CONTENTS
NEWS
10 Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
24 West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
26 West Virginia University School of Medicine
SCIENTIFIC
12 Temporal Trends in Melanoma Mortality in West Virginia, 1999-2023
16 Refractory syringomyelia with thoracic arachnoid scarring, presenting six years after subarachnoid hemorrhage: a case report
20 Cutaneous Clues to Lung Cancer: Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis as a Paraneoplastic Syndrome in Adenocarcinoma of the Lung
INSIDE WVSMA
6 Editor’ s Letter: Medical Student Editors: A 2026 Update
8 Message from the President
28 West Virginia State Medical Association Manuscript Guidelines
* The research included in any editorial labeled“ News” has not been peer reviewed by the West Virginia Medical Journal Publications Committee.