Dr. Klaus F Helm MD
Dermapathologist | Dermatopathology
500 University Dr Hershey PA, 17033About
Dr. Klaus Helm practices Dermatopathology in Hershey, PA. Dermatopathology is a medical specialty that focuses on dermatology and pathology, and involves the diagnosis of various diseases of the skin, hair, and nails by looking at cutaneous diseases at a microscopic and molecular level. By revealing the histology of diseases and results from a specific diagnostic interpretation, Dr. Helm is able to analyze the potential causes of skin diseases at a basic level.
Education and Training
Univ of Rochester Sch of Med & Dentistry, Rochester Ny 1985
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1985
Board Certification
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD- Clinical & Laboratory Dermatological Immunology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cytokeratin 20: a marker for diagnosing Merkel cell carcinoma.
- Chemotherapy-induced inflammation in seborrheic keratoses mimicking disseminated herpes zoster.
- Rapidly growing squamous cell carcinoma.
- Pemphigus foliaceus successfully treated with mycophenolate mofetil as a steroid-sparing agent.
- Inexpensive digital photography in clinical dermatology and dermatologic surgery.
- Spiny keratoderma.
- Poromas of the head and neck.
- Myxoid melanoma: immunohistochemical studies and a review of the literature.
- The significance of tumor persistence after incomplete excision of basal cell carcinoma.
- CADASIL: blood test versus skin biopsy?
- Multiple familial trichoepitheliomas: a folliculosebaceous-apocrine genodermatosis.
- Alopecia mucinosa: report of a case and review.
- Case reports and a review of the literature on ulcers mimicking pyoderma gangrenosum.
- Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome associated with lymphomatoid papulosis.
- Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma with loss of CD20 immunoreactivity after rituximab therapy.
Treatments
- Melanoma
- Eczema
- Dermatitis
- Moles
- Actinic Keratosis
- Skin Cancer
- Birthmark
- Contact Dermatitis
- Seborrheic Keratosis
- Lipoma
- Sebaceous Cyst
- Natural Hormone Balancing
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