Lifestyle potential against recurrent intraoral herpes recurrence rate: a case series

Treatment of recurrent genital Herpes with Imiquimod: A case report

In this report, a 32 year-old patient is reported who was suffering from recurrent genital herpes for 3 years and her disease could not be controlled with conventional treatment methods. But, application of Imiquimod 5% cream, 3 times a week for 3 months, proved very effective with no recurrence for up to 7 months. Since recurrent genital herpes is the result of some immunologic dysfunctions ca...

Recurrence Rate of Melanoma in Situ when Treated with Serial Disk Staged Excision: A Case Series

BACKGROUND Cutaneous melanoma is one of the fastest rising cancer diagnoses in recent years. Melanoma in situ (MIS) constitutes a large proportion of all diagnosed melanomas. While surgical excision is considered the standard of therapy, the literature is not clear on which surgical technique minimizes local recurrence. A common technique is serial staged excision (SSE), in which a series of ma...

Does psychiatric illness affect the recurrence rate of genital herpes?

The progress of 58 patients with first attacks of genital herpes was monitored for up to 30 weeks. The effects of sex (gender), age, social class, and non-psychotic psychiatric illness (as measured by the "general health questionnaire," GHQ) on the recurrence rate of herpes was studied. The recurrence rates, measured by the actuarial percentage recurrence-free curves, showed that the 29 patient...

Intraoral Scwannoma - a Case

Benign nerve cell tumors include schwannoma, which rarely has an intraoral presentation. Schwannoma is a relatively uncommon, slow-growing benign tumor that is derived apparently from the schwann cells. It's an asymptomatic tumor which may sometimes present with pain. The tongue is the most common site, followed by palate, floor of mouth, buccal mucosa, lips, and jaws. Usually it is a solitary ...

Application of Plasma Exchange in Patients with History of Unexplained Recurrent Abortion: A Case Series