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aplasia cutis congenita is a rare anomaly presenting with the absence of skin. no definite etiology is available. the most common site is the scalp. we present an instance with acc occurring symmetrically in both sides of the body from chest to flank.

Fifty eight (16%) of the 362 patients, who reported to Dermatology and STD Department with symptoms pertaining to their genitourinary system were below 14 years of age. Fifty four (93.1%) of these children belonged to families of lower socio-economic strata. All the children were slum dwellers and none of them had studied beyond the third class. Syphilis was seen in 27.6%, gonorrhea in 24.1%, c...

The external application of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) in photodynamic therapy (PDT) results in a shallow penetration depth in thick or extensive condylomata acuminata (CA) lesions, thus demonstrating a poor therapeutic effect for those patients. To compare the efficacy of needle-free injection with external application of ALA in PDT for the treatment of CA, 160 CA patients with thick or exten...

A rare case of extensive lesions of secondary syphilis of varied morphology is presented. The predominant lesions were of conyloma lata, which were present on neck, axillae, inguinal folds, and inner thighs.

giant cell fibroma (gcf) was described as a new entity of fibrous hyperplastic soft tissue. it seems that stimulus from an unexplained origin can have a role in its etiology. histopathologically gcf is consisted of multinucleated fibroblasts that have oval shape nuclei within the eosinophilic cytoplasm. surgical excision is the treatment of choice and recurrence is very rare. here we report a c...

Giant cell glioblastoma is an extremely rare variant of Glioblastoma (WHO grade IV) which is characterized by a predominance of bizarre, multinucleated giant cells. These tumors comprise of 0.8% of brain tumors and up to 5% of glioblastomas. In pediatric age group, these tumors are still uncommon with only around 53 published cases since 1952. Here, we report a case of a 12-year old female pat...

the aim of this article is to present a new technique of giant omphaloceles repair in neonatal period and also later in life in patients that the primary repair has been failed. from 1999 to 2006, seven consecutive children (male/female ratio 0.4) with giant omphalocele (n=6) and gastroschesis (n=2) were underwent this new operation in our center. in this technique, there were two operations. t...

Condyloma acuminata represents an epidermal manifestation, associated with the epidermotropic human papillomavirus (HPV). They have been reported as the most common sexually transmitted disease, with prevalence exceeding 50%, increased up to 4 times, within the last two decades, as the most common side of affection are the penis, vulva, vagina, cervix, perineum, and perianal area, with increase...