Bronzed Skin Successfully Treated

Adult staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome successfully treated with plasma exchange.

Acanthamoeba keratitis successfully treated medically.

The first medical cure of a corneal infection due to an Acanthamoeba species is reported. The 44-year-old patient developed a suppurative keratitis associated with an epithelial defect, hypopyon, and secondary glaucoma. Acanthamoeba was confirmed as the causative agent four months after presentation when positive cultures were obtained from the cornea and from the conjunctiva. Sensitivity studi...

Skin Abnormalities in CHILD Syndrome Successfully Treated with Pathogenesis-based Therapy.

A case of venous gangrene, treated successfully with thrombolytic therapy and skin grafting.

Venous gangrene is a rare condition. We report a case of venous gangrene, treated successfully with thrombolytic therapy and subsequently by skin grafting.

Recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the skin treated successfully with single agent cetuximab therapy

Recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the skin is a rare but difficult to treat condition. Frequently, the disease presents itself in elderly patients with poor performance status and bearing many comorbidities, thus the decision to administer systemic chemotherapy becomes difficult to make. In addition, current chemotherapeutic protocols response rates are far from satisfactory. Recently cetuxi...