to review children with kawasaki disease admitted in 17-shahrivar hospital of rasht from 1999 to 2007. we reviewed retrospectively 64 children with kawasaki disease between 1999-2007 admitted in 17-shahrivar hospital of rasht. frequency distributions of variants including age, sex, season, clinical and laboratory manifestations, response to treatment and complications of the patients were abstr...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder with increasing incidence. 30% of diabetic persons have some type of mucocutaneous involvement from trivial to life threatening during the course of their chronic disease. Aims Of The Study:To study the prevalence of mucocutaneous manifestations in Diabetes mellitus in our locality and to analyse the histopathological spectru...

We report a case of segmental neurofibromatosis or type V neurofibromatosis, rare genetic disorder defined by limitation multiple macular cutaneous pigmentations “cafe-au-lait” (CAL) spots and/or neurofibromas to single, unilateral segment the body. A 34-year-old woman presented our Deparment with tender, subcutaneous, palpabale nodules arising from previous episiotomy scar 2 years postpartum. ...

this cross sectional study was carried out between 1993 to 1998 at razi skin hospital, the affiliated dermatology department of tehran university of medical sciences. eight hundred patients receiving etretinate for various skin diseases took part in this study. among them, 457 patients with first admission to dermatologic clinic who had at least four regular sequential visits and responding to ...

A rare chromosome abnormality consisting of interstitial deletion 3q was found in a malformed girl. Chromosome analysis using G and Q banding showed deletion of bands 3q12----3q21: 46,XX,del(3)(pter----q12::q21----qter). The clinical features of the proband included severe psychomotor retardation, craniofacial asymmetry, hypertelorism, epicanthus, high arched palate, progressive scoliosis, mult...

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is characterized by scattered black pigmentations on fingers and lips and multiple polyps in the gastrointestinal tract. Patients with PJS often have severe complications secondary to multiple large polyps. Herein, we present a young woman complicated with a large polyp in her colon without any clinical symptoms. We also emphasized the necessity of early diagnosis a...

Little is known about the use of dermoscopy in skin grafting. We describe the case of a patient with skin grafting and surrounding pigmentation on acral region. The dermoscopic findings were similar to those of benign acral lesions (lattice-like pattern) and reactive pigmentations (fine striae). Histopathology revealed pigment leakage and increased number of melanocytes. It is believed that thi...

Pigmented lesions are frequently found in the oral cavity. Their overlapping clinical features should prompt the physician to carefully evaluate the patient’s medical history for a differential diagnosis. Oral pigmentations may represent physiological changes or be a manifestation of more serious diseases. Here, we describe a patient who was affected by brown maculae involving the perioral regi...

A 1-month-old child presented with cystic hygroma measuring 14 cm x10 cm on the left side of neck. Injection bleomycin was injected into the swelling after aspirating it completely with a wide bore needle. The aspirate was straw colored. The patient was discharged on the next day. At one month follow-up, it was completely regressed with only minor skin pigmentations and redundant skin (Fig 1, 2).