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Keohane SG, Botting J, Budny PG, Dolan OM, Fife K, Harwood CA, Mallipeddi R, Marsden JR, Motley RJ, Newlands C, Proby C, Rembielak A, Slater DN, Smithson JA, Buckley P, Fairbrother P, Hashme M, Mohd Mustapa MF, Exton LS. British Association of Dermatologists guidelines for the management of people with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma 2020. Br J Dermatol 2021; 184:401-414. [PMID: 33150585 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.19621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- S G Keohane
- British Society for Dermatological Surgery, London, UK.,Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, PO3 6AD, UK
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- Royal College of General Practitioners, London, UK.,Glebe Road Surgery, Barnes, SW13 0DR, UK
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- British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, London, UK.,Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Aylesbury, HP21 8AL, UK
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- Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, BT12 6BA, UK
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- Royal College of Radiologists, Holborn, London, WC2A 3JW, UK.,Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Barts Health NHS Trust, Centre for Cell Biology and Cutaneous Research, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 2AT, UK
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- British Society for Dermatological Surgery, London, UK.,St John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, SE1 9RT, UK
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- Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TH, UK
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- University Hospital of Wales, Health Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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- British Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, London, UK.,Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, GU2 7XX, UK
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- University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK
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- Royal College of Radiologists, Holborn, London, WC2A 3JW, UK.,The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, M20 4BX, UK.,The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Royal College of Pathologists, London, E1 8BB, UK
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- British Dermatological Nursing Group, Belfast, UK.,East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Eastbourne, BN21 2UD, UK
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- British Association of Dermatologists, Willan House, 4 Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 5HQ, UK
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- British Association of Dermatologists, Willan House, 4 Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 5HQ, UK
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- British Association of Dermatologists, Willan House, 4 Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 5HQ, UK
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Marsden JR, Fox R, Boota NM, Cook M, Wheatley K, Billingham LJ, Steven NM. Effect of topical imiquimod as primary treatment for lentigo maligna: the LIMIT-1 study. Br J Dermatol 2017; 176:1148-1154. [PMID: 27714781 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.15112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Topical imiquimod is sometimes used for lentigo maligna (LM) in situ melanoma instead of surgery, but frequency of cure is uncertain. Pathological complete regression (pCR) is a logical surrogate marker for cure after imiquimod, although residual LM and atypical melanocytic hyperplasia may not be reliably distinguished. A trial comparing imiquimod vs. surgery might be justified by a high imiquimod pCR rate. OBJECTIVES Primary: to estimate the pCR rate for LM following imiquimod. Secondary: to assess the accuracy of prediction of pCR, using clinical complete regression (cCR) plus negative post-treatment biopsies, tolerability, resource use, patients' preferences and induced melanoma immunity. METHODS This was a single-arm phase II trial of 60 imiquimod applications over 12 weeks for LM then radical resection. A pCR rate ≥ 25 out of 33 would reliably discriminate between pCR rates < 60% and ≥ 85%. Clinical response was assessed and biopsies taken after imiquimod. Patients recorded adverse events in diaries. Patient preference was measured after surgery using a standard gamble tool. RESULTS The pCR rate was 10 of 27 (37%, 95% confidence interval 19-58%). The rate of cCR plus negative biopsies was 12 of 28, of whom seven of 11 had pCR on subsequent surgery. The median dose intensity was 86·7%. Of the 16 surveyed patients, eight preferred primary imiquimod over surgery if the cure rate for imiquimod was 80%, and four of 16 if it was ≤ 40%. CONCLUSIONS The pCR rate was insufficient to justify phase III investigation of imiquimod vs. SURGERY Clinical complete response and negative targeted biopsies left uncertainty regarding pathological clearance. Some patients would trade less aggressive treatment of LM against efficacy.
