Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax. Anthrax is a zoonotic disease with three clinical forms. Clinical forms are skin, gastrointestinal and inhalational anthrax. Cutaneous anthrax is 95% of the cases. Cutaneous anthrax frequently defines itself. Clinical presentation of anthrax may be severe and complicated in some cases. There may seem complications like meningitis, septic sho...

metastatic skin cancer is a rare complication of internal malignancies.  patients who develop cutaneous metastases rarely present with a zosteriform distribution.  herein, we describe a 65-year-old woman with a prior history of breast cancer in whom zosteriform metastases developed along her left t 8-9 abdominal dermatomes.

Echinococcus granulosus is the most common tapeworm causing hydatid disease in humans. Its least-encountered complication is cutaneous fistulization. Omentoplasty, cyst, and fistulous tract drainage revealed successful in the management of this complication. Such intervention can be an alternative when conservative management fails, and a minimally aggressive procedure is required.

Osteocutaneous thermonecrosis is a rare but devastating complication of tibial reaming, which can cause large and infected bone and cutaneous defects. The case presented here illustrates that the induced membrane technique described by Masquelet is a valuable option in treating this complication.

Fig 1. Clinical extravasation 3 weeks after docetaxel infusion. INTRODUCTION Extravasation of chemotherapy is a rare devastating, cutaneous complication associated with administration of intravenous chemotherapy. Extravasation of chemotherapeutic agents can cause significant morbidity to already arduous chemotherapy regimens. Traditional treatment of extravasation is largely conservative in nat...

Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a major complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants (allo-HSCT) associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The earliest and most common manifestation is cutaneous graft-versus-host disease. This review focuses on the pathophysiology, clinical features, prevention and treatment of cutaneous graft-versus-host disease. We discuss var...