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ReviewArchives of endocrinology and metabolism2025

Clinical dermatoendocrinology: saving lives by looking at the skin.

Cynthia S Barros-Oliveira, Carla R P Oliveira, Bruno de Santana Silva, Ângela C Leal, Roberto Salvatori, Manuel H Aguiar-Oliveira

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Review in Archives of endocrinology and metabolism, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Sweat components as a promising monitoring tool for systemic diseases.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Cynthia S Barros-OliveiraDivisão de Endocrinologia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brasil.ORCID 0009-0001-0264-3718
Carla R P OliveiraDivisão de Endocrinologia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0001-8145-9451
Bruno de Santana SilvaDivisão de Dermatologia, Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brasil.ORCID 0009-0005-3567-4149
Ângela C LealDivisão de Endocrinologia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0002-9503-0549
Roberto SalvatoriDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6495-2244
Manuel H Aguiar-OliveiraDivisão de Endocrinologia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0002-9979-9881

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The separation of the interior from the exterior environment through the skin was fundamental for the evolutionary progression from prevertebrates into vertebrates. The development of the skin also established an internal environment controlled by hormones. The skin is influenced by different hormones; it is also the largest endocrine organ, producing several hormones. Skin inspections often save lives from skin cancer but can also diagnose potentially deadly endocrine diseases. The objectives of this review were to describe the emergence and definition of dermatoendocrinology and to focus on the clinical diagnosis of cutaneous manifestations of endocrine disorders, some of which are potentially fatal. This narrative review was based on a comprehensive search using the term "dermatoendocrinology" since its creation in 2001 in the PubMed® database. Subsequently, a complementary search was performed with combinations of the keywords "skin", "insulin", "diabetes", "thyroid", "adrenal", "sex hormones", "parathyroid hormone", and "growth hormone." A total of 111 articles were included. The cutaneous manifestations of Itabaianinha syndrome (isolated growth hormone deficiency) and five anecdotal cases that enabled life-saving therapeutic measures are reported. The dermatoendocrine conditions described include acanthosis nigricans and androgenetic alopecia (insulin resistance), necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum and granuloma annulare (diabetes), pretibial myxedema (hyperthyroidism), xerosis cutis (hypothyroidism), purple striae and facial plethora (hypercortisolism), hyperpigmentation (primary adrenal insufficiency), dryness and urogenital atrophy (hypoestrogenism), hirsutism and virilization (hyperandrogenism), pruritus and calcium deposition (hyperparathyroidism), thinness, wrinkling, and reduced sweating (growth hormone deficiency), and thick oily skin with excessive sweating (acromegaly). Skin inspection allows the diagnosis of serious endocrinopathies.

Indexed as

Endocrine System DiseasesSkinSkin DiseasesHumansdermatologyendocrinologySkin

Identifiers

PMID41313191
PMCPMC12676688

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