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- J R Marsden
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TH, U.K
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- Cancer Research U.K. Clinical Trials Unit, School of Cancer Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, U.K
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- Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K
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- Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, U.K
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- Cancer Research U.K. Clinical Trials Unit, School of Cancer Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, U.K
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- Cancer Research U.K. Clinical Trials Unit, School of Cancer Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, U.K
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- Cancer Research U.K. Clinical Trials Unit, School of Cancer Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, U.K
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Defty CL, Marsden JR. Melphalan in regional chemotherapy for locally recurrent metastatic melanoma. Curr Top Med Chem 2012; 12:53-60. [PMID: 22196271 DOI: 10.2174/156802612798919187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2010] [Accepted: 03/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In-transit metastases occur in approximately 3% of melanoma patients, can be very symptomatic and survival in this group may be prolonged. Regional chemotherapy with melphalan delivered by isolated limb perfusion (ILP) or isolated limb infusion (ILI) are effective treatment options which are generally well tolerated. ILI is a less invasive and simpler alternative to ILP. ILI is tolerated better than ILP, though is probably less effective. Complete response rates are 45- 69% for ILP and 23-44% for ILI. The limb is often warmed to lower temperatures in ILI compared to ILP and the limb becomes progressively more hypoxic and acidotic during ILI, each of these parameters potentially having an effect on outcome. ILP & ILI are used primarily as palliative options when excision of in-transit metastases is unfeasible but can be used as an adjunctive procedure to surgery, for other tumour types such as merkel cell carcinoma, and can be repeated if indicated. For ILI correction of melphalan dose for ideal body weight has been shown to substantially decrease the rates of severe local toxicity while maintaining complete response rates, but overall response rate is reduced. Combination treatment with tumour necrosis factor α has been used with variable outcomes and new combinations with buthionine sulfoximine and ADH-1 are being investigated.
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- C L Defty
- Skin Oncology Service, University Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, B15 2WB, UK
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Steele JC, Rao A, Marsden JR, Armstrong CJ, Berhane S, Billingham LJ, Graham N, Roberts C, Ryan G, Uppal H, Walker C, Young LS, Steven NM. Phase I/II trial of a dendritic cell vaccine transfected with DNA encoding melan A and gp100 for patients with metastatic melanoma. Gene Ther 2011; 18:584-93. [PMID: 21307889 DOI: 10.1038/gt.2011.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This trial tested a dendritic cell (DC) therapeutic cancer vaccine in which antigen is loaded using a novel non-viral transfection method enabling the uptake of plasmid DNA condensed with a cationic peptide. Proof of principle required the demonstration of diverse T lymphocyte responses following vaccination, including multiple reactivities restricted through both major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II. Patients with advanced melanoma were offered four cycles of vaccination with autologous DC expressing melan A and gp100. Disease response was measured using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours. Circulating MHC class I- and II-restricted responses were measured against peptide and whole antigen targets using interferon-γ ELIspot and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay assays, respectively. Responses were analyzed across the trial population and presented descriptively for some individuals. Twenty-five patients received at least one cycle. Vaccination was well tolerated. Three patients had reduction in disease volume. Across the trial population, vaccination resulted in an expansion of effector responses to both antigens, to the human leukocyte antigen A2-restricted modified epitope, melan A ELAGIGILTV, and to a panel of MHC class I- and II-restricted epitopes. Vaccination with mature DC non-virally transfected with DNA encoding antigen had biological effect causing tumour regression and inducing diverse T lymphocyte responses.
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- J C Steele
- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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Rajaratnam R, Mann C, Balasubramaniam P, Marsden JR, Taibjee SM, Shah F, Lim R, Papini R, Moiemen N, Lewis H. Toxic epidermal necrolysis: retrospective analysis of 21 consecutive cases managed at a tertiary centre. Clin Exp Dermatol 2010; 35:853-62. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03826.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To our knowledge, this is the first report in the British literature documenting the co-occurrence of melanoma and pulmonary carcinoid. The only other report is from America and documents pulmonary carcinoid in association with a parathyroid hormone-producing melanoma. We report two patients with melanoma who presented with nodules on chest X-ray. Both underwent resection of assumed lung metastasis which unexpectedly revealed primary pulmonary carcinoid. Evidence of an association between these two tumours which show striking biological and pathological similarities is discussed. The incidence of pulmonary carcinoid is increasing and with the improved power of radiological assessment we may see additional accounts of such an association in the near future.
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- R Rajaratnam
- Skin Oncology Service, University Hospital Bermingham NHS Fondation Trust, Selly Oak Hospital, Bermingham, UK.
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- M R Kaur
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
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- R Rajaratnam
- Skin Oncology Service, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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BACKGROUND Lentigo maligna (LM) is treated to prevent progression to lentigo maligna melanoma (LMM). Surgery remains the treatment of choice, although topical immunotherapy with imiquimod has recently become a popular alternative. OBJECTIVES In this review, we have analysed the published literature relating to the use of imiquimod for LM, in order to understand better the utility of this treatment. METHODS All English language studies relating to the use of imiquimod for LM were analysed up to January 2006. RESULTS Eleven case reports and four open-label studies were identified, comprising a total of 67 patients who completed treatment with imiquimod for LM. There was significant variability in treatment schedules and regimens. Eight patients failed to respond, with LMM developing in two of these. In certain cases there were discrepancies between clinical and histological response with some patients clearing clinically but not histologically, and vice versa. Follow-up periods were short, exceeding 12 months in only five cases. CONCLUSIONS Although imiquimod clearly has an effect on LM, this analysis of available studies has helped to identify concerns about its use. Without controlled evidence and prolonged follow up, the use of imiquimod for LM must still be considered experimental.
