Sealing old plaques, seeding new plaques

A 52-year-old woman with asymptomatic annular erythematous plaques

A 52-year-old woman sought medical attention because of several annular erythematous lesions with central clearing on her body since seven months ago. No pruritus or burning sensations were noted. Her medical and family history was unremarkable. Her Fitzpatrick skin photo-type was II. On dermatological physical examination, there were several annular erythematous plaques with raised borders and...

Pleural plaques.

A 12 years old boy with erythematous hyperkeratotic plaques on the palms and soles

A 12 years old boy, diagnosed with psoriasis since childhoodwas referred to the dermatology clinic of Aleppo UniversityHospital,Syria with the chief complaint of erythematoushyperkeratotic lesions on the palms and soles.

Monte Carlo simulation of two 106Ru eye plaques in a new mathematical human eye model

  BEBIG Ruthenium-106 ophthalmic plaques have been used for treatment of uveal melanoma, retinoblastoma, melanoma of the iris and other special applications for many years. The plaques consist of a thin film of 106Ru, a beta emitter, encapsulated in pure silver. The present work proposes a new mathematical eye model for ophthalmic brachytherapy dosimetry. This new mod...

Plaques sclérales séniles

Nous rapportons le cas d'une femme âgée de 75 ans, hypertendue sous traitement, pseudophake au niveau de l'œil droit, cataracte de l'œil gauche et chez qui l'examen ophtalmologique décèle de façon bilatérale et symétrique des zones de dépression sclérale de couleur grisâtre située en avant de l'insertion des deux muscles droits internes. La plaque sclérale est le résultat d'une dégénérescence d...