LEPROSY AND CONGENITAL SYMMETRICAL KERATODERMIA

Keratodermia Blenorrhagica

The cutaneous eruptions which follow on gonococcal infection were first mentioned by Pedoux in 1872, and may be divided into five main groups: (1) Gonococcal Ulcers; (2) Erethema; (3) Urticaria; (4) Haemorrhage and Bullous Dermatitis; (5) Hyperkeratosis. With the exception of the first group all are toxic manifestations, and occur only in very severe cases of infection, and often with an associ...

Bilaterally symmetrical congenital absence of radial artery: a case report

BACKGROUND The radial artery is used for the access of coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention, as well as for coronary artery bypass surgery. Variations of upper limb arteries are common, however, congenital absence of radial artery is scarce, and most cases were unilateral radial artery absence. CASE PRESENTATION During a coronary angiography of a 43-year-old man, we enc...

Keratodermia blennorrhagica and mucocutaneous manifestations of Reiter's syndrome.

Keratodermia Blennorrhagica. A Brief Review and Report of a Case

Leprosy and its Removal until 2000

از قدیم ترین ایام و در هر فرهنگی، جذام همواره چشم اندازی از وحشت و افسون بوده است. در هیچ مورد دیگری، بیمار را زنده به گور نکرده اند، او را بسته بر ستون نسوزانده اند و یا با زنگوله و شمعی در دست ، از شهرها اخراج نکرده اند. بدآموزیها، ترس، جهل و اعتقادات خرافی موجب شده است که جذام بیش از هر بلای دیگری، در میان مردم وحشت و هراس ایجاد کند.