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- S F Rajpar
- Skin Oncology Service, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham B29 6JD, UK.
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BACKGROUND Metastases to the breast from extramammary cancers are rare; melanoma is one of the malignancies that can metastasize to the breast. OBJECTIVES To examine the records of a series of patients with a previous diagnosis of melanoma and a metastasis to the breast, and review the published literature of this condition. METHODS We report details of eight female patients with breast metastases from melanoma seen over a 36-month period from 2001. All patients were female aged 28-84 years (median 58). The breast lump was investigated by core-cut biopsy or fine needle aspiration, with or without a mammogram. RESULTS The time between diagnosis of the primary melanoma and the occurrence of a breast metastasis ranged from 13 to 180 months (median 62). In three patients the breast lump was the first sign of recurrence of melanoma. In three patients melanoma had previously relapsed in regional lymph nodes and in two patients it had already relapsed as locoregional and distant subcutaneous metastases before metastasizing to the breast. In two patients presenting via the breast clinic, the lump was subsequently confirmed on excision to be melanoma in an intramammary lymph node. In seven patients, a lumpectomy was performed after histological confirmation; one of these also had a level 1-3 axillary dissection. The eighth patient deteriorated clinically before further surgery was possible. Six patients developed further metastases within 1-5 months of breast lump detection. In one case a second 9 mm breast lump in the deeper tissue of the same breast was detected on a computed tomography scan and has been removed using stereotactic surgery. Four patients have died. CONCLUSIONS Presentation is usually with a palpable mass without skin changes. Investigation must include histology or cytology to confirm the diagnosis. Management of melanoma metastasis to the breast is discussed; in this series it was surgical unless there were many metastases.
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- A Loffeld
- Skin Oncology Service, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham B29 6JD, UK.
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Whittaker SJ, Marsden JR, Spittle M, Russell Jones R. Joint British Association of Dermatologists and U.K. Cutaneous Lymphoma Group guidelines for the management of primary cutaneous T-cell lymphomas. Br J Dermatol 2004; 149:1095-1107. [PMID: 14696593 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2003.05698.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- S J Whittaker
- St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, U.K.
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Hancock BW, Wheatley K, Harris S, Ives N, Harrison G, Horsman JM, Middleton MR, Thatcher N, Lorigan PC, Marsden JR, Burrows L, Gore M. Adjuvant interferon in high-risk melanoma: the AIM HIGH Study--United Kingdom Coordinating Committee on Cancer Research randomized study of adjuvant low-dose extended-duration interferon Alfa-2a in high-risk resected malignant melanoma. J Clin Oncol 2003; 22:53-61. [PMID: 14665609 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.03.185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate low-dose extended duration interferon alfa-2a as adjuvant therapy in patients with thick (> or = 4 mm) primary cutaneous melanoma and/or locoregional metastases. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this randomized controlled trial involving 674 patients, the effect of interferon alfa-2a (3 megaunits three times per week for 2 years or until recurrence) on overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) was compared with that of no further treatment in radically resected stage IIB and stage III cutaneous malignant melanoma. RESULTS The OS and RFS rates at 5 years were 44% (SE, 2.6) and 32% (SE, 2.1), respectively. There was no significant difference in OS or RFS between the interferon-treated and control arms (odds ratio [OR], 0.94; 95% CI, 0.75 to 1.18; P =.6; and OR, 0.91; 95% CI, 0.75 to 1.10; P =.3; respectively). Male sex (P =.003) and regional lymph node involvement (P =.0009), but not age (P =.7), were statistically significant adverse features for OS. Subgroup analysis by disease stage, age, and sex did not show any clear differences between interferon-treated and control groups in either OS or RFS. Interferon-related toxicities were modest: grade 3 (and in only one case, grade 4) fatigue or mood disturbance was seen in 7% and 4% respectively, of patients. However, there were 50 withdrawals (15%) from interferon treatment due to toxicity. CONCLUSION The results from this study, taken in isolation, do not indicate that extended-duration low-dose interferon is significantly better than observation alone in the initial treatment of completely resected high-risk malignant melanoma.
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- B W Hancock
- Academic Unit of Clinical Oncology, The University of Sheffield, Weston Park Hospital, Whitham Rd, Sheffield S10 2SJ, UK.
