Notice of Retraction

In February 2026, a newly appointed editorial team took over the responsibilities of the journal. In the previous year in September 2025, during the tenure of previous editorial team, the journal received concerns about the scientific and editorial quality of published articles, which led to a multi-layer, double blinded thorough investigation by the newly appointed EIC including the Editorial Board. After the investigation of over 150+ articles published between January 2023 till August 2026, in 12 articles, the editorial team found factual errors in clinical presentation of the data. The articles were published due to oversight in the peer review and editorial process, however the number is less than 10% of the total publications.

However, in light of the above findings, the journal has decided to retract the following articles, upon due communication with each of the respective corresponding authors.

The articles which are identified for retractions are as follows:

• 1.

  Acute graft rejection following bilateral cadaveric hand transplant¹

• 2.

  Non-flexural granulomatous slack skin associated with papules²

• 3.

  A rare case of Sézary syndrome - A diagnostic challenge³

• 4.

  A case of dual pathologies: Kaposi varicelliform eruption superimposed on acrodermatitis enteropathica⁴

• 5.

  Increased risk of fibromyalgia in patients with atopic dermatitis: A nationwide longitudinal study⁵

• 6.

  Efficacy and safety of dupilumab in Chinese patients aged over 60 years with bullous pemphigoid and comorbidities⁶

• 7.

  Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms with toxic epidermal necrolysis like rash in systemic sclerosis and overlapping sjogren’s syndrome: A double trouble triggered by a herbal medicine⁷

• 8.

  Beyond cutaneous xanthogranulomas: Recognising the existence of mixed histiocytosis⁸

• 9.

  Bilateral temporal alopecia in male androgenetic alopecia: An unusual new presentation⁹

• 10.

  Granular C3 dermatosis: A novel entity¹⁰

• 11.

  A novel case of adult xanthogranuloma mimicking keratoacanthoma¹¹

• 12.

  Eruptive lentigines in a child receiving voriconazole after bone marrow transplant¹²

This retraction notice will be linked with each of the above retracted article’s original publication and the original publication will have the corresponding retracted watermark accordingly.

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology is committed to publishing top-notch clinical content and this is an effort towards maintaining the standards of our journal and we would continue with our efforts ahead.

Prof. Sujay Khandpur

Editor in Chief

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology