More than five hundred chemically injured patients were admitted to the Labbafi-Nejad Medical Center in Spring of 1984. These patients were of two groups. The majority of patients had extensive skin burns, eye injuries as well as respiratory problems, and a second group of patients suffered mainly from neuromuscular and psychological problems. In this report, clinical manifestation and obs...

clinical and para clinical manifestations of 84 cases of wilsons disease

background :   tuberculosis  is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. approximately 10-20% of tuberculosis is extra- pulmonary tuberculosis (eptb), which is much higher (50%) in patients suffering from immunity defects such as aids. eptb diagnosis is difficult mostly because of various clinical manifestations  and aggressive  procedures needed for its diagnosis....

Background: Lichen planus (LP) is an idiopathic papulosquamous disorder, which can show cutaneous or mucosal signs. It is caused by a cell mediated immune response to an antigen. A wide range of clinical manifestations has been reported. Objective: To determine the sex and age frequency and clinical presentations of this disease in patients referred to Razi hospital in Tehran. Patients and Meth...

Background: Venous anomalies are the most common vascular malformation of the central nervous system in adult, it can form anywhere in the body, but are most likely to cause symptoms when they grow in the brain or spinal cord. Common symptoms include headaches or seizures. Experiencing symptoms depend on where the lesions grow and how many of the lesions are present. Most of the time, these for...

Background: Organophosphorus (OP) poisoning is a major public health problem in developing world. OP pesticides inhibit carboxylic esterase enzymes including plasma cholinesterase (PChE). Clinical manifestations following OP poisoning can be associated with the extent of decrease of PChE. This study was designed to investigate the relevance of PChE level to clinical manifestations in OP poisoni...

Livedoid vasculopathy (LV) is an extremely rare and distinct hyalinizing vascular disease affecting only one in 100,000 individuals per year.1,2 Formerly described by Feldaker in 1955 as livedo reticularis with summer ulcerations, LV is a unique non-inflammatory condition that manifests with thrombi formation and painful ulceration of the lower extremities.3 Clinically, the disease often displa...

Background: Behcet’s disease is a recurrent, chronic and multi-systemic disease, which is determined by mucocutaneous manifestations. It spreads all over the world. The most common areas are in the Middle East, Mediterranean and Far East. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of clinical manifestations of Behcet’s disease in patients admitted to dermatology ward ...