Chemotherapy drugs can affect the skin and its appendages. Several clinical presentations can be observed, depending on the affected structure. The most common dermatological side effect is chromonychia. The main causative agents are: (1) cyclophosphamide, which can provoke a diffuse, black pigmentation, longitudinal striae and dark grey pigmentation located proximally on the nails; (2) doxorub...

PURPOSE To report four cases of corneal interface complications that occurred after excimer laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). METHODS Four eyes of three patients underwent technically uneventful LASIK. RESULTS One day after LASIK, patients presented with severe pain, blurred vision, conjunctival infection, and diffuse opacity at the interface. Two days after LASIK, significant features ...

OBJECTIVE To identify unsupervised anabolic steroid regimens used by athletes. METHODS 100 athletes attending four gymnasia were surveyed using an anonymous self administered questionnaire. RESULTS Anabolic steroid doses ranged from 250 to 3200 mg per week and users combined different drugs to achieve these doses. Injectable and oral preparations were used in cycles lasting four to 12 weeks...

Skin ailments are the third most common disease in developing countries and modern society it is a subject of sociomedical importance. One such ailment associated with pregnancy Kikkisa (Striae gravidarum). gravidarum) Garbhini Vyadhi which occurs mostly Sapta Masa Kala (7th month pregnancy). It condition where growing foetus enlarges Garbhashaya displaces Doshas Vata, Pitta Kapha upwards, reac...

Linear focal elastosis (LFE) is characterized by several asymptomatic, yellow, palpable, irregularly indurated, striae-like lines extending horizontally across the middle and lower back. A focal increase in elastic fibers is a hallmark of the disease as seen from biopsy specimens. The pathogenesis of LFE is unclear, as is the association between LFE and striae distensae (SD). However, the preva...

Carcinoid tumors are neuroendocrine tumors that mainly arise in the gastrointestinal tract, lungs, and bronchi. Bronchopulmonary carcinoids have been associated with Cushing syndrome, which results from ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) secretion. We report the case of a 65-year-old man, a colonel in the US Air Force, with metastatic bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumors treated on a clin...

Throughout pregnancy, the body undergoes a variety of physiologic changes. The cutaneous findings can be most noticeable and often worrisome to both physicians and patients. Obstetricians and dermatologists must be able to differentiate between changes that are benign and those that may be pathologic. Most physicians recognize benign changes that are commonly described in literature such as hyp...