Decompression sickness presents with a great variety of signs and symptoms that might affect any part of the human body including joints, skin, cardio respiratory and nervous systems. In this manuscript, we reported a case of severe neurological Type II Decompression sickness who received recompression therapy. A 53-year-old man presented at the emergency service of our hospital with history of...

Cutis verticis gyrata is a rare clinical manifestation presenting with cerebral convolution like appearance of the scalp. It can be primary or secondary. We report case 41 year old male acromegaly who had cutis gyrata.

BACKGROUND Cutaneous lesions are commonly seen in the newborn period and exhibit inconsistency from the skin lesions of an adult. OBJECTIVE The present study was carried out with an aim to determine the frequency of physiologic and pathologic cutaneous findings in newborns. METHODS Typically, 1234 newborns were included in this study. A questionnaire about maternal gestational history, mate...

Amyloidosis cutis dyschromica is a rare type of primary cutaneous amyloidosis characterized by reticulate hyper-pigmentation with discrete hypopigmented macules. Up to date, about 50 cases of amyloidosis cutis dyschromica have been reported and the majority are familial cases of Asian ethnicity. Various diseases, particularly autoimmune diseases such as systemic sclerosis and systemic lupus ery...

Bart's syndrome is characterized by aplasia cutis congenita and epidermolysis bullosa. We present the case of a newborn male who developed blisters on the mucous membranes and the skin following congenital localized absence of skin. Bart's syndrome (BS) is diagnosed clinically based on the disorder's unique signs and symptoms but histologic evaluation of the skin can help to confirm the final d...

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a heterogenous group of inherited disorders of connective tissue characterized by fragility of the skin and blood vessels, hyperextensibility of the skin and joint hypermobility. Cutis laxa is characteized clinically by lax, pendulous skin and histologically by loss of elastic tissue in the dermis. There are some reports of coexistence of cutis laxa with ot...

Adams-Oliver syndrome (AOS) is a rare congenital disorder, characterized by aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) of the scalp and variable degrees of terminal transverse limb defects. In this article, a newborn infant diagnosed as AOS for a large scalp defect, acrania, and finger malformations is presented. The patient was hospitalized and the scalp defect was successfully repaired with several surgic...