results this cross-sectional study included 92 patients (47 male and 45 female) with mean age of 32.1 ± 13.16 years (ranging from nine to 61 years of age). mean duration of vitiligo was 10.84 ± 10.17 years. the most common distribution of the lesions was on the upper limbs (60.8%) and the least was on the genital region (10.8%). positive family history was found in 26 (28.3%) patients. diabetes...

background and purpose: cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is caused by infection with leishmania parasites. standard treatment of cl includes pentavalent antimonials that are currently used in severe cases due to prolonged systemic therapy, high toxicity, complications, low efficacy, and resistance against the drug. therefore, it is necessary to develop new drugs or combination therapy for treatment...

background: to determine the epidemiological status of cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak, isolation and identification of the agent parasite, leishmania , using pcr method in gonbad-e qabus county, north iran, during 2006-2007. methods : data were collected on the prevalence of scars and ulcers over a period of 3 months among 6990 inhabitants of five villages around gonbad-e qabus county, north ...

background rodents play a major role in economic losses and public health problems. these animals are considered as natural reservoir hosts of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl), one of the major health concerns in iran. conclusions the spatial and temporal monitoring of wild rodents will help to predict the potential zoonotic rodent-borne diseases. objectives this research was aimed to stu...

polyclonal anti-thymocyte globulin (atg) is used as an immunosuppressive agent in the treatment of aplastic anemia (aa). serum sickness is a recognized side effect of atg. we observed abnormal skin manifestation in patient with aplastic anemia who had been treated with atg. we conclude that abnormal immune function caused by aplastic anemia and atg and corticosteroids may aggravate the signs of...

background cutaneous leishmaniasis is the most common form of leishmaniasis caused by flagellate protozoa of the genus leishmania transmitted by sand fly bites. old world leishmaniasis is endemic in the mediterranean sea and the neighbouring countries. we believe, that this case is interesting by the fact that we had a very rear disease case that can be observed in nonendemic area. we present a...

conclusions torghabeh - shandiz district with a rural texture is endemic for anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (acl). further studies are recommended to discover the vectors and probable reservoirs in these areas. results of 164 samples obtained from the skin lesions of the patients referred to the torghabe - shandiz health centers, leishmania dna was isolated from 136 smears by pcr method....

introduction: the topical and intradermal photodynamic therapy (pdt) effect of methylene blue (mb) using light-emitting diode (led) as light source (mb/led-pdt) in the treatment of lesions of american cutaneous leishmaniasis (acl) caused by leishmania braziliensis in hamsters were investigated. methods: hamsters were infected in the footpad with 4×107 promastigotes of l. braziliensis and divide...

background: few reports represent palmar cutaneous nerve neuropathy in the wrist due to a ganglion cyst. case presentation: a 25-year-old female was presented with a mass at volar side of the wrist and hypoesthesia at the base of thenar eminence. at ulrasonographic examination, a simple cyst was detected. sensory response of palmar cutaneous branch of median nerve was absent at the affected sid...

Dear Editor, We would like to discuss on the report on “Zosteriform cutaneous leishmaniasis” [1] Ramot et al. reported that “dermoscopy has proven to be an accessible and easy tool to diagnose such atypical presentation of cutaneous leishmaniasis, and dermatologists in endemic areas should be familiar with its typical dermoscopic features” [1]. In fact, cutaneous leishmaniasis is an important t...