Petechial Purpura on the Lower Legs: A Quiz

Reticular hyperpigmentation on the lower legs.

From The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Castelo-Soccio is from the Department of Pediatrics, Section of Dermatology. The authors report no conflict of interest. Correspondence: Leslie Castelo-Soccio, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Dermatology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3550 Market St, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104 ([email protected]...

Podoconiosis: Tropical Lymphedema of the Lower Legs

An ulcer on the foot: a quiz.

A 51-year-old man was admitted with an ulcer on the plantar surface of the left foot. The ulcer had appeared 3 weeks earlier, during a trip to the Solomon Islands, in the south-west Pacific Ocean, after he was stung by a shellfish while snorkelling near a reef. Twenty minutes after being stung, the patient experienced pruritus and a burning sensation at the site of sting. Five hours later, an a...

Pigmented lesion on the cheek: a quiz.

A white 30-year-old woman presented with a 4-year history of a nodular lesion of the face that appeared to be growing and changing colour. Surgical excision without histolopathoogical examination 3 years previously for the same lesion had resulted in a relapse 3 months later. Physical examination showed a 1.3 cm erythematous, violaceous, multi-lobed tumour, with 2 pigmented satellite nodules on...

the effect of consciousness raising (c-r) on the reduction of translational errors: a case study

در دوره های آموزش ترجمه استادان بیشتر سعی دارند دانشجویان را با انواع متون آشنا سازند، درحالی که کمتر به خطاهای مکرر آنان در متن ترجمه شده می پردازند. اهمیت تحقیق حاضر مبنی بر ارتکاب مکرر خطاهای ترجمانی حتی بعد از گذراندن دوره های تخصصی ترجمه از سوی دانشجویان است. هدف از آن تاکید بر خطاهای رایج میان دانشجویان مترجمی و کاهش این خطاها با افزایش آگاهی و هوشیاری دانشجویان از بروز آنها است.از آنجا ک...