Alleviating a Nomad's Anguish: Successful Treatment of a Case of Leg Mycetoma—A Case Report

A CASE REPORT OF MADUROMYCOSIS (PSEUDALLESCHERIA BOYDII) INFECTION TREATED WITH KETOCONAZOLE

A case of mycetoma of the arm caused by Pseudallescheria boydii in a 56- year-old woman is described. Response to oral administration of ketoconazole was successful.

Actinomycotic Mycetoma: Report of 4 cases from Khuzestan province

Mycetoma is a chronic, progressive, and destructive disease primarily caused by actinomycetes. This is a report of 4 cases of actinomycotic mycetomas studied in our hospital during the last five years. The patients included 2 men, 56 and 42 years old, and 2 women, 31 and 52 years old, from Khuzestan province located in the south west of Iran. Clinically all patients presented with mycetoma synd...

Experimental Treatment of a Suspected Case of Mycetoma Based on Dot-in-Circle Sign

Successful Treatment of Refractory Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) in a Child, Based on Iranian Traditional Medicine: A Case Report

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a heterogeneous and relatively unknown disease caused by premature immune destruction of red blood cells. While its occurrence is uncommon among children, it is sometimes severe and resistant to treatment. The warm-reactive type contains 70% to 80% of all cases, in which the first-line treatment is considered to be a steroid. Moreover, splenectomy, rituxima...

A case report of successful apexification in mandibular second molar, using cold ceramics”

Background and Aim: Nowadays, in the treatment of necrotic teeth with open apex, based on the availability of bioceramic biomaterials with the ability of calcified tissue induction on cement and bone and periodontal ligament repairment stimulation using these materials has become more acceptable than the traditional calcium hydroxide apexification method. Cold ceramic is one of these bioceramic...