A Carbuncle Treated with Heat and Chemotherapy

Two Cases of Carbuncle Treated with Nitric Acid

Carbuncle due to Salmonella Enteritidis: a novel presentation

BACKGROUND Salmonella Enteritidis causes intestinal and extra-intestinal infections, but rarely cutaneous infections. It has never been reported to cause carbuncle (a collection of interconnected furuncles with multiple pustular openings). We report a case of carbuncle due to S. Enteritidis. CASE PRESENTATION An adult Bangladeshi patient with type 2 diabetes presented with a carbuncle on the ...

Frequency of Tumor Lysis Syndrome in Aggressive and Slow Introduction Chemotherapy in Children with ALL

Abstract Background Tumor Lysis Syndrome (TLS) is an oncologic emergency that results from massive lysis of malignant cells. The incidence of TLS depends on the risk factors, such as baseline hyperuricemia, bulky tumor burden, elevated serum LDH, and elevated WBC. The objectives of the present study were to assess frequency of Tumor Lysis Syndrom in children with ALL in two methods of inducti...

بررسی بروز سرطان ثانویه پس از درمان بیماران مبتلا به لنفوم هوچکین در بیمارستان حضرت علی‌اصغر(ع)

  Hodgkin’s disease is one of the most common childhood malignancies that with correct diagnosis and effective treatment is curable and without treatment is leading to death.  The survival of patients with Hodgkin’s disease has dramatically improved over the past 30 years because of advances in treatment.  However, concern for the risk of long tern complications has resulted in a number of tria...

The Treatment of Carbuncle in the Out-Patient Department

The introduction of autohsemotherapy in the treatment of carbuncle has given very good results in my hands, much better than the old method of surgical treatment. The technique consists of injection of the patient's own citrated blood, the amount depending on the area affected, usually about 10 to 20 c.cm. each time, starting about half an inch within the extreme margin of induration and inject...