Traumatic neuroma is a well-known disorder involving peripheral nerves, which occurs following trauma or surgery. The lesion develops most commonly in the soft tissues of the mental foramen area, lower lip and tongue. Intra-osseous lesions arising in jawbones are very uncommon. In this paper, we report a new case of an intra-osseous traumatic neuroma, discovered incidentally on a panoramic radi...

Sir, We read with interest the article by Pandhi et al.,[1] who evaluated the efficacy of azithromycin in pityriasis rosea (PR) and we are not entirely surprised by its failure. In fact, an increasing number of studies using valid methodology have focused on the role of systemic infection with human herpes virus (HHV) 6 and/or 7 as the cause of pityriasis rosea.[2] Hence, azithromycin had only ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To date, reports on the safe and effective laser treatment of disseminated granuloma annulare (GA) are still limited. STUDY DESIGN/PATIENT AND METHODS A 58-year-old Caucasian female with disseminated GA was treated with fractional photothermolysis (FP) using a 1,440-nm Nd:YAG laser. Four lesions on the patient's left upper arm were defined as the "test region" with th...

Søren Ventegodt, MD, MMedSci, EU-MScCAM, Susan Jacobsen, EU-MScCAM and Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc Quality of Life Research Center, Classensgade 11C, 1 sal, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark Research Clinic for Holistic Medicine Nordic School of Holistic Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark Scandinavian Foundation for Holistic Medicine, Sandvika, Norway Interuniversity College, Graz, Austria National ...

Vitiligo is an acquired, idiopathic disease characterized by depigmented macules and patches, with total absence of functional melanocytes within the areas of affected skin. This is a condition that occurs worldwide, with an estimated prevalence of 1% but with reported rates as high as 4% in some countries. Although spontaneous remission may occur, given that the condition is associated with si...

BACKGROUND Klity Creek has become Thailand's first official remediation ordered by the court in 2013, 15 years after the spill of lead (Pb)-contaminated mine tailing into the creek. The Pollution Control Department (PCD) decided to restore the creek through monitored natural recovery (MNR) since 2006 but has not been successful. Interestingly, the most recent remediation plan in 2015 will still...

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) associated with aquaporin-4 antibody (AQP4-Ab) predominantly targets the optic nerve and spinal cord and is characterized by frequent relapses and accrual of irreversible disability. Variations in clinical course may include an initial or predominant involvement in extra spinal/optic nerve locations and a benign course marked by mild attacks and mi...

A male patient developed ocular myasthenia gravis (MG) at the age of 33. He was anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody (anti-AChR Ab) negative. He received cholinesterase blocker for 5 months and went into a complete clinical remission that lasted untreated for 17 years. He relapsed recently with ocular symptoms only. He is now anti-AChR Ab positive and SFEMG is abnormal in a facial muscle. The p...