This study reports a case of Blastomyces dermatitidis soft tissue infection resulting in a disfiguring lower eyelid ectropion from cicatricial and postinflammatory cutaneous changes. Primary treatment included intravenous amphotericin B followed by long-term oral itraconazole, which resulted in complete remission of the disease without debridement, after which cicatricial ectropion was repaired...

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of ultraviolet (UV) irradiation on human cutaneous cicatrices. In this randomized, controlled study, dermal punch biopsy wounds served as a wound healing model. Wounds healed by primary or second intention and were randomized to postoperative solar UV irradiation or to no UV exposure. Evaluations after 5 and 12 weeks included blinded clinical asse...

incisions taking with it the iris and probably, necessitating further surgical interference in the form of an iridectomv. On the other hand once the conjunctival flap has healed, there is sufficient back pressure on the aqueous in the anterior chamber to prevent its sudden escape through the triangular opening, there is now no danger of the iris prolapsing. As soon as massage has been started i...

INTRODUCTION The plastibell device is used successfully for religious and cultural circumcisions in the community. The aim of this article is to highlight the recognition and management of iatrogenic phimosis. METHODS A retrospective study was performed of outcomes of plastibell circumcision in a community-based circumcision service provided by trained paediatric surgeons. The objective was ...

fant suffering from general convulsions. I found it to be a case of trismus nascentium, occurring suddenly on the fifth day after birth. The child was of normal size, and apparently well nourished. The parents could assign no cause for the accession of the disease. It is to be observed, however, that the house was not well situated (being low down on the side of a hill), that there were ten chi...

" Before this, patient had hardly ever known a day's illness. She is mother of a family of six, all of whom are alive and well. "Patient is a stout, healthy-looking female. Mammae and abdomen show marked signs of multiparity, and abdominal palpation is negative. On inspection of pudenda a red vascular tumour, with smooth unbroken surface, is seen surrounding the urethral orifice. When manipulat...

The term “cicatricial ” contains the Latin root “cicatrix,” which means “scar resulting from the formation and contraction of fibrous tissue.” (1) Historically, dermatologists have used the term cicatricial alopecia to refer to scarring alopecia caused by inflammatory disease processes such as discoid lupus erythematosus, lichen planopilaris, pseudopalade, etc. In the field of hair transplantat...

Numerous treatment modalities have been used to treat keloids and hypertrophic scars, but optimal treatment has not yet been established. The failure of achieving better therapeutic results in treating keloids highlights the essential problem that the pathogenetic mechanisms causing keloids remain unclear. Increased understanding at the molecular level will lead to the development of new therap...

knowledge of surgery is one of the milestones in islamic civilization. the purpose of this study was to find principles and proven techniques used by muslim surgeons, third to twelfth century ah. the present study, enjoying a historical approach, used a descriptive analysis method with matching samples. the findings of the study revealed that, during this period, some of the principles and tech...

Umbilical endometriosis has an estimated incidence of 0.5%-1% of all patients with endometrial ectopia. It is a very rare disease, but should be considered on the differential diagnosis of umbilical lesions. We report on a case of spontaneous umbilical endometriosis in a 38-year-old woman, with a dark brown nodule periodically bleeding, associated with severe abdominal pain. There was no histor...