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Skin lesions

MedGen UID:
508146
Concept ID:
C0037284
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Skin Lesion; Skin lesion
SNOMED CT: Skin lesion (95324001)

Definition

A localized pathological or traumatic structural change, damage, deformity, or discontinuity of skin. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSkin lesions

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Frazier W, Bhardwaj N
Am Fam Physician 2020 May 15;101(10):590-598. PMID: 32412211
Oge' LK, Broussard A, Marshall MD
Am Fam Physician 2019 Oct 15;100(8):475-484. PMID: 31613567
Tinsley SM, Kurtin SE, Ridgeway JA
Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 2015 Jun;15 Suppl:S64-9. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2015.02.008. PMID: 26297281

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Saguil A, Krebs L, Choe U
Am Fam Physician 2023 Jul;108(1):78-83. PMID: 37440743
Kloter E, Albanese F, Schweighoffer R, Wolf U
Complement Ther Med 2023 Jun;74:102942. Epub 2023 Mar 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2023.102942. PMID: 36958415
Zakine E, Schell B, Battistella M, Vignon-Pennamen MD, Chasset F, Mahévas T, Cordoliani F, Adès L, Sébert M, Delaleu J, Jachiet M, Lepelletier C, Lemaire P, Chauvel C, Dhouaieb B, Kim R, Cassius C, Georgin-Lavialle S, Mekinian A, Bagot M, Braun T, Rousset L, Begon E, de Masson A, Fenaux P, Clappier E, Bouaziz JD
JAMA Dermatol 2021 Nov 1;157(11):1349-1354. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.3344. PMID: 34495287Free PMC Article
Miyashiro D, Sanches JA
Semin Diagn Pathol 2020 Mar;37(2):81-91. Epub 2019 Jul 30 doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2019.07.010. PMID: 31387753
Schindewolf M, Lindhoff-Last E, Ludwig RJ, Boehncke WH
Lancet 2012 Nov 24;380(9856):1867-79. Epub 2012 May 28 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60409-7. PMID: 22642893

Diagnosis

Sivakumar A, Vageshappa RK, Kumari R
JAMA Dermatol 2024 Jan 1;160(1):102. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.4147. PMID: 37938848
Aubignat M, Smail A
Rev Med Interne 2023 Nov;44(11):619-620. Epub 2023 Jul 4 doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2023.06.006. PMID: 37414675
Greenwood JD, Merry SP, Boswell CL
Prim Care 2022 Mar;49(1):1-22. Epub 2022 Jan 5 doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2021.10.001. PMID: 35125151
Gül Ü
Turk J Med Sci 2020 Dec 17;50(8):1751-1759. doi: 10.3906/sag-2005-182. PMID: 32599968Free PMC Article
Schindewolf M, Lindhoff-Last E, Ludwig RJ, Boehncke WH
Lancet 2012 Nov 24;380(9856):1867-79. Epub 2012 May 28 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60409-7. PMID: 22642893

Therapy

Ackerman L, Acloque G, Bacchelli S, Schwartz H, Feinstein BJ, La Stella P, Alavi A, Gollerkeri A, Davis J, Campbell V, McDonald A, Agarwal S, Karnik R, Shi K, Mishkin A, Culbertson J, Klaus C, Enerson B, Massa V, Kuhn E, Sharma K, Keaney E, Barnes R, Chen D, Zheng X, Rong H, Sabesan V, Ho C, Mainolfi N, Slavin A, Gollob JA
Nat Med 2023 Dec;29(12):3127-3136. Epub 2023 Nov 13 doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02635-7. PMID: 37957373Free PMC Article
Allen NC, Martin AJ, Snaidr VA, Eggins R, Chong AH, Fernandéz-Peñas P, Gin D, Sidhu S, Paddon VL, Banney LA, Lim A, Upjohn E, Schaider H, Ganhewa AD, Nguyen J, McKenzie CA, Prakash S, McLean C, Lochhead A, Ibbetson J, Dettrick A, Landgren A, Allnutt KJ, Allison C, Davenport RB, Mumford BP, Wong B, Stagg B, Tedman A, Gribbin H, Edwards HA, De Rosa N, Stewart T, Doolan BJ, Kok Y, Simpson K, Low ZM, Kovitwanichkanont T, Scolyer RA, Dhillon HM, Vardy JL, Chadban SJ, Bowen DG, Chen AC, Damian DL
N Engl J Med 2023 Mar 2;388(9):804-812. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2203086. PMID: 36856616
Paik JJ, Lubin G, Gromatzky A, Mudd PN Jr, Ponda MP, Christopher-Stine L
Clin Exp Rheumatol 2023 Mar;41(2):348-358. Epub 2022 Jun 28 doi: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/hxin6o. PMID: 35766013Free PMC Article
Baum P, Visvanathan S, Garcet S, Roy J, Schmid R, Bossert S, Lang B, Bachelez H, Bissonnette R, Thoma C, Krueger JG
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2022 Apr;149(4):1402-1412. Epub 2021 Oct 20 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.09.035. PMID: 34678325
van Zuuren EJ, Fedorowicz Z, Christensen R, Lavrijsen A, Arents BWM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Feb 6;2(2):CD012119. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012119.pub2. PMID: 28166390Free PMC Article

Prognosis

de la Calle-Prieto F, Estébanez Muñoz M, Ramírez G, Díaz-Menéndez M, Velasco M, Azkune Galparsoro H, Salavert Lletí M, Mata Forte T, Blanco JL, Mora-Rillo M, Arsuaga M, de Miguel Buckley R, Arribas JR, Membrillo FJ; Working Group of the UAAN – Grupo de Estudio de Patología Importada (GEPI) and the Working Group of the Monkeypox at the SEIMC
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed) 2023 Dec;41(10):629-634. Epub 2023 Jan 7 doi: 10.1016/j.eimce.2022.12.010. PMID: 36624034Free PMC Article
Wu YH, Hsiao PF
Am J Dermatopathol 2017 May;39(5):344-350. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000000723. PMID: 28426486
Kumar S, Basu S, Bhartiya SK, Shukla VK
Int J Low Extrem Wounds 2015 Sep;14(3):217-23. Epub 2015 Aug 18 doi: 10.1177/1534734615599653. PMID: 26286931
Schindewolf M, Lindhoff-Last E, Ludwig RJ, Boehncke WH
Lancet 2012 Nov 24;380(9856):1867-79. Epub 2012 May 28 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60409-7. PMID: 22642893
Usatine RP, Riojas M
Am Fam Physician 2010 Aug 1;82(3):249-55. PMID: 20672788

Clinical prediction guides

Kloter E, Albanese F, Schweighoffer R, Wolf U
Complement Ther Med 2023 Jun;74:102942. Epub 2023 Mar 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2023.102942. PMID: 36958415
Ständer S, Yosipovitch G, Legat FJ, Lacour JP, Paul C, Narbutt J, Bieber T, Misery L, Wollenberg A, Reich A, Ahmad F, Piketty C
N Engl J Med 2020 Feb 20;382(8):706-716. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1908316. PMID: 32074418
Zouboulis CC, Tzellos T, Kyrgidis A, Jemec GBE, Bechara FG, Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ, Ingram JR, Kanni T, Karagiannidis I, Martorell A, Matusiak Ł, Pinter A, Prens EP, Presser D, Schneider-Burrus S, von Stebut E, Szepietowski JC, van der Zee HH, Wilden SM, Sabat R; European Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation Investigator Group
Br J Dermatol 2017 Nov;177(5):1401-1409. Epub 2017 Oct 30 doi: 10.1111/bjd.15748. PMID: 28636793
Chopra R, Vakharia PP, Sacotte R, Patel N, Immaneni S, White T, Kantor R, Hsu DY, Silverberg JI
Br J Dermatol 2017 Nov;177(5):1316-1321. Epub 2017 Oct 1 doi: 10.1111/bjd.15641. PMID: 28485036
Skef W, Hamilton MJ, Arayssi T
World J Gastroenterol 2015 Apr 7;21(13):3801-12. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i13.3801. PMID: 25852265Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Kloter E, Albanese F, Schweighoffer R, Wolf U
Complement Ther Med 2023 Jun;74:102942. Epub 2023 Mar 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2023.102942. PMID: 36958415
Paik JJ, Lubin G, Gromatzky A, Mudd PN Jr, Ponda MP, Christopher-Stine L
Clin Exp Rheumatol 2023 Mar;41(2):348-358. Epub 2022 Jun 28 doi: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/hxin6o. PMID: 35766013Free PMC Article
Jacobsen A, Olabi B, Langley A, Beecker J, Mutter E, Shelley A, Worley B, Ramsay T, Saavedra A, Parker R, Stewart F, Pardo Pardo J
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Mar 11;3(3):CD013130. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013130.pub2. PMID: 35274741Free PMC Article
Paudyal A, Zheng M, Lyu L, Thapa C, Gong S, Yang Y, Lyu X
Dermatol Ther 2021 May;34(3):e14939. Epub 2021 Mar 23 doi: 10.1111/dth.14939. PMID: 33713527
van Zuuren EJ, Fedorowicz Z, Christensen R, Lavrijsen A, Arents BWM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Feb 6;2(2):CD012119. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012119.pub2. PMID: 28166390Free PMC Article

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