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Ah-Weng A, Marsden JR, Sanders DSA, Waters R. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans treated by micrographic surgery. Br J Cancer 2002; 87:1386-9. [PMID: 12454766 PMCID: PMC2376302 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2002] [Revised: 09/05/2002] [Accepted: 09/09/2002] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is an uncommon cutaneous tumour which rarely metastasises. However, local recurrence following apparently adequate surgical excision is well recognised, presumably as a result of sub-clinical contiguous growth, for which micrographically controlled excision would be a logical treatment. A retrospective study of all patients treated by micrographic surgery, from April 1995-March 2000, at a tertiary skin oncology centre. Twenty-one patients (11 males), age 14 to 71 years with dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans on the trunk (10 patients), groin (four), head and neck (four), and limbs (three) were treated. In 15 patients one micrographic layer cleared the tumour, and four were cleared with two layers. For one patient the second stage was completed by conventional excision guided by positive margins. Another patient with a multiply recurrent perineal dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, not cleared in one area after two layers, died from a pulmonary embolus before total clearance could be achieved. There was no correlation between tumour size and lateral excision margin. No recurrence was observed during the follow-up, from 21 to 80 months, median 47 months. The study provides further support for micrographic surgery as the treatment of choice for dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.
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- A Ah-Weng
- Skin Oncology Service, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham B29 6JD, UK
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A 65-year-old man presented in 1997 with a nodule on his back; histology showed apparent high grade T-cell lymphoma, treated after excision with radiotherapy. He relapsed with lesions on the thigh and buttock in 1998 and was treated with CHOP chemotherapy with a complete response. Further relapse occurred in 1999 with a nodule on his thigh again; he received CNOP (doxorubicin substituted with mitozantrone). At no stage was there clinical, bone marrow or radiological evidence of extra cutaneous disease. In November 2000 he presented with widespread indurated plaques and violaceous nodules. Biopsies repeated with extensive immunohistological staining diagnosed aleukaemic leukaemia cutis. Our patient was diagnosed with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) on the basis of clinical and haemotoxylin & eosin appearances. The correct diagnosis was made after extensive immunohistological studies (including myeloid markers) of repeat biopsies. This case illustrates the importance of diagnostic review in atypical CTCL. There is a high incidence of progression to acute myeloid leukaemia.
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- S J Beswick
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Birmingham B29 6JD, UK.
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Ah-Weng A, Charles-Holmes R, Rose P, Basu S, Marsden JR, Sanders DSA. Multiple cutaneous plasmacytomas following an autologous peripheral stem cell transplant. Clin Exp Dermatol 2002; 27:293-5. [PMID: 12139674 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2002.01039.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We describe the unusual development of multiple cutaneous plasmacytomas following treatment of IgA lambda myeloma with myeloablative therapy and a peripheral blood stem cell autograft. Cutaneous metastatic spread was evident despite bone marrow remission. Treatment with an autograft may have contributed to the cutaneous relapse.
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- Allan Ah-Weng
- Departments of Dermatology & Haematology, Warwick Hospital, Warwick, UK.
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Sanders DS, Blessing K, Hassan GA, Bruton R, Marsden JR, Jankowski J. Alterations in cadherin and catenin expression during the biological progression of melanocytic tumours. Mol Pathol 1999; 52:151-7. [PMID: 10621837 PMCID: PMC395690 DOI: 10.1136/mp.52.3.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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AIMS Compelling evidence from cell culture studies implicates cadherins in the neoplastic progression of melanocytic tumours but few reports describe the expression of cadherins and the related transmembrane proteins, catenins, in a full range of benign and malignant excised melanocytic tumours. METHODS Using immunohistochemistry and western blotting after tissue fractionation, the pattern of expression of cadherins/catenins was studied in a range of surgically excised melanocytic tumours, from dysplastic naevi to stage III cutaneous metastatic malignant melanoma. RESULTS Appropriate membranous expression of E-cadherins and P-cadherins is seen in dysplastic naevocytes with an epithelioid phenotype and is largely maintained with malignant transformation to radial growth phase melanoma and primary vertical growth phase malignant melanoma. Loss of membranous E-cadherin is seen in a small number of vertical growth phase melanomas only when metastasis has occurred. However, there is a concomitant dramatic loss of membranous P-cadherin expression in all melanomas at the same stage. A minority of metastatic melanomas show de novo membranous N-cadherin expression in comparison with dysplastic naevi and primary melanoma. Membranous expression of the desmosomal cadherin, desmoglein, was not seen in any tumour studied. Frequently, beta catenin is aberrantly produced in the cytoplasm of cells in dysplastic naevi and metastatic malignant melanoma, with an implied compromise to adhesive function. Furthermore, membranous gamma catenin expression was not seen in any of the 70 melanocytic tumours studied, implying obligatory transmembrane binding of cadherins to beta catenin for maintenance of adhesive function. CONCLUSIONS The most important alterations in membranous cadherin and catenin expression are seen late in the biological progression of melanocytic tumours at the stage of "in transit" or regional lymph node metastasis, with implications for tumour growth, invasion, and dissemination.
