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M K McCray

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Cosmetic correction of alopecia.

The punch autograft method of hair transplantation has been the mainstay of hair replacement for 25 years. Recently, scalp reduction has emerged as an adjunctive procedure to eliminate bald areas. The procedure is done in the outpatient setting and has been extremely successful in cases of traumatic injury to the scalp, as well as congenital and scarring alopecia. Temporal transposition flaps of hair-bearing scalp should be carried out by surgeons with expert training.

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Blistering distal dactylitis.

Blistering distal dactylitis is a distinctive infection localized to the volar fat pad of the distal phalanx of the finger. The causative agent is a group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus. The organism can be identified by a Gram-stained smear and culture of the blister fluid. The infection responds readily to incision and drainage, compresses, and a course of an appropriate oral antibiotic.

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Cutaneous eruptions in congenital tuberculosis.

Systemic tuberculosis with morphologic skin lesions that were essentially identical developed in two infants who were born of tuberculous mothers. In each patient, the infection induced erythematous papules with central crusted dells, noted four and eight weeks after birth, respectively. In each case, the diagnosis of tuberculosis was made by examination of tissue that was obtained at laparotomy. In neither patient was Mycobacterium tuberculosis found in the skin lesions. The conditions of both patients responded well to antituberculous therapy. This article reviews the possible categorization of the skin lesions in these infants.

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