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Claude Shreve Burton III

Professor of Dermatology
Dermatology
110 Stoneridge Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
3261C Hosp South, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications


Interrater Reliability of Clinical Grading Measures for Cutaneous Chronic Graft-vs-Host Disease.

Journal Article JAMA Dermatol · July 1, 2019 IMPORTANCE: Cutaneous chronic graft-vs-host disease (cGVHD) is common after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant and is often associated with poor patient outcomes. A reliable and practical method for assessing disease severity and response to the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Laser-Assisted Delivery of Topical Cidofovir in the Treatment of Plantar Warts.

Journal Article J Drugs Dermatol · July 1, 2019 Recalcitrant plantar warts pose a therapeutic challenge. Cidofovir is a viral DNA polymerase inhibitor that has been used in treatment of verrucae with greater success than traditional treatments in some cases. Laser-assisted drug delivery enhances drug pe ... Link to item Cite

Nodular amyloidosis in a patient with systemic scleroderma.

Journal Article Dermatol Online J · September 15, 2018 Primary cutaneous amyloidosis may be characterized as macular amyloidosis, lichenoid amyloidosis, or nodular amyloidosis. Nodular amyloidosis results from the deposition of immunoglobulin light chains and may rarely be associated with systemic amyloidosis. ... Open Access Link to item Cite

What really matters in cancer?: Putting people back into the heart of cancer policy.

Journal Article Eur J Cancer · May 2013 Twenty-first century cancer is framed by the biomedical revolution. The cancer patient today enters a world dominated by the success and failures of biomedical science from gene to statistic. By any measure, bibliometric, financial, media profile or simply ... Full text Link to item Cite

Improving the detection of pressure ulcers using the TMI ImageMed system.

Journal Article Adv Skin Wound Care · January 2011 OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate a novel infrared imaging device coupled with an intelligent software interface that may provide a more objective means of identifying anatomical sites at risk for pressure ulcer (PrU) development as compared ... Full text Link to item Cite

Vibrio vulnificus septicemia and leg ulcer.

Journal Article J Am Acad Dermatol · May 2002 Vibrio vulnificus is a gram-negative bacteria that can cause septicemia, wound infection, or a self-limiting diarrhea. This infection typically presents as an extremely virulent infection in patients with underlying liver disease 1 to 2 days after exposure ... Full text Link to item Cite

Imported African tick bite fever: a case report.

Journal Article Am J Trop Med Hyg · May 1999 We describe a patient with African tick-bite fever who acquired his infection while visiting rural areas of South Africa and then became sick after returning to the United States. The dominant clinical feature of his illness was the presence of multiple, u ... Full text Link to item Cite

Follicular mucinosis as a presenting sign of acute myeloblastic leukemia.

Journal Article J Am Acad Dermatol · May 1998 Follicular mucinosis is often associated with mycosis fungoides and has been rarely observed to occur with other neoplastic and inflammatory conditions. We describe a 60-year-old patient with follicular mucinosis who later developed acute myelogenous leuke ... Full text Link to item Cite

The great imitator: Rocky Mountain spotted fever occurring after hospitalization for unrelated illnesses.

Journal Article South Med J · September 1997 We describe two patients who had Rocky Mountain spotted fever after they were admitted to the hospital for emergency and elective surgical procedures. We initially thought one patient had a hospital-acquired infection; the correct diagnosis was deduced fro ... Full text Link to item Cite

Venous ulcers.

Journal Article Am J Surg · January 1994 Successful therapy of venous ulcers combines local wound treatment modalities and ambulatory hemodynamic support to control the underlying disease. Compression bandaging reduces or eliminates edema, and a moist wound environment not only debrides necrotic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Atypical presentation of inflammatory bowel disease in the elderly.

Journal Article Am J Gastroenterol · December 1993 Despite multiple invasive diagnostic procedures including exploratory laparotomy and surgical resection, our patient's diagnosis remained an enigma. However, given the clinical scenario and the documented PG, a trial of steroids was warranted. The patient ... Link to item Cite

Management of chronic and problem lower extremity wounds.

Journal Article Dermatol Clin · October 1993 With simple, inexpensive therapy, virtually all venous ulcers heal without the need for hospitalization, skin grafting, growth factors, hyperbaric oxygen, or debilitating bed rest. Although the future promises to yield a greater understanding about the nat ... Link to item Cite

Treatment of leg ulcers.

Journal Article Dermatol Clin · April 1993 Leg ulcers represent the most common chronic wound in our population. This devastating problem often cripples patients, many of whom are in the prime of their working years. The resulting morbidity and financial cost are extraordinary. Fortunately, with th ... Link to item Cite

Multiple blue papules. Hereditary glomangiomas.