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- D S Sanders
- Department of Histopathology, University Hospital Birmingham Trust, Edgbaston, UK.
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Skiba G, Milkiewicz P, Mutimer D, Burns DA, Marsden JR, Elias E. Successful treatment of acquired perforating dermatosis with rifampicin in an Asian patient with sclerosing cholangitis. Liver 1999; 19:160-3. [PMID: 10220747 DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.1999.tb00026.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Acquired perforating dermatosis (APD) is a very rare disorder which has been described in association with systemic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, HIV infection or lymphoma. In this report we describe a patient with APD associated with sclerosing cholangitis and diabetes mellitus who was successfully treated with rifampicin. A 33-year-old Indian woman with a history of extensive pancreatic surgery, sclerosing cholangitis and insulin dependent diabetes mellitus was referred to our unit with intractable pruritus. She was treated with cholestyramine, ursodeoxycholic acid, several analgesics, UVB therapy, topical steroids, sedative antihistamines and plasmapheresis without significant improvement. Increasingly severe itching was associated with papular skin changes limited initially to the lower limbs but which later involved her entire body. Biopsy of a representative lesion showed the changes of APD. She was subsequently treated with rifampicin which produced a dramatic resolution of pruritus within 3 weeks and the skin changes progressively resolved over subsequent months. In this newly described association of APD with sclerosing cholangitis, rifampicin treatment appeared to be efficient in ameliorating pruritus and the papular skin changes typical of APD.
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- G Skiba
- Liver and Hepatobiliary Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- C J Calder
- Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Birmingham, UK
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BACKGROUND Relatively few studies have addressed the question of whether clinical estimation of melanoma thickness by palpation can accurately predict its histologic thickness. If palpability was a reliable predictor of dermal invasion, it could be used to define the surgical margin. OBJECTIVE We sought to determine whether clinical elevation of melanoma could be used to predict the presence or absence and the degree of dermal invasion in patients with stage 1 cutaneous melanoma. METHODS Melanomas in 165 patients were categorized by one observer as flat, just palpable, palpable, or nodular. This was compared with histologic measurements of tumor thickness. RESULTS Overall there was significant correlation between the degree of palpability of melanoma and the presence or absence of dermal invasion (p<0.001), Breslow thickness (p<0.0001), and Clark level (p<0.001). However, the relation between palpability and Breslow thickness for invasive melanomas less than 1 mm thick was weaker (n=62, p=0.053), and the correlation between elevation and Clark level was not significant for invasive melanomas less than 4 mm thick (n=111, p>0.999). CONCLUSION We conclude that palpability of melanoma is an inadequate guide to the presence or absence and degree of dermal invasion in melanomas less than 1 mm thick and cannot be used to determine the surgical margin.
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- B F O'Donnell
- Department of Dermatology, General Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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A pharmacogenetic predisposition to thalidomide-induced neuropathy has been investigated. Differences of drug metabolism were examined in 16 patients with severe orogenital ulceration, who were treated with thalidomide (< or = 200 mg/day) for 0.3-5.0 years. Eight had evidence of early peripheral neuropathy according to nerve conduction studies. Rates of C-hydroxylation, N-acetylation, and conjugation reactions with sulphate, glucuronide and glycine, were tested with the probe compounds debrisoquine, sulphadimidine, paracetamol and aspirin, respectively. Urinary drug metabolites were analysed by high pressure liquid chromatography. Results were compared with 16 healthy age- and sex-matched volunteers. Of the patients 6.25% and 13.3% of the controls had a poor Debrisoquine Hydroxylator Ratio (DMR); none of the patients with neuropathy had a poor DMR as compared to 12.5% without neuropathy. Of the patients 40.0% and 35.7% of the controls were slow acetylators; 28.6% with neuropathy were slow acetylators as opposed to 50% without neuropathy. Similarly, there were no significant differences in rates of conjugation between groups. All unaffected patients were active smokers, whereas only two of those with neuropathy smoked. Cumulative dose or duration of therapy were unrelated to risk of neuropathy. In conclusion, changes of nerve conductivity are a frequent and unpredictable adverse effect of thalidomide (< or = 200 mg/day), although smoking may have a protective action against their development. Nerve conduction studies are required before and during treatment, irrespective of the prescribed dose.
