddy, MD; Ashish C. Bhatia, MD; Robert T. Brodell, MD

Nevus spilus (NS), also known as speckled lentiginous nevus, is characterized by background café au lait–like lentiginous melanocytic hyperplasia...

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Diagnosing Porokeratosis of Mibelli Every Time: A Novel Biopsy Technique to Maximize Histopathologic Confirmation

Author:: Caitlyn Reed, BS; Raveena Reddy, MD; Robert T. Brodell, MD

Porokeratosis of Mibelli (PM) is a rare condition with the potential for malignant transformation that presents a clinical and pathologic...

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The Clinical Learning Environment Review as a Model for Impactful Self-directed Quality Control Initiatives in Clinical Practice

Author:: Kenneth Saul, MD; Kathleen Casamiquela, MD; Nancye McCowan, MD; Jeremy D. Jackson, MD; Robert T. Brodell, MD

The Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) program was designed to assess the learning environment in residencies and fellowships accredited...

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Recurrent vesicular rash over the sacrum

Author:: Hal Flowers, MD; Robert T. Brodell, MD

Our patient thought she had a case of “recurrent shingles,” but the location of the blisters and the frequency with which they appeared told a...

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Pruritic rash

Author:: Elizabeth Uhlenhake, BS; Robert T. Brodell, MD; Susan Nedorost, MD

Each of these 5 patients had a pruritic rash. The locations varied: face, ears, wrist, and waist. But the cause was the same.

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Bilateral axillary pustules

Author:: Alisha N. Plotner; Robert T. Brodell, MD

Our patient had no recent infections and was not immunocompromised. So what caused the sudden onset of lesions on her arms and thigh?