Journal Article Arch Dermatol · November 1991 Full text Link to item Cite

Venous ulceration

Journal Article Clinical Materials · January 1, 1991 Venous ulceration remains the most common wound in our ambulatory patient population. Though precise cellular mechanisms are not yet understood, ambulatory venous hypertension initiates a cascade of events leading in many cases to a persistent non-healing ... Full text Cite

Multiple Blue Papules

Journal Article Archives of Dermatology · January 1, 1991 Full text Cite

Treatment of lymphangioma circumscriptum with tunable dye laser.

Journal Article Cutis · May 1990 We present the case of a patient with lymphangioma circumscriptum that was successfully treated with a flashlamp pulsed dye laser. Dermatologists are aware of the use of the pulsed dye laser for the treatment of port-wine stains and other vascular lesions. ... Link to item Cite

Merkel cell tumor.

Journal Article Cutis · October 1989 A case of a rapidly growing Merkel cell tumor occurring on the lower extremity in an 83-year-old woman is reported. A brief review of the clinical characteristics of this tumor as well as its immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features are presented. ... Link to item Cite

Dye-laser treatment of children with port-wine stains.

Journal Article N Engl J Med · September 28, 1989 Full text Link to item Cite

An unusual variant of familial preexcitation.

Journal Article Am J Cardiol · February 1, 1987 Full text Link to item Cite

Letterer-Siwe disease in an adult.

Journal Article Cutis · February 1987 Letterer-Siwe disease, a proliferative disorder of Langerhans' cells, usually affects children during the first year of life. A 67-year-old woman is described here whose initial manifestation was a characteristic skin eruption. The clinical, pathologic, an ... Link to item Cite

Primary lymphocutaneous Nocardia brasiliensis infection.

Journal Article Arch Dermatol · October 1986 We report a rare case of primary lymphocutaneous Nocardia brasiliensis infection occurring in an elderly diabetic man maintained on long-term therapy with prednisone. The mode of inoculation was that of a puncture wound caused by a contaminated needle that ... Link to item Cite

Familial aggregation of melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and gastric adenocarcinoma.

Journal Article Cancer · June 1, 1986 A family with four cases of melanoma, seven cases of basal cell carcinoma, and two cases of gastric adenocarcinoma, is described. The proband, who had three different primary tumors, died of gastric cancer, as did his father. Four of the proband's six sibl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Jacob.

Journal Article N C Med J · March 1986 Link to item Cite

Necrotizing sialometaplasia: a sheep in wolf's clothing. Healing as a diagnostic test.

Journal Article Arch Dermatol · February 1986 Necrotizing sialometaplasia is a benign self-limited intraoral lesion that is easily confused both clinically and histologically with squamous cell carcinoma. It presents as a painless ulceration, frequently on the hard palate, that histologically shows ne ... Link to item Cite

A dermatologist picks up the marbles.

Journal Article N C Med J · July 1985 Link to item Cite

Pruritus ani.

Journal Article N C Med J · January 1985 Link to item Cite

Premature sebaceous gland hyperplasia: successful treatment with isotretinoin.

Journal Article J Am Acad Dermatol · January 1985 Hyperplasia of sebaceous glands is a common cause of papulonodular facial lesions that occur in middle-aged and older patients. Recently, several cases of premature sebaceous gland hyperplasia have been reported. In these patients the lesions had persisted ... Full text Link to item Cite

VITILIGO

Journal Article NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL JOURNAL · January 1, 1985 Link to item Cite

Dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis.

Journal Article N C Med J · December 1984 Link to item Cite

Canker sores, aphthous ulcers, mouth ulcers.

Journal Article N C Med J · November 1984 Link to item Cite

Urticaria.

Journal Article N C Med J · September 1984 Link to item Cite

Acne and accutane.

Journal Article N C Med J · August 1984 Link to item Cite

Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

Journal Article N C Med J · July 1984 Link to item Cite

Psoriasis.

Journal Article N C Med J · June 1984 Link to item Cite

Aging and the skin.

Journal Article N C Med J · April 1984 Link to item Cite

Raynaud's syndrome.

Journal Article N C Med J · February 1984 Link to item Cite

There's a fungus among us.

Journal Article N C Med J · January 1984 Link to item Cite

Freckles, moles, and melanomas.

Journal Article N C Med J · December 1983 Link to item Cite

Warts.

Journal Article N C Med J · November 1983 Link to item Cite

Lasers in the office.

Journal Article N C Med J · October 1983 Link to item Cite

Mites and bites.

Journal Article N C Med J · September 1983 Link to item Cite

Shingles.

Journal Article N C Med J · August 1983 Link to item Cite

On eating poison ivy.

Journal Article N C Med J · July 1983 Link to item Cite

Solar energy: good or bad?

Journal Article N C Med J · June 1983 Link to item Cite

No panacea for acne.

Journal Article N C Med J · May 1983 Link to item Cite

Moisturizing the skin.

Journal Article N C Med J · April 1983 Link to item Cite