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Background: Contagious ecthyma or orf is a poxviral disease of goat and sheep, with incidental infection appearing in humans, cows, camels, and many wild ruminants, and very rarely in dogs. Case description: In the present paper was described gross morphology and histopathology of contagious ecthyma in a dog with a large ulcerated cutaneous mass in the neck (under the collar) which was ma...

conclusions a higher number of bacterial flora was found in the bodybuilders particularly those using aas in comparison to the controls, which might be due to the influence of these aas on the skin microflora and transmission of the bacteria through the direct contact of the naked skin with the exercise instruments. background anabolic-androgenic steroids (aas) abuse by the athletes has dramati...

Skin tags are skin-colored, asymptomatic, pedunculated lesions located at the neck, axillae or groin. It affects any age, including infants. We report a 60-year-old Iranian woman with a giant pedunculated skin tag on the left thigh for 10 years. It measured 10 cm in length and 7 cm in width, distally.

Abstract Advocates of skin protection against blue light express concern about exposure to indoor lighting and electronic screens as well natural outdoor exposure. However, the nature adverse effects in is unclear doses induce are unknown. We aimed reveal whether there a scientific basis for promoting violet-blue (400–500 nm, VBL). Based on published literature, we determined time reach thresho...

abstract background: psoriasis is a chronic proliferative condition of the skin. its accurate pathogenesis has not been known yet, but interactions between genes and environmental factors have been implicated in its initiation. the role of malassezia in psoriasis is still undetermined, but several reports have associated these lipophilic yeasts with the development of skin lesions in psoriasis....

Results: Response of skin warty lesions to treatment with intralesional 5-FU was as following: complete response was seen in 200 (80.0 %), partial response was seen in 37 (14.8 %) of cases and no response was recorded in 13 (5.2 %) of cases. There was no significant association between size of warty lesion and response to intralesional 5-FU (p = 0.154), but there was significant association bet...

a 3-month-old male red fox that was in contact with a persian cat referred to the small animal hospital, faculty of veterinary medicine, university of tehran with multi-focal circular non-pruritic skin lesions and hair loss mainly on the head and extremities. a complete series of dermatologic tests such as wood’s light examination, direct microscopic examination, and fungal culture were perform...