BACKGROUND Skin cancer prevention and screening programs are performed in many countries. Their benefit is discussed controversially. OBJECTIVE Our aim is to evaluate the Skin Cancer Screening Program 2013 in Switzerland by following up screenees upon interventions. METHODS Quality was assessed by personal follow-up via phone/e-mail of every patient that had been screened during this campai...

Objective: Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE) can contribute to various emotional symptoms by damaging the temporal lobe. This study aimed at investigating emotion processing in patients with early- and late-onset TLE compared to a healthy group. Methods: In this causal-comparative study, 60 patients with diagnosed TLE were compared to 60 healthy controls to identify emotion processing styles. The d...

Diagnosis: malignant syphilis and coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A skin biopsy was performed, and the diagnosis of syphilis was suggested by the histopathological findings (figure 1). Titers of Treponema pallidum were 11:64 on hemagglutination assay, and a fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption test had positive results. After treatment with intravenous penicillin G (1...

Plaque-like cutaneous mucinosis (PCM) is a rare disorder of dermal mucin deposition. Some patients with PCM will be found to have an associated malignancy. We report the case of a 72-year-old man presenting with new onset pruritic, waxy-appearing erythematous and skin-colored papules and nodules coalescing into plaques on his shoulder, scalp, and forehead. Skin biopsy revealed cutaneous mucinos...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Pemphigus is a chronic autoimmune and vesiculobollous disease that can affect skin and different mucous membrane surfaces. Primary manifestations occur in oral cavity in almost 60% of cases. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the epidemiology of pemphigus in Tehran, Iran in a 20-year period. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective study was conducted on the rec...

Bacillary angiomatosis and bacillary peliosis are opportunistic infections caused by Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana, which occur in patients with late-stage infection. We report a case of bacillary angiomatosis in an HIV-infected patient with skin, bone, and probably liver involvement, The identification of the agent (B quintana ) was done by polymerase chain reaction in the skin s...

Introduction The incidence of malignant melanoma (MM) continues to rise in the UK and Europe. Despite being a common form of skin cancer it is responsible for the majority of skin cancer related deaths. Around 3-15% of all cutaneous MM arise on the foot. However, lesions arising on the foot hold a poorer prognosis than melanoma elsewhere due to frequent misdiagnosis and late presentation. Initi...

conclusions atypical chickenpox infections should be suspected in any patient who presents unexplained abdominal pain, fever, and dyspnea, even if cutaneous lesions are minimal. an early diagnosis can prevent a fatal outcome. introduction infection with varicella-zoster virus (vzv) in healthy adults tends to be more severe. antiviral medication (often prescribed for adults), is effective in red...

Background: A wide variety of cutaneous and mucosal lesions occur in renal transplant recipients. Objectives: Evaluation of the skin and mucous membrane lesions in the kidney transplant recipients in Noor and Ali Asghar Hospital in Isfahan. Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was done on 117 patients (82 male, 35 female), who had received kidney transplants and re...