dermatophilosis is a bacterial skin infection and wet conditions like, raining and dipping predispose sheep to it. a great economic loss can be caused by this disease because of its effect on the quality of wool. in iran (near saveh), there was an outbreak of the disease in a herd and the clinical manifestation was different from that of typical dermatophilosis. diffuse wide alopecic area accom...

we report a 27-year-old hemophilic male who was hiv positive and under highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) along with wart lesions. when imod therapy started concurrently with haart, the skin lesions disappeared.

OBJECTIVE To assess physician, patient, and skin lesion characteristics that affect the number of benign skin lesions excised by primary care physicians for each skin cancer. DESIGN Prospective study collecting clinical, patient, and histopathologic details of excisions or biopsies of skin lesions by random samples of primary care physicians. SETTING Southeast Queensland involving tradition...

results no borrelia dna was detected by pcr in skin lesions of patients with morphea. patients and methods sixty six patients with morphea were prospectively included in the present study. for each patient, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue blocks of skin lesion biopsies were examined for borrelia spp. dna using pcr. objectives we aimed to find the frequency of borrelia in morphea lesion...

this paper presents a case-report of cutaneous actinomycosis due to actinomyces viscosus in a 22 year old man, hospital staff from tehran with multiple fistulous tracts in his right hand and a history of skin injury due to thorn of plant. diagnosis was based on the observation of gram positive coccoid, diphtheroid and long branching filaments in direct examination of pus from fistulous tracts a...

Abstract Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) has emerged as an important new technology in breast imaging. It can demonstrate a number of imaging artifacts that have the potential to limit interpretation by either obscuring or potentially mimicking disease. Commonly encountered on CEM include patient motion (ripple and misregistration), pectoral highlighting artifact, implant halo corrugation c...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Psoriasiform and eczematiform lesions are associated with anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α therapies. We assessed clinical characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes of skin disease in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases that presented with psoriasiform and eczematiform lesions induced by anti-TNF-α agents. METHODS We studied 85 patients (69 with Crohn's disease, 15...

  Participation in sport activities has become increasingly popular, as a result, more patients are referred 10 dermatologists for disorders caused by sport activities. During most forms of exercise, the skin and it's appendages are under constant assault by traumatic and other environmental factors that can cause injury. Physical activity also predispose s the skin to infection and can exacer...

BACKGROUND The increase in size of existing skin lesions and appearance of new skin lesions are considered important signs of clinical activity both in untreated and treated leprosy. To confirm such activity, the number and size of lesions need to be recorded methodically prior to therapy and on follow-up, especially in PB leprosy where clinical signs alone define the reactivation of the diseas...