Dawson Nieves

Pigmented intraepidermal carcinoma is characterized by dermatoscopic dots and structureless areas, including dots in linear arrangement and by coiled vessels. There are no studies describing the dermatoscopic features of pigmented intraepidermal carcinoma on the head and neck. We aim to characterize the clinical and dermatoscopic appearance of…[Read more]

Self-reported fatigue in brain tumor patients was associated with objective measurements of brain activity, specifically the DMN activity related to phasic alertness. This association represents an important step in the development of a biomarker for fatigue in brain tumor patients, and possibly for other patients that suffer from…[Read more]

Approximately 5% of patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) exhibit mild mesangial lesions with acute onset nephrotic syndrome and diffuse foot process effacement representative of minimal change disease (MCD). It is not clear whether these unusual cases of IgAN with MCD (IgAN-MCD) are variant types of IgAN or coincidental deposition of IgA in…[Read more]