Mounting evidence suggests that inflammation is the key factor in the pathogenesis of various ocular surface diseases, with a complex interplay of genetic, environmental, and psychosocial factors. Management of these conditions is often challenging. Topical corticosteroids, with their associated side effects, are the mainstay of current treatments for patients with vision threatening disease. C...

We described here a case of a 43-year-old male who developed confluent and reticulated papillomatosis (CRP). The patient was found to be slightly obese and had no family history of such eruption. Numerous small red-brown erythemas were scattered over a wide area of the back and, in many areas, the erythemas coalesced and formed a reticular pattern. The eruptions appeared 10 days prior to the in...

Good hemostasis in surgery can provide multiple advantages to the patient, surgical team, and health care facility. Active and passive hemostatic agents have been widely used for many years and have extensive history supporting effective and safe use in a wide variety of surgical procedures. The type of surgical procedure, type of bleeding, hemostatic agent availability, and patient characteris...

Intertrigo is a superficial inflammatory dermatitis occurring on two closely opposed skin surfaces as a result of moisture, friction, and lack of ventilation. Bodily secretions, including perspiration, urine, and feces, often exacerbate skin inflammation. Physical examination of skin folds reveals regions of erythema with peripheral scaling. Excessive friction and inflammation can cause skin br...

S U M MA R Y. Fourty-two patients, presenting with clinically evaluable cutaneous fibrosis after radiotherapy for breast carcinoma, were treated for 3 months by a superoxide dismutase (SOD) topical preparation. Sequential cutaneous punch biopsies were performed before and 3 months after completion of the treatment. The histochemical grading, using an objective spectrometric method, showed a dec...

A modified double blind crossover study was performed to assess the effect of 1% topical minoxidil as compared with placebo in 30 patients with alopecia areata and alopecia totalis. The active preparation produced a highly significant incidence of hair regrowth. A cosmetically acceptable response was noted in 16 patients. No side effects were seen. The study confirmed that topical minoxidil wil...

The incidence of nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and the in vitro susceptibility of isolates to fusidic acid, penicillin, erythromycin, methicillin and tetracycline was determined in 204 patients who had been treated previously with a short course of a topical preparation of Fucidin for acute skin sepsis, and in an equal number of control subjects. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated fro...

       Fenugreek (Trigonella foeum-graecum L.) has been used in Iranian traditional medicine for treatment of different kinds of inflammation disorders. In the present study, anti- inflammatory activity of the methanolic extract of the plant (at doses of 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg) were studied using carrageenan-induced edema method and compared with the effects of dexamethasone and ibupro...