background the aim of the present study was to compare two analgesic techniques for transrectal ultrasound (trus)-guided biopsy: diclofenac patch versus periprostatic nerve block with 1% lidocaine. objectives to study the efficacy of and compare diclofenac patch and periprostatic nerve block as analgesia in trus-guided prostate needle biopsy. patients and methods in total, 60 patients were pros...

A 93-year-old Caucasian female presented with a hemorrhagic nodule in the right nasolabial sulcus. The patient stated that the lesion had been present for a year and it had increased in size gradually. The hemorrhagic nodule was asymptomatic except for occasional bleeding. Physical examination of the patient revealed an ulcerated and hyperpigmented nodule with a size of 2x1x1 cm in the right na...

A 60-year-old Muslim man was admitted to the Dhaka Hospital of ICDDR,B with an exacerbation of his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Incidental hyperpigmented skin lesions were noticed overlying the dorsum of his ankles, knees, and elbows. Such asymptomatic areas of thickened, lichenified and hyperpigmented skin are called 'prayer marks' and are well-imprinted on the knees, ankles, and for...

FIG. 1 Linear and Whorled Nevoid Hypermelanosis: Linear and whorled hyperpigmented macules in a reticulate pattern along the Blaschko’s lines over trunk and limbs. A two-years-old boy presented with abnormal body pigmentation and body asymmetry noted since birth. A preceding vesicular eruption was absent. He was developmentally normal. Family history was insignificant. Examination revealed line...

We read, with interest, the case report on extension of prayer-marks by Cangiano et al. and its association with worsening of the underlying chronic disease (1). We report a case where the occurrence of a similar skin lesion preceded an episode of acute coronary syndrome. A 45-year old man presented with sudden onset of severe retrosternal chest pain radiating to the found to be associated with...

BACKGROUND: Pityriasis versicolor (PV) is a common and chronic superficial mycosis seen in all age groups characterized by dyspigmented lesions caused dimorphic lipophilic yeast. AIM: The aim of the study was to clinical aspects, prevalence, demographic data patients with PV Baghdad City. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Total 175 attending department Dermatology at Al Imamein Kadhemein Medical City Alka...

Dyschromatoses are rare group of disorders characterized by the presence of both hyperpigmented and hypopigmented macules, many of which are small in size and irregular in shape. The dyschromatoses spectrum includes dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria, dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria, acropigmentation of Dohi, and a segmental form called unilateral dermatomal pigmentary dermatosis. We ...

We report a case of pseudotumoral retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) proliferation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease, in a 50-year-old female who presented with a juxtapapillary and peripheral subretinal hyperpigmented lesions in the left eye and "sunset glow fundus," hyperpigmented striae, and multiple atrophic chorioretinal spots in the periphery. The darkly pigmented exuberant larger subre...