Scholars@Duke
Navjeet Kaur Sidhu-Malik

Navjeet Kaur Sidhu-Malik

Consulting Associate in the Department of Dermatology
Dermatology
navjeet.sidhumalik@duke.edu
Duke Box 3135, Durham, NC 27710
3385 Hosp South, Durham, NC

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

Chemoprevention of Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinoma With a Single Course of Fluorouracil, 5%, Cream: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Conference JAMA Dermatol · February 1, 2018 IMPORTANCE: Keratinocyte carcinoma (ie, cutaneous basal and squamous cell carcinoma) is the most common cancer in the United States. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether topical fluorouracil could prevent surgically treated keratinocyte carcinoma. DESIGN, SETTI ... Full text Link to item Cite

Validation and comparison of quality-of-life measures for topical 5-fluorouracil treatment: results from a randomized controlled trial.

Journal Article Clin Exp Dermatol · July 2017 BACKGROUND: Topical 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) is commonly used for high-risk patients with keratinocyte carcinoma (KC). Skindex and Skin Cancer Index (SCI) are validated instruments to measure quality of life (QoL) of patients with KC and those who have had su ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cerebral cavernous malformations associated with cutaneous angiokeratomas and hemangiomas.

Journal Article Cutis · November 2015 We report the case of a 66-year-old man with adult-onset seizures and multiple cerebral cavernous malformations who developed numerous eruptive cutaneous angiokeratomas on the legs, scrotum, abdomen, and back as well as lobular and cavernous hemangiomas on ... Link to item Cite

Long-term Efficacy of Topical Fluorouracil Cream, 5%, for Treating Actinic Keratosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Conference JAMA Dermatol · September 2015 IMPORTANCE: Topical fluorouracil was demonstrated to be effective in reducing the number of actinic keratoses (AKs) for up to 6 months, but no randomized trials studied its long-term efficacy. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long-term efficacy of a single cours ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes

Journal Article · May 24, 2011 The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes are a heterogeneous group of inherited connective tissue diseases. They share, to varying degrees, the cardinal features of soft, hyperextensible skin which scars easily due to fragility, easy bruising and joint hypermobility. S ... Full text Cite

Aplastic anemia in a patient with Rothmund-Thomson syndrome.

Journal Article J Pediatr Hematol Oncol · 1999 This report is the first to describe constitutional aplastic anemia in a patient with Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (also called poikiloderma congenitale), a disease characterized by multiple cutaneous and extracutaneous findings. The findings suggest that alt ... Full text Link to item Cite

Congenital erosive and vesicular dermatosis healing with reticulated supple scarring: report of three new cases and review of the literature.

Journal Article Pediatr Dermatol · 1998 Congenital erosive and vesicular dermatosis healing with reticulated, supple scarring is a rare disease with seven reported cases in the literature. This congenital cutaneous defect of unknown etiology presents with patchy or generalized erosions and vesic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Granulocytic sarcoma in the absence of myeloid leukemia.

Journal Article J Am Acad Dermatol · August 1997 Granulocytic sarcoma is an extramedullary tumor composed of immature granulocytic precursor cells. It usually occurs in association with leukemia or other myeloproliferative disorders but can occur without overt hematologic disease. We describe a 6-year-ol ... Link to item Cite

Long-term follow-up of cutaneous changes in siblings with mandibuloacral dysplasia who were originally considered to have hereditary sclerosing poikiloderma.

Journal Article J Am Acad Dermatol · November 1995 Mandibuloacral dysplasia is a rare syndrome characterized by mandibular hypoplasia, delayed cranial suture closure, dysplastic clavicles, abbreviated, club-shaped terminal phalanges, acroosteolysis, atrophy of the skin over the hands and feet, and poikilod ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and Marfan syndrome: Inherited diseases of connective tissue with overlapping clinical features

Journal Article Seminars in Dermatology · January 1, 1995 This article provides an overview of Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Marfan Syndrome with discussion of clinical, biochemical, and genetic features needed to establish diagnosis in patients. ... Cite

Treatment of Mycobacterium haemophilum infection with an antibiotic regimen including clarithromycin.

Journal Article Br J Dermatol · September 1994 A patient with rheumatoid arthritis developed ulcerated nodules predominantly on his legs. Skin biopsy and culture demonstrated rheumatoid vasculitis and infection with Mycobacterium haemophilum. Improvement was not seen until clarithromycin was added to h ... 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

Vancomycin-associated linear IgA dermatosis. A report of three cases.

Journal Article J Am Acad Dermatol · January 1992 BACKGROUND: Linear IgA dermatosis is an autoantibody-mediated, subepidermal blistering disease that is rarely associated with drug exposure. OBJECTIVE: We report the development of linear IgA dermatosis in three patients associated with the administration ... Full text Link to item Cite

Recombinant hydrophilic region of murine retroviral protein p15E inhibits stimulated T-lymphocyte proliferation.

Journal Article Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · October 1987 Retroviral envelope protein p15E and antigenically related proteins have been implicated as potential mediators of immune dysfunction associated with retroviral infections and with neoplasia. Due to its extreme hydrophobicity, purified p15E has not been av ... Full text Link to item Cite