Michelle Bernadette Pavlis

Journal Article J Rural Health · March 2025 PURPOSE: To assess rural-urban and health professional shortage area (HPSA)-related influences on the characteristics of melanoma in North Carolina. METHODS: We conducted a single-center retrospective cohort study of patients living in North Carolina with ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diagnostic challenges in naevoid melanoma: does depth matter?

Journal Article Clin Exp Dermatol · February 24, 2025 Full text Link to item Cite

Characteristics and outcomes of clinical primary dermal melanoma: a case series.

Journal Article Clin Exp Dermatol · September 18, 2024 Full text Link to item Cite

Clinicopathologic Characteristics of Melanoma in Patients with Parkinson Disease.

Journal Article JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health · March 2023 Patients with Parkinson disease (PD) are at high risk for developing melanoma, although current literature lacks details on the associated clinicopathologic characteristics. Our retrospective case-control study aimed to guide skin cancer surveillance recom ... Full text Cite

Meta-analysis of number needed to treat for diagnosis of melanoma by clinical setting.

Journal Article J Am Acad Dermatol · May 2020 OBJECTIVE: To provide a formal statistical comparison of the efficacy of melanoma detection among different clinical settings. METHODS: A systematic review and meta-analysis of all relevant observational studies on number needed to treat (NNT) in relation ... Full text Link to item Cite

Kaposi sarcoma in a patient with postpolio syndrome.

Journal Article Cutis · November 2019 Link to item Cite

A trichogenic tumor with aggressive features initially diagnosed as basal cell carcinoma.

Journal Article Dermatol Online J · September 15, 2018 Trichoblastic carcinoma is a rare carcinoma often arising in a pre-existing trichoblastoma. It may resemble basal cell carcinoma, posing a diagnostic challenge. Trichoblastic carcinoma is divided into low-grade and high-grade tumors. Low-grade tumors resem ... Link to item Cite

Painful lesions on the tongue.

Journal Article Cutis · April 2016 Link to item Cite

Multiple Clustered Dermatofibromas Associated With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

Journal Article Am J Dermatopathol · March 2016 BACKGROUND: Dermatofibromas (DFs) are common, benign, fibrohistiocytic tumors of the skin. Clinically, if they present in a rapid succession, they are termed multiple eruptive DFs. When they arise in a localized distribution, they are termed multiple clust ... Full text Link to item Cite

Congenital candidiasis: an uncommon skin eruption presenting at birth.

Journal Article Cutis · May 2014 We present the case of a preterm neonate who was born with respiratory distress and a papulovesicular rash that was diagnosed as congenital candidiasis (CC). The mother was asymptomatic. The cutaneous eruption and respiratory distress improved following tr ... Link to item Cite

Isotretinoin-induced skin fragility in a teenaged athlete: a case report.

Journal Article Cutis · July 2013 Isotretinoin is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of severe recalcitrant nodular acne. Mucocutaneous toxicity is the most commonly observed side effect of isotretinoin use. Because atrophy and skin fragility may occur while ... Link to item Cite

Resource utilization and quality of life associated with congenital ichthyoses.

Journal Article Pediatric dermatology · September 2011 We explored resource utilization (ResUtil) and quality of life (QOL) associated with congenital ichthyoses (CI). Subjects completed an online survey related to clinical severity, demographics, ResUtil, and QOL as measured according to the Dermatology Life ... Full text Cite

The public's perception of dermatologists as surgeons.

Journal Article Dermatol Surg · March 2011 BACKGROUND: Dermatologists perform more cutaneous surgical procedures than any other medical specialists, including plastic surgeons, especially for treating skin cancers, but anecdotal evidence suggests that the public may not identify dermatologists as s ... Full text Link to item Cite

Annual direct and indirect health costs of the congenital ichthyoses.

Journal Article Pediatr Dermatol · 2010 The aim of this study is to estimate annual, per patient, health care costs for congenital ichthyoses (CI). We conducted a cost analysis through an online survey posted on the Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types Website. We assessed cutaneous ... Full text Link to item Cite

Quality of life of cutaneous disease in the ectodermal dysplasias.

Journal Article Pediatr Dermatol · 2010 The ectodermal dysplasias are a complex, heritable group of syndromes that affect derivatives of ectoderm. The dermatologist plays an important role in ectodermal dysplasias as the visible defects of skin, hair, and nails are often recognized first. Our ob ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reliable methods to evaluate the clinical severity of ichthyosis.

Journal Article Pediatr Dermatol · 2010 A reliable method for assessing ichthyosis severity has not been uniformly agreed upon. The objective of our study was to develop and validate a tool to measure the clinical severity of the congenital ichthyoses, the Congenital Ichthyoses Severity Index. A ... Full text Link to item Cite

Genodermatoses Annual Direct and Indirect Health Costs of the Congenital Ichthyoses

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Resource Utilization and Quality of Life in the Congenital Ichthyoses

Journal Article Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2010 Cite

Dysregulation of the mTOR pathway secondary to mutations or a hostile microenvironment contributes to cancer and poor wound healing.

Journal Article J Invest Dermatol · March 2009 Either heredity mutations or adverse microenvironment conditions may result in dysregulation of the mammalian target of the rapamycin (mTOR) pathway. The former lead to clinical syndromes such as tuberous sclerosis, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, and Cowden's dis ... Full text Link to item Cite