The causes for the painful heel around the Achilles tendon are Achilles tendinitis and retrocalcaneal bursitis. The treatment modalities range from simple NSAID’s, hot water fomentation, ultrasound phonopheresis, and intralesional steroids to surgery. There is a debate on giving intralesional steroids in and around the Achilles tendon. Most common complication of intralesional corticosteroids i...

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)...

Patients with chalazia were randomly allocated to treatment by intralesional triamcinolone injection or incision and curettage. Incision and curettage resulted in a significantly higher rate of resolution by two weeks after treatment.

Background & Aims: Leishmaniasis exists in more than half of Iran provinces and more than 20,000 cases are reported annually. In the recent years, several therapeutic approaches such as topical and physical treatments have been investigated. In the present study, the efficacy of co-administration of topical Niosomal Dapsone gel and Glucantime intralesional injection has been evaluated. Method: ...

and efficacy of treatment in patients with LC in the course of BCLL are controversial. Many authors describe poor prognosis, when LC shows blastic transformation, known as Richter’s syndrome, and when it appears after the diagnosis of B-CLL. The potential benefit of treating only skin lesions has not been documented; however, these patients rarely stay without treatment. Numerous therapeutic mo...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficacy of intralesional triamcinolone in enhancing regression in various type of hemangiomas. SETTING Outpatients department of a teaching hospital Subjects: One hundred and five patients with rapidly growing surface hemangioma. The age ranged from 1 month to 15 months (mean 7 months). INTERVENTION Intralesional triamcinolone administered at monthly intervals, r...

The management of vascular anomalies is an extremely challenging area and is as divergent as the nature of lesions. Traditionally, embolization with the resection of the lesion has been used. The purpose of this report is to present cases treated successfully using sclerosing solution injections alone. Management of the vascular malformation using intralesional injections of sodium tetradecyl s...