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- C C Harland
- Department of Physiological Medicine, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
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Lewis HM, Winter E, Darbyshire P, Yoong A, Marsden JR, Moss C. Urticaria pigmentosa and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. J R Soc Med 1995; 88:530P-531P. [PMID: 7562854 PMCID: PMC1295337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Childhood urticaria pigmentosa is generally considered to have a good prognosis with the majority of cases undergoing spontaneous resolution. However, there have been a number of reports of haematological malignancies occurring in association with urticaria pigmentosa. We describe a child with extensive urticaria pigmentosa and a congenital cardiac anomaly who developed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and suggest a possible common aetiology.
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- H M Lewis
- Department of Dermatology, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, England, UK
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Sanders DS, Evans AT, Allen CA, Bryant FJ, Johnson GD, Hopkins J, Stocks SC, Marsden JR, Kerr MA. Classification of CEA-related positivity in primary and metastatic malignant melanoma. J Pathol 1994; 172:343-8. [PMID: 8207615 DOI: 10.1002/path.1711720409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Using a panel of antibodies to carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), in paraffin-processed biopsy material patchy, predominantly membranous positivity was seen on tumour cells in 70 per cent of cases of superficial spreading melanoma, 60 per cent of nodular melanomas, and 75 per cent of secondary deposits studied with unabsorbed polyclonal anti-CEA only. No staining was seen using monoclonal anti-CEAs. Localization of CEA to the cell membrane was confirmed with confocal microscopy. Immunoblotting of fresh frozen material detected CEA of around 180 kD in both primary and metastatic melanomas migrating with an apparent molecular weight of between 150 and 200 kD, indicating variable glycosylation of the protein. Recognition of an adhesive role for CEA with roles in immunolocalization and immunotherapy emphasizes the importance of more precise classification of CEA-related positivity in human tumours.
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- D S Sanders
- Department of Pathology, Medical School, Edgbaston, Birmingham, U.K
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- W G Phillips
- Department of Dermatology, Birmingham General Hospital, U.K
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We report a case of diffuse infiltration of the skin of the chest wall with metastatic melanoma. This developed as a direct extension from right axillary lymph nodes. Histology and immunohistochemistry showed invasion of dermal lymphatics with melanoma cells.
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- B B Tan
- Department of Dermatology, Birmingham General Hospital, U.K
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Kasabach-Merritt syndrome is a complication of complex haemangiomas. We present a case in which standard treatment including platelet transfusion appeared to prolong and exacerbate subcutaneous bleeding.
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- W G Phillips
- Department of Dermatology, Birmingham Children's Hospital
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Marsden JR. Malignant melanoma excision margins. Melanoma Study Group. Lancet 1993; 341:184. [PMID: 8093791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Pope DJ, Sorahan T, Marsden JR, Ball PM, Grimley RP, Peck IM. Benign pigmented nevi in children. Prevalence and associated factors: the West Midlands, United Kingdom Mole Study. Arch Dermatol 1992; 128:1201-6. [PMID: 1519934 DOI: 10.1001/archderm.128.9.1201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND METHODS Prevalence of benign melanocytic nevi (moles) has been shown to be a major predictor of malignant melanoma. In this study the prevalence of moles in a group of 2140 children, aged 4 to 11 years, was determined. A standard questionnaire was completed by the parents of each child and included information on environmental and life-style factors. Examination data for each child were linked to the data obtained from the questionnaire. RESULTS Prevalence increases rapidly throughout childhood and studies of children may indicate which factors contribute to mole development. Boys had more moles than girls, as did white children when compared with other ethnic groups. Prevalence of moles increased with age in children of both sexes. Among whites, skin color had little influence on mole prevalence. The following characteristics, however, were associated with an increased prevalence of moles: a propensity to burn rather than tan, a history of sunburn, a tendency to freckle, and a life-style involving increased sun exposure. A striking positive association between prevalence of moles and number of foreign holidays in a hot climate was observed. This association was independent of a history of sunburn. CONCLUSIONS The study supports the hypothesis that environmental factors influence the prevalence of moles in childhood.
