Kowloon Bay Integrated Treatment Centre, 9/F Kowloon Bay Health Centre, 9 Kai Yan Street, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong This is a case report of a 20-month-old boy who presented with multiple asymptomatic nodules on the left pretibial area. He had no history of diabetes or other systemic diseases. Family history was unremarkable. Skin biopsy showed palisading granuloma in deep dermis and subc...

background warts are benign tumors of the skin and mucosa and are caused by human papilloma virus (hpv). they are one of the most common skin diseases found mainly in children and adolescents. although most of the warts disappear spontaneously or respond to the usual therapeutic measures, resistant forms of the warts impose a problem in dermatology. intralesional injection of bleomycin has been...

the main object of this study was to evaluate the treatment of the patients at early stages of nodular form of leishmaniasis by intralesional injection of sodium stibogluconate (pentostam). the study shows that the method recommended by who expert committee gives satisfactory results in nodular form in iran.

Verruca vulgaris is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infections. Verruca in the external auditory canal (EAC) has rarely been reported. A previous case report introduced surgical excision as a treatment for verruca in the EAC. We present a case of verruca vulgaris in both EACs that was successfully treated with an intralesional bleomycin injection. A 32-year-old male patient presented with ...

Although cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions usually heal spontaneously they cause unsightly scarring. This study evaluated a possible new therapy in 38 patients, with 70 lesions, randomly assigned to intralesional injection of ciprofloxacin (0.2%) or intralesional sodium chloride hypertonic solution (7%). After excluding patients who defaulted on treatment, lesions assigned to sodium chloride trea...

Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome is an uncommon disorder which is presented by a triad of lip swelling, facial nerve palsy, and a fissured tongue. A number of treatments have been reported for this syndrome with variable outcomes. We have reported a 38-year-old female patient with lower lip swelling and a fissured tongue on clinical examination. She was also suffering from facial nerve paralysis s...

BACKGROUND Presence of subretinal abscess in endogenous endophthalmitis indicates a more severe form of infection. Available reports indicate variable response to standard treatment with systemic, intravitreal pharmacotherapy and vitreous surgery. There are no reports citing the possible role of intralesional antibiotic therapy in managing subretinal abscess. CASE PRESENTATION A 30 year old l...

OBJECTIVE Describe the management of subglottic stenosis in a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis. MATERIAL AND METHOD Case report. RESULTS We report the case of a 26-year-old woman who presented Wegener granulomatosis and subglottic stenosis, with renal, skin, oropharyngeal, nasal, and paranasal locations. Medical treatment had cured all the locations except the subglottic stenosis. An e...

Central giant cell lesions are benign intraosseous proliferative lesions that have considerable local aggressiveness. Nonsurgical treatment methods, such as intralesional corticosteroid injections, systemic calcitonin and interferon have been reported. Recently, bisphosphonates have been used to treat central giant cell lesions. A case of a 36-year-old male with a central giant cell lesion cros...

Introduction. Alopecia areata (AA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that involves hair follicles, and sometimes nails, caused by a T-cell mediated autoimmune mechanism. Current treatment modalities include corticosteroids (oral, topical or intralesional), minoxidil, contact sensitizers (DNCB, DPCP and SADBE), immunosuppressants (methotrexate or azathioprine), DMARDs (sulfasalazine), and photot...