background: one approach for prevention of cutaneous leishmaniasis is creation of a barrier between the insect vector (phlebotomus) and the host.  many, but not all, researchers claim that permethrin-impregnated uniforms are effective for prevention of cutaneous leishmaniasis.  we determined the efficacy of permethrin-impregnated uniforms for prevention of cutaneous leishmaniasis among iranian ...

background: cutaneous malignancies are common in dermatologic practice. due to their relation to sun exposure the characteristics of these malignancies can differ in various geographic locations. this study intends to determine the characteristics of surgically treated cutaneous malignancies and various surgical modalities that have been applied. methods: this was a retrospective study of patie...

Background: Cutaneous drug reaction is a common side effect of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). In recent years, a significant increase in cases of cutaneous drug reaction due to AEDs and some changes in its pattern in our department have been noticed. Therefore, we carried out this study to present clinical and paraclinical characteristics of these cases. Methods: All records of patients who were h...

Introduction: Cutaneous leishmaniasis can lead to the loss of time, labor force, significant treatment costs and psychological problems. Also, cutaneous leishmaniasis is considered as an important health problem in Iran. This study was aimed to investigat the status of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Dashtestan district. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional and descriptive-correlational...

Background: Cutaneous lymphomas are monoclonal neoplastic proliferations of immune cells most frequently T or B cells that infiltrates skin. Development of new diagnostic methods, particularly those for immunophenotyping, have substantially changed classification of these neoplasms. These reasons prompted us to perform this study. Objective: To re-classify cutaneous lymphomas and pseudoly...

The incidence of primary cutaneous lymphomas in the European Union reaches 1/100 000 per year. Primary cutaneous lymphomas originate in the skin and they are restricted to the skin. Secondary cutaneous lymphomas are manifestations of lymphomas of nodal or extranodal origin. Primary cutaneous lymphomas include various lymphoproliferative disorders: 65% are cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL), 25% ...

Background: Cutaneous metastases were reported in 18.6-26.5% of breast cancer patients. Zosteriform cutaneous metastasis is an unusual and rare morphological variant. Clinicians, especially dermatovenereologists, should consider dermatomal oncology patients aside from herpes zoster, which common this population.

background: the presence of noncutaneous neoplasms does not seem to increase the risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma; however, it seems to be associated with the development of other hematological, brain, breast, uterine, and prostatic neoplasms. an ecological transversal study was conducted to study the geographic association between cutaneous malignant melanoma and 24 localizations of cancer...

conclusions l. major is the main species responsible for cutaneous leishmsniasis in four geographical regions of khuzestan province southwestern of iran and nested pcr can be used for diagnosis and leishmania species identification. results 138 (94.5%) out of 146 cases of four regions were l. major and 8(5.5%) were l. tropica. 57.97% of l. major cases were male and 42.03% were female. 87.5% of ...

background: cutaneous leishmaniasis is a neglected parasitic disease, which imposes massive human distress and financial costs to the endemic countries. better understanding of host immune response to the parasite leads to helpful strategies for disease control. interleukin (il)-10 and transforming growth factor (tgf)-β are important immune regulatory cytokines, which appear to develop non-heal...