Background and Purpose: Naganishia albida (formerly Cryptococcus albidus) is a non-neoformans cryptococcal species rarely isolated as a human pathogen. Case report: Herein, we present the case of a 26-year-old Iranian man with a superficial cutaneous lesion in the axilla. The initial treatment for pityriasis versicolor by clotrimazole was unsuccessful. We performed skin sampling based on the s...

A 50 years old male patient to referred to our clinic for multiple hard diffused lesions on palms, plantars and penis. The Genesis of the problem goes back to 10 years earlier. The lesions appeared first on the soles and gradually new lesions appeared on the palms and eventually on the penis, so that stretching and contraction of the fingers and toes has become painful. During the last 6 years,...

The article by Drs. Baselli and Greenberg is a concise review of recent information supporting the use of maintenance therapy for patients with superficial bladder cancer. The decision to initiate intravesical therapy in patients with superficial disease is determined by the risk assessment of each patient’s particular disease. Tumor characteristics obtained at the time of endoscopic resection,...

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to determine if depressed women undergoing breast reconstruction have worse outcomes? Despite a plethora of data examining the effect of depression after reconstruction there is little information to assess if concurrent depression affects patient outcomes in a similar manner. To answer this question we undertook a retrospective study using the Nationwide I...

The technique of subintimal angioplasty or percutaneous intentional extraluminal angioplasty for recanalization of femoropopliteal occlusions in critical limb ischaemia is described in detail. Various indications and contraindications are outlined. The technique is easy to learn and offers a high success rate, combined with a low rate of complications.

study, "Superficial adenocarcinoma of the esophagus" Clinical-pathologic conference: Use and choice of statistical methods for the clinical

Superficial thrombophlebitis is known as a frequent complication of Behçet’s disease. Infliximab may promote healing of superficial thrombophlebitis in patients with Behçet’s disease. However, thrombophlebitis as a complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is rare and treatments have not been reported. We describe the case of a 47-year-old man with RA with complications of superficial thromboph...

Superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is generally considered a subtype of less invasive ESCC. Yet a subset of these superficial ESCC would have metastasis after esophagostomy or endoscopic resection and lead to poor prognosis. The objective of this study is to determine biomarkers that can identify such subset of superficial ESCC that would have metastasis after surgery using g...