Three Cases of Burn Injury Due to Topical Ranunculus Use

Phytocontact dermatitis due to Ranunculus arvensis mimicking burn injury: report of three cases and literature review

Ranunculus arvensis (corn buttercup) is a plant species of the genus Ranunculus that is frequently used in the Far East to treat rheumatic diseases and several dermatological disorders. In Turkey, the plant is seen in the eastern and southeastern Anatolian highlands, which are underdeveloped areas of the country. Herein, we report three patients who used Ranunculus arvensis for the treatment of...

Three Cases of Toxæmia Due to Ascariasis

An unusual mechanism of burn injury due to flaming drinks.

Bars and cocktail lounges serve various forms of flaming drinks, usually made with very high-proof alcohol. The drinks are lit and then served. If additional alcohol from the bottle is added to a still-burning drink, flames may spread up the stream of alcohol into the bottle and cause a flash of flame out the bottle's neck. Injuries can require grafting. Three cases are reported. A 32-year-old ...

Effect of Topical Platelet-Rich Plasma on Burn Healing After Partial-Thickness Burn Injury

BACKGROUND To investigate the effects of platelet-rich plasma on tissue maturation and burn healing in an experimental partial-thickness burn injury model. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty Wistar albino rats were divided into 3 groups of 10 rats each. Group 1 (platelet-rich plasma group) was exposed to burn injury and topical platelet-rich plasma was applied. Group 2 (control group) was exposed to b...

[Three cases of panniculitis due to Mycobacterium abscessus after mesotherapy].

In February 2009, we diagnosed 3 patients with postmesotherapy infectious granulomatous panniculitis caused by Mycobact er ium abscessus. Epidemiological research led to the discovery of 12 more cases among 77 patients who had received mesotherapy for cellulitis in the same clinic, and identified contaminated injectable ampules as a possible source of infection. The cases are presented in Table...