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Five years after receiving her diagnoses of psoriasis and palmoplantar pustulosis, the patient developed psoriatic arthritis with enthesitis. With the advent of targeted pharmacological therapies, patients and physicians have found new hope for conditions previously recalcitrant to conventional therapies. We propose tofacitinib as a therapy for treatment-refractory patients. [Extracted from the article]

A case of a 15‐year‐old male patient with a 3‐year history of linear, segmental amyopathic dermatomyositis with calcinosis cutis is presented. The calcinosis was recalcitrant to treatment with topical steroids and hydroxychloroquine. Topical 10% sodium thiosulfate use for 8 weeks resulted in improvement. The use of topical sodium thiosulfate for patients in whom surgical extraction is not an option is detailed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]