BACKGROUND Hypertrophic scars affect 1.5% to 4.5% of the general population and remain notoriously difficult to eradicate because of the high recurrence rates and the incidence of side effects associated with treatment. Pulsed dye laser (PDL) treatment and intralesional corticosteroids have individually been reported to be effective in reducing hypertrophic scar bulk and symptoms. OBJECTIVE T...

BACKGROUND Medical treatment of esophageal strictures in horses is limited and the use of balloon dilatation is described in few cases. Long-term follow up after balloon dilatation and the use of intralesional corticosteroids has not been evaluated. OBJECTIVES To describe the use of endoscopic guided, esophageal balloon dilatation in horses for cervical and thoracic esophageal strictures and ...

PURPOSE To investigate the efficacy of intralesional 20% aspirin injection for treatment of experimental peritoneal endometriosis. METHODS Peritoneal endometriosis was experimentally induced in forty adult nulligravid female rabbits. On day 30 post-endometriosis induction, rabbits were randomly divided to assess early (10 days) and late (20 days) effects of intralesional injection of physiolo...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of intralesional triamcinolone and topical betamethasone in the management of localized alopecia areata. STUDY DESIGN A randomized trial. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Dermatology OPD, PNS Shifa Hospital, Karachi, from January to June 2013. METHODOLOGY Patients aged 18 - 50 years with localized alopecia areata were included in the study. Exclusion criteria ...

BACKGROUND Alopecia areata of the eyebrows can be difficult to treat. Intralesional triamcinolone or potent topical steroids are considered the mainstay of medical therapy. This case illustrates the results of an experimental hair transplant to the eyebrows following years of modest response to intralesional triamcinolone. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to ascertain the benefits of a hai...

IMPORTANCE Oral lesions of pemphigus vulgaris are usually recalcitrant and respond slowly to treatments. Corticosteroid injection is considered to be the most effective local treatment in oral pemphigus vulgaris. However, intralesional corticosteroids are not effective in all remnant lesions. In 3 such patients with pemphigus vulgaris, we evaluated the utility of 2 injections (on days 1 and 15)...

OBJECTIVE To assess the usefulness of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in differentiating malignant from benign gallbladder (GB) diseases. METHODS This study had institutional review board approval. 192 patients with GB diseases from 9 university hospitals were studied. After intravenous bonus injection of a phospholipid-stabilized shell microbubble contrast agent, lesions were scanned wit...

This is a prospective clinical study of 46 ear keloids in 31 patients (with a mean follow-up of 18 months) treated from January 2006 to December 2006 at The Queen Elizabeth Public Hospital, Barbados, West Indies by a single surgeon. The mean age is 21.9 years (range 3-66 years). Seven out of 46 lesions were recurrent lesions following previous surgery. All the lesions were excised surgically (e...

INTRODUCTION The appearance of vascular anomalies in the orofacial area is a common condition, which represents about 50% of these malformations. Traditional treatment approach, such as surgery and chemical sclerosis has been given way to a few less-invasive options, as the use of the 810 nm diode laser to induce the sclerosis of the venous malformation by intralesional photocoagulation. OBJE...