in the last few years many chemically injured patients have been visited throughout the country in order to investigate the late respiratory complications of sulfur mustard. 35 patients who were previously admitted for mustard poisoning underwent complete clinical examination as well as spirometry, fiberoptic bronchoscopy (fob), bronchoalveolar lavage (bal), and trans bronchial lung biopsy (tbl...

One of the conclusions from this study is that 85% of the patients were hospitalized. According to the medical literature and to recent clinical studies conducted in the field most of the patients with cutaneous anthrax did not present with systemic manifestations, thus did not need to be hospitalized. Most of them were taken care of in the outpatient clinics. Another conclusion is that 100% of...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a neglected parasitic disease, which imposes massive human distress and financial costs to the endemic countries. Better understanding of host immune response to the parasite leads to helpful strategies for disease control. Interleukin (IL)-10 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β are important immune regulatory cytokines, which appear to develop non-heali...

Background: Circumcision is the most common surgical operation procedure in the world. If this procedure is incorrectly, many complications will occurred. The purpose of this study was determination of late complication of circumcision in elementary school in khoramabad in 2000-2001. Materials &methods: In this study (cross-sectional) 3205 boys have been examined for late complication of circu...

INTRODUCTION Since the introduction of BCG vaccination in 1921, there have been numerous reports of cutaneous complications. Although common local effects such as erythema, soreness and local abscesses are well known, the incidence of cutaneous granulomas and BCG-induced lupus vulgaris is rare. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a retrospective analysis of our local experience in dealing with cases...

Cutaneous and systemic signs of acute chronic arsenic poisoning may be vague. Thus, an awareness these is crucial to prevent late or missed diagnoses. This especially true in non-endemic countries where individuals present decades after exposure, still ingesting via a non-classical exposure. Existing literature emphasizes several well-known cutaneous presentations toxicity while ignoring the co...

That disorders of cutaneous sensation are common in diabetes mellitus can be substantiated by quantitative cutaneous sensory testing. Cutaneous sensory disturbances are not clearly related to clinical factors such as the type, treatment, or duration of diabetes, or ocular complications. Diabetics can be distinguished from nondiabetics on quantitative examination of skin sensation. Juvenile diab...

Lupus vulgaris, a common form of cutaneous tuberculosis, usuallyhas different patterns including the plaque form, ulcerative andmutilating form, vegetative form, tumor-like form, and papularand nodular form. Lupus vulgaris commonly appears on thenormal skin as a solitary lesion. However, certain uncommonforms are identified that pose a diagnostic dilemma. Sporotrichoidlikespread has been rarely...