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- D J Pope
- Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Phillips WG, Langtry JA, Formstone C, Taylor AM, Marsden JR. Chronic adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma presenting with cutaneous manifestations. J R Soc Med 1992; 85:417-8. [PMID: 1629854 PMCID: PMC1293552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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- W G Phillips
- Department of Dermatology, General Hospital, Birmingham
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- W G Phillips
- Department of Dermatology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, U.K
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Liddle BJ, Marsden JR, Cramb RB. Does griseofulvin alter serum lipids? Br J Dermatol 1992; 126:202-4. [PMID: 1536791 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1992.tb07825.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We report a 59-year-old woman with severe dermatomyositis in association with high serum toxoplasma antibody titres who was successfully treated with pyrimethamine and sulphadiazine. This case supports an aetiological role for toxoplasmosis in the pathogenesis of some cases of dermatomyositis.
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- C C Harland
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, U.K
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Munro CS, Marsden JR. Serum lipid elevation during isotretinoin therapy for acne in the west of Scotland. Br J Dermatol 1991; 124:301-2. [PMID: 1826849 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1991.tb00583.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- J R Marsden
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Nottingham, U.K
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Middleton B, Birdi I, Heffron M, Marsden JR. The substrate determines the rate and pattern of neutral lipid synthesized by isolated human sebaceous glands. FEBS Lett 1988; 231:59-61. [PMID: 3360131 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(88)80702-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Lipogenesis from different substrates was determined in isolated human sebaceous glands after 17-20 h in culture. Rates of total lipogenesis were 1003 +/- 141, 842 +/- 90, 481 +/- 57 pmol.h-1 gland-1 +/- SE from acetate, lactate and glucose, respectively, when present as sole substrates: the rate from glucose was significantly lower (P less than 0.01). Squalene synthesis was greatest from acetate at 479 +/- 44 pmol.h-1.gland-1; significantly higher than from lactate (281 +/- 45 pmol.h-1.gland-1) or glucose at 119 +/- 18 pmol.h-1.gland-1. Wax ester plus cholesterol ester synthesis showed similar dependence on substrate but triglyceride synthesis was unaffected. We conclude that the added substrate determines both the rate and pattern of non-polar lipid synthesized by isolated human sebaceous glands.
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- B Middleton
- Department of Biochemistry, University Medical School, Nottingham, England
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Treatment with retinoids results in increased serum triglyceride and cholesterol and reduced HDL-cholesterol; dietary supplementation with fish oil lowers serum lipids. Therefore combining retinoids with fish oil may reduce retinoid hyperlipidaemia. Increased triglyceride due to isotretinoin was reduced by 70% (P less than 0.05) and cholesterol by 45% (P less than 0.05) after addition of fish oil; placebo oil had no effect. These decreases were not associated with changes in levels of HDL-cholesterol or reduction of increased levels of apoprotein B. Increased triglyceride due to etretinate was reversed after the addition of fish oil (P less than 0.01), but cholesterol levels did not change. Therefore fish oil inhibits hypertriglyceridaemia due to isotretinoin and etretinate and reduces increased cholesterol levels due to isotretinoin; this effect is likely to be due to altered lipoprotein composition.
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Eight male subjects aged 18-24 years were treated with 0.5 mg of isotretinoin day-1 kg-1. After 4 weeks levels of cholesterol (P less than 0.05) and triglyceride (P less than 0.05) were increased and levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol were decreased (P less than 0.05). Concentrations of aspartate aminotransferase (P less than 0.01) and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (P less than 0.01) were higher after treatment; increased alkaline phosphatase and a reduction in bilirubin levels did not reach statistical significance. Values for thyroxine were reduced after isotretinoin and free thyroxine index was lower (P less than 0.01). Measurements of salivary clearance of antipyrine and levels of alpha 1-acid glycoprotein were lower after treatment but these differences did not reach statistical significance. The findings suggest that there is a small decrease in hepatic microsomal-enzyme activity after isotretinoin and that the unwanted effects on lipids, liver and thyroid function are unlikely to be due to hepatic microsomal-enzyme induction.
