with unique immuno-histochemical features, and it can arise from the arm, thigh, leg, chest wall, and buttock (1-6). The histogenesis of parachordoma is still controversial. These tumors display a slow growing nature, but they also show locally destructive growth. After surgery, local recurrence has been reported in some cases (1, 2). We report the imaging features of histologically confirmed p...

Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria; State Clinic of Dermatology, Hospital of Skin and Venereal Diseases, Thessaloniki, Greece; Dermatology Center, Nemours, France; and Clinic of Dermatovenerology, Clinical Center of Nis, Medical Faculty, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia E-mail: [email protected] Conflict of interest: none declared. Accepted for publication 27 De...

Cellulitis and cutaneous abscess are the most common skin soft tissue infections (SSTI), accounting for 4 million emergency department (ED) visits 1.5 incision drainage (I&D) procedures. Ultrasound (US) may differentiate cellulitis from more accurately than clinical evaluation reduces inappropriate I&D procedures, unnecessary antibiotics, failure to resolve post-drainage. However, there current...

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A 33–year-old woman was visited at the dermatological clinic of Loghman-e-Hakim Hospital with multiple hypopigmented patches on her right arm, buttocks and flanks. Her lesions developed over the past year with no regression. Lesions were resistant to multiple antifungal therapies. Clinical examination revealed multiple circular or oval patches on the right arm, flank and sacral area. There was ...

A particularly nasty husband might hit his wife with the sharp edge of a machete or axe or shoot a barbed arrow into some nonvital area, such as the buttocks or the leg. Another brutal punishment is to hold the glowing end of a piece of firewood against the wife's body, producing painful and serious burns. Normally, however, the husband's reprimands are consistent with the perceived seriousness...

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