Two young girls present with nearly identical forehead lesions and mild alopecia. Do you recognize these signs? Can you Dx?
Several youths, all younger than age 15 years, present to the acute care clinic over a period of about a year with suprisingly similar signs that include alopecia and a disfiguring mark, like a scar from a slash, on their foreheads. Does this combination sound familiar? In the slides below, Dr Jonathan Schneider presents 2 of these interesting cases from the annals of his decades of practice in pediatric and adolescent medicine.
FDA Approves Guselkumab for Pediatric Plaque Psoriasis and Active Psoriatic Arthritis
September 30th 2025The FDA has approved guselkumab for children aged 6 years and older with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis or active psoriatic arthritis, making it the first IL-23 inhibitor authorized for pediatric use.