BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Epidural steroid injections are commonly used to palliate the symptoms of spinal stenosis. Deep tissue infection is a known potential complication of these injections. There have been no previous published cases of osteomyelitis without epidural abscess after such injections. We present a case in an elderly patient who presented only with persistent axial low back pain ...

Cowpox virus infection of humans is an uncommon, potentially fatal, skin disease. It is largely confined to Europe, but is not found in Eire, or in the USA, Australasia, or the Middle or Far East. Patients having contact with infected cows, cats, or small rodents sporadically contract the disease from these animals. We report here clinical aspects of 8 patients from the Munich area who had purc...

BACKGROUND Oral localization of Crohn disease is uncommon and must be differentiated from nonspecific lesions. Its natural course and its long-term prognosis are unknown. OBSERVATIONS We studied 9 patients (8 male, 1 female; age range, 7-52 years; median age, 16 years) with Crohn disease and specific oral lesions, including deep linear ulcers, pseudopolyps, and/or labial or buccal swelling an...

Carcinoma en cuirasse is an uncommon clinical manifestation of metastatic cutaneous carcinoma characterized by diffuse sclerodermoid induration of the skin. The name was given in the first description by Velpeau in 1838 based on its resemblance to the steel breastplate of cuirassier (cavalry soldier) [1]. Other terms for this distinctive morphological variant of cutaneous metasta-sis include ar...

UNLABELLED Scar retraction and soft-tissue depression may compromise aesthetics and cause social embarrassment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of treating soft-tissue depressions or retractions at varied anatomy regions with combined upward suture traction and percutaneous subcision. METHODS There were 40 patients (age: mean, 39 years; range, 22-55 years; 39 women and 1...

Lipedematous alopecia (LA) is a rare form of non-scarring alopecia described by Coskey in 1961. To date, 78 cases have been reported in the literature (1). LA generally starts from the vertex, with a centrifuge extension that may affect the whole scalp. Patients may present pain or pruritus along the affected area. Palpation reveals a smooth, diffuse and cotton-wool-like induration (1, 2). Curr...

Background: Prompt diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) are needed to control TB. The aim of the study was to compare the performance of Quanti FERON-TB test (QFT) with conventional TST for the diagnosis of LTBI. Methods: In this analytical - comparison study, we enrolled 87 nurses working in teaching hospitals in Ahvaz. All study subjects were tested by TST.&...