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Marsden JR. Evidence that method of use, dose and duration of treatment with benzoyl peroxide and tetracycline determines response of acne. J R Soc Med 1985; 78 Suppl 10:25-8. [PMID: 2941583 PMCID: PMC1289443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Treatment of acne prior to referral was recorded retrospectively in 72 patients alleged to have responded inadequately; 60% had used benzoyl peroxide (BP) but most applied it to lesions only. Although 86% had used tetracycline, most did not take it correctly for maximum absorption and took less than 1 g/day. Most patients used both drugs for less than three months. Eight-two patients referred because of inadequate response were treated with: (I) 5% benzoyl peroxide (BP) (23 patients); (II) 5% BP and 0.5 g/day oxytetracycline (OTC) (24 patients); (III) 5% BP and 1 g/day OTC (18 patients); (IV) 5% BP and 1.5 g/day OTC (17 patients). BP was applied incrementally from 30 min up to 8-10 hours daily to the entire area affected and OTC taken as a single morning dose. Median grade of severity (0-10 analogue scale) fell by 2 in Groups I and II (P less than 0.05), by 2.5 in Group III (P less than 0.05) and by 3 in Group IV (P less than 0.05); number of lesions fell by 56% +/- 7% (s.e.), (P less than 0.001) 70% +/- less than 10% (P less than 0.001), 75% +/- 8% (P less than 0.001) and 78% +/- 10% (P less than 0.001) respectively and treatment was well tolerated. Thus, although effective drugs are frequently prescribed in acne, method of use, dose and duration are likely to determine response.
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Acetylator phenotype was measure in 58 patients presenting to a skin clinic with discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) and in 51 normal healthy subjects. Twenty seven of the patients with DLE were found to have evidence of systemic lupus erythematosus (D+SLE). Frequency of slow acetylator phenotype was 58% in all DLE patients, 52% in those with D+SLE and was no different from the 57% in controls. The distribution of acetylator phenotypes within the groups with DLE and those with D+SLE was similar to controls. Severity of DLE was assessed as number of skin lesions and median lesion count was 11.5 in slow acetylators and 10 in fast acetylators but in D+SLE median lesion count was 22 in slow acetylators and 12 in fast acetylators, and there was a significant inverse relationship between lesion count and rate of acetylation; scores for systemic involvement showed no relationship. We conclude that there is no difference in the frequency or distribution of slow acetylator phenotype between normal subjects and patients with DLE with or without SLE but that actual rate of acetylation may determine severity of expression of the disease in slow acetylators.
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Seven patients with severe rosacea were treated with 1 mg/kg per day isotretinoin for 12 wk. There were significant increases in serum triglyceride (p less than 0.001) and cholesterol (p less than 0.001). Triglyceride associated with very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), low density lipoprotein (LDL) and high density lipoprotein (HDL) increased (p less than 0.01), cholesterol in VLDL and LDL increased (p less than 0.01), and levels of HDL cholesterol decreased (p less than 0.01). There were changes in indices of liver function, with increased levels of gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) (p less than 0.01), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) (p less than 0.01) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (p less than 0.01), and decreased bilirubin levels (p less than 0.05). Although levels of thyroxine and triiodothyronine were lower after treatment (p less than 0.05), there were no changes in basal levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), luteinizing hormone (LH) or follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and responses to thyrotrophin releasing hormone (TRH) and luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) were unchanged. These changes may partially be explained by induction of hepatic microsomal enzymes by isotretinoin.
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Twenty-seven males with severe acne were treated for 12 weeks with 0.05 mg/kg/day isotretinoin (ten patients) or 5 mg daily cyproterone acetate (eight patients) or both drugs together in these doses (nine patients). With isotretinoin, the sebum excretion rate (SER) fell by 45% +/- 9% s.e.m. (P less than 0.0025), lesion count fell by 65% +/- 10% (P less than 0.0005) and median clinical 17% +/- 12% (NS) fall in SER, a 15% +/- 10% (NS) fall in lesion count and the median severity was unchanged. Patients unchanged. Patients treated with both drugs showed a 42% +/- 13% reduction in SER (P less than 0.005), a 68% +/- 11% decrease in lesion count (P less than 0.0005) and a decrease in median severity from 8 to 4 (P less than 0.01) which was no different from the response to isotretinoin alone. Isotretinoin increased serum cholesterol from 4.4 mmol/l +/- 0.3 s.e.m. to 4.7 mmol/l +/- 0.3 s.e.m. (P less than 0.01), serum triglyceride from 0.73 mmol/l +/- 0.07 s.e.m. to 0.96 mmol/l +/- 0.14 s.e.m. (P less than 0.05) and gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) from 15.9 i.u./l +/- 2.1 s.e.m. to 19.0 i.u./l +/- 2.4 s.e.m. (P less than 0.01). Comparison of the area under the concentration-time curve for triglyceride and high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol showed that the changes were smaller when isotretinoin was combined with cyproterone acetate. We conclude that the effect of isotretinoin in acne was not enhanced by the antiandrogen, but the increase in serum triglyceride and decrease in HDL-cholesterol produced by the retinoid were reduced by combination with the antiandrogen.
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