BACKGROUND Impetigo can result from Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). Wolf's isotopic response is the occurrence of a new cutaneous disorder at the site of a previously healed disease. A cutaneous immunocompromised district is an area of skin that is more vulnerable than the rest of the individual's body. PURPOSE To describe a man with impetigo localized to a unilateral dermatome and review ...

pulmonary metastases occur in 30% of all oncology patients. surgical resection of lung metastases is a widely accepted procedure but long-term results are disappointing with a 5-year survival rate of 20-40% and the results vary with the histologic type of the primary tumor. due to unavailability of any study regarding pulmonary metastasectomy in iran and emergence of new treatment modalities, r...

Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2008;99:157-69 163 Genital warts are the most frequently observed form of HPV infection and, to date, only 1 double-blind phase II clinical trial has been published on the use of topical cidofovir.9 In that trial, 47% of the 19 patients in the group treated with cidofovir had a complete response with no important side effects reported. This percentage is similar to those o...

During the development of a zosteriform rash, which occurs after flank inoculation of BALB/c mice with herpes simplex virus, clinically normal skin becomes infected via nerve endings. This is analogous to the final step in the development of a recrudescent lesion, which may occur after reactivation of latent virus. Therefore, the zosteriform reaction has potential as a model with which to study...

Dear Editor, We would like to discuss on the report on “Zosteriform cutaneous leishmaniasis” [1] Ramot et al. reported that “dermoscopy has proven to be an accessible and easy tool to diagnose such atypical presentation of cutaneous leishmaniasis, and dermatologists in endemic areas should be familiar with its typical dermoscopic features” [1]. In fact, cutaneous leishmaniasis is an important t...