leigh syndrome is a severe progressive neurodegenerative disorder with different clinical presentationsthat usually becomes apparent in the first year of life and rarely in late childhood and elderly years. it is causedby failure of mitochondrial respiratory chain and often results in regression of both mental and motor skills and might even lead to death. in some of the inherited neurodegenera...

Eosinophilic cellulitis is a rare skin disorder may be idiopathic or be associated with other conditions. We present a 42- year- old female patient with bilateral atypical cellulitis – like lesions on her arms. The patient had a documented infection with Leptospira recently, and had a positive history for fascioliasis two years before.Histopathology examination of the l...

Bloom syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder, which is characterized by telangiectasia and erythema in the butterfly area of the face, dwarfism and photosensitivity. The case presented herein is a 22-year-old man who referred with facial erythema and telangiectasia (Resembling lupus erythematosus). The skin lesions were exacerbating during summer. Other clinical findings were p...

Salicylate intoxication is a very common problem in everyday clinical practice. We describe a new case of salicylate-induced reversible Fanconi's syndrome in a 28-year-old Cypriot male who ingested 50 g of acetylsalicylic acid with suicidal intent. To our knowledge, this is the second case ever described. It is suggested that clinicians should be aware of this salicylate intoxication-induced co...

Background: Nicolau syndrome is a rare condition that happens after intramuscular injection. All the intramuscular injections may have mild to moderate complications such as pain, focal abscess, nerve complication and anaphylactic reactions. Among these complications, wide necrosis of the skin like Nicolau syndrome happens very rarely. In this condition, Patients typically report acute, intense...