The case is a 2-year-old previously healthy girl with coincidental penetrating eye and brain injury. A metal rod was inserted into the skull through the upper border of the right globe. After admission and diagnostic and surgical approaches, the rod was removed under general anesthesia, and no brain hematoma or ocular and significant periocular injuries were detected. No neurologic and ophthalm...

Periocular xanthogranulomatous diseases are a rare group of disorders which are characterized by a predilection to affect the orbit and ocular adnexa and special histopathological features, in particular infiltrates comprising non-Langerhans-derived foamy histiocytes and Touton giant cells. The differential diagnosis is difficult and occasionally definite diagnosis cannot be established even af...

The human face is composed of small functional and cosmetic units, of which the eyes and periocular region constitute the main point of focus in routine face-to-face interactions. This dynamic region plays a pivotal role in the expression of mood, emotion, and character, thus making it the most relevant component of the facial esthetic and functional unit. Any change in the periocular unit lead...

We present a new system for biometric recognition using periocular images based on retinotopic sampling grids and Gabor analysis of the local power spectrum. A number of aspects are studied, including: 1) grid adaptation to dimensions of the target eye vs. grids of constant size, 2) comparison between circularand rectangular-shaped grids, 3) use of Gabor magnitude vs. phase vectors for recognit...

introduction: atopic dermatitis (ad) is a multifactorial chronic and inflammatory disease present all over the world. only a few epidemiologic studies on ad have been carried out in the eastern world, while most of the published papers belong to western countries. to determine prevalence of ad in 7-11 year-old school children in ahwaz as there has been no previous study in this region. methods:...

background : dermatitis caused by paederus beetle involves many people around the world, especially iran. the symptoms include redness, itching and severe irritation. this study evaluated the effectiveness of the aloe vera cream on the treatment of dermatitis caused by paederus beetles. methods: forty male 6–8 weeks balb/c mice were randomly divided into four groups of 10 mice. after removing t...

cercarial dermatitis or swimmers’ itch is an itchy inflammatory response to the penetration of the skin by non-human schistosome parasites. in the hot season, may to september, in khuzestan province in the south west of iran, swimming in canals and agriculture activities in swampy areas are common. this survey was made on people from villages north of ahwaz city in south west iran, to estimate ...

background atopic dermatitis (ad), often called eczema or atopic eczema is a very common skin disease; ad looks different in infants, children, and adults. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of the disease in kurdistan province. materials and methods cross-sectional study using written questionnaires isaac  where 4,000 students in two age groups 7-6 and 14 -13 years in the pr...

Background: Exfoliative dermatitis is a rare disorder with several etiologic factors. The frequency of different etiologies varies in the medical literatures. The purpose of this study was to reveal the demographic characteristic and etiologies of exfoliative dermatitis in our department.Method: We reviewed the records of the patients who were admitted to the dermatology ward of Ghaem Hospital,...