conclusions although dcl is rare, physicians should mind its occurrence it in any immunocompromised patient with diffuse cutaneous ulcers refractory to treatment. case presentation here is the report of a 43-year-old man referred to infectious diseases clinic in boo-ali hospital (zahedan city, southeastern iran) because of multiple chronic ulcers for five months. during the time, he had been vi...

the aim of this retrospective statistical study was to determine the prevalcence and frequency of age and sex distributions of pemphigus disease. pemphigus disease classified as autoimmune bullous dermatoses which is a chronic mucocutaneous disease.this study was performed in razi hospital and department of oral pathology of dental school, tehran university of medical sciences. the most frequen...

background: to clinically characterize the cutaneous leishmaniasis and identify the causative parasite species in mirjaveh, an important geographical region across the border of iran-pakistan at southeast of iran. methods: a number of 116 patients during a year since march 2005 to april 2006, subjected to the study. clinical infor­mation collected and scrapings were taken from cutaneous lesions...

background: leishmaniasis is a widespread problem, especially in the tropical and subtropical countries. since understanding epidemiologic and geographical distribution of the diseases is necessary for prevention and control of leishmaniasis. this study was conducted for epidemiological survey of cutaneous leishmaniasis in north khorasan province, using gis during the years 2006-2013.methods: i...

conclusions mucomycosis should be in differncial diagnosis of any chronic infiltrative lesions even without visible necrosis and normal immune status of the patient. introduction cutaneous infection is an uncommon presentation of mucormycosis, usually seen after trauma, at the site of surgical drains or after occlusive dressings. the involved area is erythematous and painful, with varying degre...

smooth muscle tumors rather benign or malignant can arise wherever the muscular tissue presents but cutaneous leiomyoma is one of the rare benign tumors of the which even the diagnostic criteria from the malignant type of the tumor is still in doubt. this study was aimed to compare the subtypes of cutaneous leiomyoma from different histologic aspects in order to find unique criteria for better ...

background: cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is a widespread tropical infection which has a high incidence rate in iran. the aim of this study was to determine some epidemiological aspects of disease in northern khorasan prov­ince, iran. methods : from 2005 to 2008, data concerning 1453 patients with cl were collected and analyzed from the different dis­tricts of health service registry of the prov...

primary immunodeficiency diseases (pids) are rare but include severe conditions found predominantly in children, most pids have cutaneous manifestations that may be important as early diagnostic features. the purpose of this study was to determine the frequency and nature of cutaneous alterations associated with pids. this article is a cross-sectional study at the department of allergy and clin...

background: due to annual increases in cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) in different regions of iran and the resulting health problems and high economic costs, this study was performed with the aim to determine the prevalence of cl in dezful city, iran. materials and methods: this descriptive study was performed on all patients who were directly referred to clinics and clinical laboratories of dezf...