Cellular grafts in management of leucoderma

Leucoderma

Leucoderma in early syphilis.

CASE 1 A 25-year-old man first noticed depigmented lesions on the face and neck; a few days later he developed asymptomatic erythematous papular and scaly lesions over the trunk and extremities, and moist papular lesions on the scrotal skin. Two weeks later when he reported to us, some of the trunk lesions had also become depigmented. Four months earlier after an extramarital sexual exposure, t...

A Comparison of Interposition and Femoropopliteal Bypass Grafts in the Management of Popliteal Artery Trauma

Background: Peripheral vascular injury associated with lower limb trauma is a well-known emergency. The experience for the management of popliteal artery trauma have mainly come from managing the traumas of military personnels during Iran-Iraq war. The present study compared the effects of two currently-used surgical techniques in the management of popliteal trauma, namley femoropopliteal bypas...

Treatment for Leucoderma

Ultra-Violet Therapy in Cases of Leucoderma

The normal skin is from 0.5 to 10 millimetres thick, varying from place to place in the body, and consists of two layers, the epidermis and the dermis. The more superficial layer of the skin is the avascular epidermis which consists of stratified epithelium accurately moulded on the papillae of the corium , or true skinThe lowest or the deepest layer of the epidermis is known as the basal layer...