The inheritance of Olmsted syndrome that is a very rare congenital with transgredient palmoplantar keratoderma is distinguished by the presence of massive hyperkeratosis with fissured skin and periorificial chaps. It usually appears during the early life and mostly in male pateints. Herein we report a case of Olmsted syndrome which is associated with ichthyosis and somatic type of delusion duri...

Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Depending on the stage of illness, infection may be limited to the skin or involve the cardiac, nervous and musculoskeletal systems. Herein, we report a case of Lyme disease in a 23-year-old woman from North of Iran (Mazandaran) in early-localized stage of erythema chronicum migrans. The diagnosis was confirmed by the presence of se...

background: as the early and accurate diagnosis of all diseases, including skin disorders directly influences the duration of treatment and its costs, which may be a significant burden, it is very important for physicians to be familiar with all types of diseases, especially those with a higher incidence in population. considering that disease patterns vary from region to region and there is no...

Although much effort has gone into promoting early skin-to-skin contact and parental involvement at vaginal birth, caesarean birth remains entrenched in surgical and resuscitative rituals, which delay parental contact, impair maternal satisfaction and reduce breastfeeding. We describe a 'natural' approach that mimics the situation at vaginal birth by allowing (i) the parents to watch the birth ...

aim: despite the evidence suggesting the positive impact of the immediate mother-newborn skin-to-skin contact (scc), it has not yet been adopted to use for healthy newborn in iran. no study has explained the reasons. this study aimed to survey midwives' opinions about the predisposing factors in scc at birth in tehran hospitals in 2014.method: the samples, in this cross sectional descripti...

introduction: there is a consensus in the literature that sentinel lymph node biopsy is the standard procedure for axillary staging in early stage (i and ii) breast cancer patients. usually during lymphoscintigraphy, the location of the sentinel lymph node is marked on the skin by an indelible ink. in this study we evaluated this issue in our patients. methods: 40 patients with the clinical dia...

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is the causative agent of chytridiomycosis, a fungal skin disease in amphibians and driver of worldwide amphibian declines.We focussed on the early stages of infection by Bd in 3 amphibian species with a differential susceptibility to chytridiomycosis. Skin explants of Alytes muletensis, Litoria caerulea and Xenopus leavis were exposed to Bd in an Ussing cham...

Acral skin is the most prevalent site of malignant melanoma in non-Caucasian populations. On acral skin, other various kinds of pigmented lesions are also detected. Particularly, melanocytic nevus is commonly seen on acral volar skin; approximately 10% of Japanese have a nevus on their soles. Prognosis of acral melanoma is still generally poor because of delayed detection in the advanced stages...