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Objective@#To evaluate the perspective of healthcare professionals towards the 2019 European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) vaccination guideline in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIIRD). @*Methods@#Healthcare professionals who care for patients with AIIRD were invited to participate in an online survey regarding their perspective on the 2019 update of the EULAR recommendations for vaccination in adult patients with AIIRD. Level of agreement and implementation of the 6 overarching principles and 9 recommendations were rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1~5). @*Results@#Survey responses of 371 healthcare professionals from Asia (42.2%) and North America (41.6%), Europe (13.8%), and other countries were analyzed. Only 16.3% of participants rated their familiarity with the 2019 EULAR guideline as 5/5 (“very well”). There was a high agreement (≥4/5 rating) with the overarching principles, except for the principles applying to liveattenuated vaccines. There was a high level of agreement with the recommendations regarding influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations; implementation of these recommendations was also high. Participants also reported a high level of agreement with the remaining recommendations but did not routinely implement these recommendations. @*Conclusion@#The 2019 update of EULAR recommendations for the vaccination of adult patients with AIIRD is generally thought to be important by healthcare professionals, although implementation of adequate vaccination is often lacking. Better education of healthcare providers may be important to optimize the vaccination coverage for patients with AIIRD.
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Circumscribed palmar or plantar hypokeratosis is a rare disease that is characterized by a well-circumscribed, erythematous depressed macule or patch on the palm or sole. It usually presents as an asymptomatic, solitary lesion in middle-aged or elderly women. The characteristic histopathological finding is a sharp stair-like alteration between involved and uninvolved skin with a markedly thinner horny layer and slightly decreased granular layer compared with adjacent normal skin. Herein we report a case of circumscribed palmar hypokeratosis and review the literature.
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Aged , Female , Humans , Rare Diseases , SkinABSTRACT
Mastocytosis is an uncommon disease characterized by an abnormal accumulation of mast cells in a variety of tissues, most commonly, in the skin. It may mimic other conditions because of numerous signs and symptoms produced by mast cell mediators. We report a case of an unusual manifestation of cutaneous mastocytosis in a 7-year-old girl who had hypertrophy and periodic swelling of the left labia majora with urticaria pigmentosa.