Figure I Bilateral blepharoplasty wounds showing induration, breakdown, and crusting. asE B p?g ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~........e:. Case report A 72-year-old man underwent bilateral blepharoplasty for dermatochalasis. Four weeks later he noted increasing redness and swelling in the healed brow incisions. These swellings bled intermittently, scabbed over, and became progressively more prominent (Fig ...

Localized scleroderma, or morphea, is a chronic disease that causes a thickening and induration of the skin. For plaque type morphea, the treatments of choice include super-potent corticosteroids and calcipotriol. For the more generalized forms, as well as the linear forms, UVA is currently the best therapeutic modality. Patients with localized scleroderma are managed by both rheumatologists an...

INTRODUCTION Mondor's disease is a peculiar form of thrombophlebitis, involving a superficial vein in the subcutaneous fat of the breast or anterior chest wall. CASE PRESENTATION The author presents a case of a 35-year-old male Japanese patient with cord-like induration in the right lateral thoracic wall. This lesion was diagnosed as traumatic funicular phlebitis, resembling Mondor's disease....

scleromyxedema is a rare, chronic, progressive, fibromucinous disorder of unknown etiology, characterized by lichenoid waxy papules and firm induration of skin of trunk, face, forearm and hands; fibroblast proliferation and mucin deposition in the upper dermis. cutaneous involvement is characteristic but there are several associated systemic manifestations: we observed a case of scleromyxedema ...

The elegant and comprehensive review of markers for the evaluation of immunomodulation published in the British Journal of Nutrition (1) highlighted the importance of delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) responses as a highly suitable marker of immune function. Because the DTH ‘skin test’ can predict morbidity and mortality, it has been suggested as a clinically meaningful test to evaluate the e...

Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis (IPH) was first described by Virchow in 1865 as 'brown lung induration'. In 1931 Ceelen reported the necropsy findings in 2 children. The clinical picture in association with radiological and pathological findings was reported by Waldenstrom (1944), and Wyllie et al. (1948) reviewed 24 cases in children. Nearly 200 have since been reported. In the past 5 year...

Sir, Lipodermatosclerosis (LDS), also reported as liposclerosis, hypodermatitis sclerodermaformis, sclerosing panniculitis, pseudoscleroderma, indurated cellulitis, stasis panniculitis and chronic cellulitis, is characterized by a scleroderma-like induration of the skin and a typical ‘inverted champagne bottle’ sign. Although considerable progress has been made in understanding the pathophysiol...

Phlebitis caused by high concentration amiodarone infusion is a rather uncommon occurrence. one of the most reported causes continuous in bradycardia. We case patient with induced phlebitis. Patient felt pain along path cannula, erythema, induration, palpable venous cord. Visual Infusion Score was assessed and VIP found to be 4. suspected incidence phlebitis due IV amiodarone. In this report, w...