DISCUSSION The incidence of syphilis has been increasing in the USA since 2001. The histology of syphilis, though widely studied, still remains a diagnostic challenge, particularly when the clinical presentation does not suggest the diagnosis. We present an overview of the clinical and pathological features commonly associated with cutaneous primary and secondary syphilis, addressing, at the en...

ischemia. The appropriate management ofany patient who has experienced a cardiac arrest not related to a reversible mechanism (sepsis, pulmonary embolism) is to perform electrophysiology studies. The electrophysiology study is a reproducible method for studying the tachycardia and judging efficacy of antiarrhythmic drugs. If an antiarrhythmic drug can be found that prevents the provocation or i...

    Human brucellosis is common in developing countries and is a multi-system disease with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Cutaneous lesions associated with brucellosis have been rarely reported in the literature. Here we present a case of a 32-year-old man with history of consumption of cheese made from raw milk seen with occurrence of pancytopenia and diffuse maculopapular rash...

BACKGROUND It has recently been shown that patients treated with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors often develop various cutaneous adverse events. While the pathogenesis underlying these events remains unclear, the relationship between skin toxicity induced by EGFR inhibitors and the sebaceous glands that express EGFR has been previously reported. OBJECTIVES The primary aim o...

BACKGROUND Skin rash is an adverse event which might be associated with longer survival in patients treated with epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors. The aim of this nonrandomised phase II clinical trial is to prospectively evaluate the relationship between skin rash and overall survival (OS) in advanced/metastatic pancreatic cancer treated with erlotinib plus gemcitabin...

PURPOSE The purpose of this observational case report is to describe a case of skin rash after intravitreal use of bevacizumab. METHODS A 50-year-old man with choroidal neovascularization in the right eye due to age-related macular degeneration was treated with three intravitreal injections of bevacizumab. RESULTS Twelve days after the first injection, the patient developed a maculopapular ...

To cite: Ammannagari N, Kaewpoowat Q, Ratanapo S, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2012008159 DESCRIPTION A 64-year-old gentleman was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) 3 years ago and was treated with cytarabine and daunorubicin induction chemotherapy followed by three cycles of highdose cytarabine consolidation treatment. Patient ...