Treatment of Skin Disease

Mucous membrane pemphigoid

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP), formerly called cicatricial pemphigoid (CP), is…

Mucoceles

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Oral mucoceles fall into two categories: the mucous extravasation cyst…

Morphea

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Morphea, or localized scleroderma, is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder that…

Molluscum contagiosum

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Molluscum contagiosum (MC), a DNA poxvirus, is a cutaneous infection…

Miliaria

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Miliaria is a benign, transient disorder caused by occlusion and…

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria have developed resistance to β-lactam…

Merkel cell carcinoma

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Introduction First described by Toker in 1972, Merkel cell carcinoma…

Melasma

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Melasma is an acquired hypermelanosis that most commonly affects females…

Mastocytoses

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image The mastocytoses are a group of disorders of clonal mast…

Malignant melanoma

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Melanoma remains the leading cause of mortality among all cutaneous…