Leukocytoclastic vasculitis, also known as hypersensitivity angiitis, is a cutaneous, small vessel vasculitis of the dermal capillaries and venules. The predominant clinical presentation palpable purpura. Multiple medications can cause leukocytoclastic well autoimmune diseases, infections, malignancy. disease process may be limited to only skin or manifestation systemic process. Treatment cente...

Vascular tumors of intermediate malignancy encompass a broad range of histologic entities. They are characterized clinically by having a high risk of local recurrence and limited risk of regional or distant metastasis. Vascular tumors of intermediate malignancy frequently present in the skin and often cause diagnostic diffi culty. This article reviews the clinical and histologic features of kap...

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common cutaneous malignancy and the most common human malignancy in general. Out of all basal cell carcinomas, giant basal cell carcinoma represents less than 1%. Only 10% of all basal cell carcinomas are located on the trunk and majority is located on the head and neck. We describe a patient with a exophytic giant basal cell carcinoma of the back size 8.5...

as the data on the epidemiology and outcome of fungal infections in children with hematologic cancer are limited especially in iran, this study was aimed to delineate the epidemiologic features and outcome of fungal infections in this population. the medical records of all children with hematologic malignancies diagnosed with a fungal infection from 2005 to 2010 at a tertiary pediatric hospital...

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acute myeloblastic leukemia is one of the important malignancies in children. for better managing the prognosis of this disease, there should be enough information about common features of this malignancy. the aim of this study was to evaluate these common features in children with acute myeloblastic leukemia. a total of 104 eligible children less than 15-year-old have been referred from 2007-2...

A 10-year retrospective review of 25 patients undergoing groin lymphadenectomy for cutaneous malignancy in the Tayside region of the UK was conducted. Comparison was made between patients undergoing the procedure with an elliptical incision orientated as a long oblique of at least 4cm width (group 1) and those undergoing a similarly oriented incision with no skin excision (group 2). Outcome mea...

Cutaneous horns are usually found on chronic sun-damaged skin. A cutaneous horn is a rare tumour, often conical, circumscribed, and composed of dead keratin usually derived from base keratinocytes. It occurs mainly in association with underlying benign, premalignant, and malignant cutaneous diseases. The commonest malignancy is squamous cell carcinoma. Thus, to accurately ascertain the nature o...

Background: Precancerous lesions are disorders that are highlylikely to become malignant. Early diagnosis of precancerous skinlesions helps to prevent skin cancers. The aim of this study wasclinicopathological assessment of precancerous skin lesions inpatients referred to the dermatology department of Imam Rezahospital.Method: Two hundred and nine patients who were diagnosed withprecancerous le...

Extra-mammary perianal Paget's disease(EPPD) is a rare skin disorder of unknown aetiology, which is frequently associated with malignancy. Here we report a case of recurrent perianal Paget’s disease who had pruritus on that area for years which has no association with a malignancy and comments upon its diagnosis and treatment. The differential diagnosis of pruritus ani includes cutaneous candid...