DETERMINING the timing of surgery remains a challenge for patients with adenomatous polyposis, an inherited autosomal dominant condition. This abstract was presented by Isabel Martin, St Mark’s Hospital, London, UK, at UEG Week Virtual, who noted: “Ideally intervention takes place before cancer is diagnosed, as afterwards the outcomes are very poor.” Upper gastrointestinal endoscopic surveillance was recommended following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) or pancreas-sparing duodenectomy (PSD). This review is of importance in a field where long-term data is lacking.

A number of misconceptions prevail in nail melanoma. This short essay tries to clarify some of these issues.

Interviewing Peter Lio, Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Since December 2019, the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) from Wuhan, China, has been the aetiological agent of COVID-19 disease, an infectious disease that has evolved into a global pandemic.1 Androgenetic alopecia (AGA), the most common type of alopecia,2 is an androgen-dependent condition, the main androgen responsible for the follicular pathology being dihydrotestosterone.3

One year after the identification of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in Wuhan, China, and the outbreak of the virus worldwide, the pandemic state persists, and the management of COVID-19 remains burdensome, with the number of people infected daily increasing progressively in most countries and the death rate being alarmingly elevated.1

An interview with Roxana Daneshjou, Clinical Scholar of Dermatology, Stanford University, California, USA.

During the COVID-19 outbreak, many countries imposed restrictive measures that resulted in unprecedented modifications in healthcare services.1 In several countries, including Greece, most of the public hospitals were practically transformed into COVID-19 units. In addition, public and health authorities repeatedly advised the population to avoid visiting hospitals during the pandemic outbreak. Moreover, social and sexual behaviour dramatically altered as a result of the strict social distancing measures.

Leishmaniasis is a widespread protozoan zoonosis transmitted by sandflies that can cause a wide range of clinical manifestations. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is the most common form, usually presenting as a small papule on an exposed skin area that enlarges and finally ulcerates. Therapies for CL are limited, and the systemic treatments available are hampered by toxicity and parasite resistance. As an alternative, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been reported to be a safe and effective treatment for CL.1,2

THE EUROPEAN Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting is the largest international annual conference on diabetes research worldwide. Founded in 1965,

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), defined as hyperglycaemia during pregnancy, is associated with an increased future offspring risk of insulin resistance and obesity later in life