2018
MRI assessment of the thigh musculature in dermatomyositis and healthy subjects using diffusion tensor imaging, intravoxel incoherent motion and dynamic DTI
Sigmund E, Baete S, Luo T, Patel K, Wang D, Rossi I, Duarte A, Bruno M, Mossa D, Femia A, Ramachandran S, Stoffel D, Babb J, Franks A, Bencardino J. MRI assessment of the thigh musculature in dermatomyositis and healthy subjects using diffusion tensor imaging, intravoxel incoherent motion and dynamic DTI. European Radiology 2018, 28: 5304-5315. PMID: 29869178, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-018-5458-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
White fibrous papulosis of the neck.
Schaffer P, Tran K, Kaplan J, Patel R, Kamino H, Ramachandran S, Franks A. White fibrous papulosis of the neck. Dermatology Online Journal 2015, 20 PMID: 25526334, DOI: 10.5070/d32012025054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVegetative pyoderma gangrenosum.
Kim R, Lewin J, Hale C, Meehan S, Stein J, Ramachandran S. Vegetative pyoderma gangrenosum. Dermatology Online Journal 2015, 20 PMID: 25526339, DOI: 10.5070/d32012025060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPyoderma gangrenosumSteroid-sparing immunosuppressantsIgA monoclonal gammopathyPrior surgical siteUrinary protein electrophoresisGangrenosum lesionsIntralesional glucocorticoidsSystemic glucocorticoidsSuperficial variantSystemic diseaseVegetative lesionsMonoclonal gammopathyGangrenosumSurgical siteShort courseLesionsPatientsGlucocorticoidsProtein electrophoresisPrednisoneGammopathyImmunosuppressantsMinocyclineDiseaseDoxycyclineNail lichen planus in a patient with alopecia totalis.
Ginsberg B, Yost J, Lewin J, Hale C, Meehan S, Carucci J, Ramachandran S. Nail lichen planus in a patient with alopecia totalis. Dermatology Online Journal 2015, 20 PMID: 25526340, DOI: 10.5070/d32012025061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLichen planusAlopecia totalisAnti-inflammatory treatmentNail lichen planusNon-scarring alopeciaCommon dermatologic disorderThree-year historyGlucocorticoid injectionHistopathologic featuresUncommon subtypeDermatologic disordersNail matrixPlanusTotalisPatientsBiopsyAlopeciaPathogenesesSubtypesDystrophyNodular amyloidosis.
White F, Shvartsbeyn M, Meehan SA, Ramachandran S. Nodular amyloidosis. Dermatology Online Journal 2015, 21 PMID: 26990345, DOI: 10.5070/d32112029547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNodular amyloidosisSkin biopsy specimenAmorphous eosinophilic materialCongo red stainPrimary cutaneous amyloidosisApple-green birefringenceEight-year historyHyperpigmented plaquesPretibial areaSystemic diseaseBiopsy specimenEosinophilic materialCutaneous amyloidosisRare formSystemic amyloidosisAmyloidosisSmall risk