conclusions our results showed that vitamin d deficiency is more common in patients with ulcerative colitis. laboratory findings confirmed the rise of esr and crp. results our sample comprised of 32 patients with active and 32 patients with silent ulcerative colitis, and 32 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. the frequency of vitamin d deficiency was significantly higher in patients with act...

Abstract: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are through sexual contact, and can manifest in the oral cavity. This study aimed to determine manifestations of STDs. was a literature review using two databases namely Google scholar PubMed. The results obtained six cross-sectional studies. Oral that could occur patients with STD were necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, periodontitis, stoma-titis,...

Reactivation of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) can present as corneal involvement without any precedent neuralgia or characteristic herpetic rash. This form HZO be the first manifestation reactivation varicella virus and masquerade peripheral ulcerative keratitis. A 45-year-old male treated for necrotizing fasciitis (NF) one month back presented with painful diminution vision in right eye (RE...

In this retrospective, non-comparative case series, the medical records of three patients diagnosed with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Ocular Surface/Uveitis service were analyzed: an 80-year-old female with episcleritis, peripheral ulcerative keratitis, and lung involvement (patient 1); an 83-yearold female with nodular non-necrotizing scleritis (patient 2)...

Testicular cancer is a rare disease; however, cure rates are high for all tumor stages. Mostly, the disease diagnosed in an early (local) stage. We report case of 47-year-old male patient with giant nonseminomatous germ cell tumor. At time diagnosis, demonstrated necrotizing and ulcerating growing mass left scrotum approximate size 22 × 18 cm. According to prognostic classification Internationa...

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive infectious disease of the soft tissue with high mortality and morbidity rates. Necrotizing fasciitis is occasionally located in the head and neck region and develops after odontogenic infections. Factors affecting treatment success rates are early diagnosis, appropriate antibiotic treatment, and surgical debridement. We present a necrotizing fascii...