Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection prevalent in many areas. The parasitic agent is usually transmitted by Phlebotomous sp. Lip leishmaniasis is a type of cutaneous leishmaniasis, which has rarely been reported. In a retrospective study performed in Ahwaz, center of Khuzestan province, southwest of Iran, 2861 patients were detected during 1986-1996. Seventeen of these patient...

Hereditary benign telangiectasia is an uncommon idiopathic skin disorder characterized by generalized telangiectases and angiomatous lesions of the skin. The diagnosis should be suspected in patients with such cutaneous lesions, positive family history, no associated bleeding problems, and no mucosal involvement. We present six cases of hereditary benign telangiectasia in three generations of o...

background: the incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the city of mehran has risen sharply in recent years because the city borders iraq, which has allowed entrance of different leishmania strains. these strains have different shapes, periods of disease, and healing of lesions. the present study identified and determined cutaneous leishmaniasis species in this region. methods : this cross-sec...

systemic lupus erythematous (sle) is an autoimmune process in which cutaneous lesions occur in majority of patients. this study was conducted to determine the pattern and prevalence of such lesions in sle in iranian children infected with sle. forty-eight patients, age between 3-16 yrs and male to female ratio of 7/1 were examined for the presence of cutaneous manifestations of sle. the most co...

objective(s):in this study, the serum level of interferon-γ (ifn- γ) and interlukin-4 (il-4) was evaluated as a marker of th1 and th2 immune response that influence the clinical course of cutaneous leishmaniasis[r1] . materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 44 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis (21 cases with healed lesions and 23 cases with chronic non-healing lesions....

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is the viral pandemic with propensity of having several systemic manifestations. As other diseases, it has been associated varied cutaneous manifestations and they range from maculopapular eruptions, vascular lesions to chickenpox-like lesions. However, co-occurrence COVID-19 varicella rarely reported.

Background & Aims: Dry type localized cutaneous Leishmaniasis due to Leishmania tropica is one of the most prevalent cutaneous parasitic infections in Kerman province. It seems that cellular immune response and the nature of immune inflammatory cells comprising the inflammatory background play a determinant role in this infection. Methods: Skin biopsies of 53 patients with acute(<2 years durati...

Background and objective: Different local and systemic modalities are suggested in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis, but the pentavalent antimony compounds are still considered as the first line of treatment. Regarding to increase in clinical drug resistance and adverse effects, efforts to find a more effective and safer drug is continuing. The objective of this study was to compa...