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.
Kymera's Oral STAT6 Degrader KT-621 Shows Biologic-Like Activity in Early Atopic Dermatitis Trial
December 8th 2025KT-621 achieved deep STAT6 degradation and strong 4-week EASI and itch reductions, offering a potential new oral option for moderate–severe AD and other Th2 inflammation-driven disease.