this case report states a 25-year-old woman, residing in the city of dezfool, khuzestan province, south of iran with the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in june 2008. her skin lesion had de­veloped from 8 months earlier as a nodule on her left arm, 1×3 cm in diameter. because of sever­ity of the lesion, we prescribed meglumine antimoniate intralesionally with giving up her breast feeding. ...

introduction: osteoma is a benign tumor rarely found in the paranasal sinuses.   case report: a 30-year-old female presented with an 8-month history of proptosis of the right eye that was progressing slowly. she was diagnosed with ethmoid osteoma and managed with collaborative surgery at the ophthalmology and otolaryngology departments. after surgery, the patient suffered visual loss that was m...

introduction : although many techniques have been described for reconstruction of the giant omphalocele, we present a simple , effective and safe new technique. materials and methods: we have studied 11 neonates with giant omphalocele that were treated by a new technique, umbrella repair, in sarvar pediatric hospital of mashhad, iran. in this new technique we released the skin around the omphal...

verrucous carcinoma is a unique clinical and pathological entity which has been recognised in the recent years. it is a variant of well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma which may occur in the larynx; other anatomic locations such as: the oral cavity, anogenital region, and skin may be involved. it accounts for 1-2% of all laryngeal cancers. the clinical, histopathological and biologic fea...

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We describe two patients with multiple epidermolytic acanthomas on the scrotum initially referred to our clinic as genital warts. Both patients presented with multiple tan-colored warty papules scattered on the scrotal skin. Biopsy revealed hyperkeratosis, hypergranulosis, and clear cell changes consistent with epidermolytic acanthoma. Human papillomavirus was not detected and the lesions clear...

The Papillomaviruses are DNA viruses which belong to the Papova family, having a great affinity for epithelial tissue. They can produce proliferative lesions either in the skin or mucosa, either in man or other animals. Various kinds of lesions, mainly benign, are caused by numerous types of human papillomavirus (HPV) involving the well-known verruca vulgaris, respiratory laryngeal papillomatos...

Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are prevalent pathogens of mucosal and cutaneous epithelia. Productive infections of squamous epithelia lead to benign hyperproliferative warts, condylomata, or papillomas. Persistent infections of the anogenital mucosa by high-risk HPV genotypes 16 and 18 and closely related types can infrequently progress to high-grade intraepithelial neoplasias, carcinomas-in-si...