blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome is a rare disorder that is characterized by multiple recurrent vascular malformations of skin and gastrointestinal tract . the affected patients may present with diverse manifestations including iron deficiency anemia. we report this syndrome in a 22-year-old man that was referred to our hospital for iron deficiency anemia with unknown cause and vascular malforma...

A 79-year-old man, with history of HTN, CAD and dyslipidemia, presented with two-week history of painful toes that started as ‘purple’ discoloration on the left side then extended to involve most of his toes bilaterally. Two months prior to this presentation, he sustained a left internal capsule stroke along with concomitant worsening of kidney function. One month later, a change in the mental ...

The following case report presents a patient exhibiting Gerstmann syndrome accompanied by toe agnosia. A 72 year old right handed woman had a focal lesion in the angular gyrus of the left hemisphere which was caused by a glioblastoma multiforme. The first symptom she had complained of was severe headache. Standardised neuropsychological tests of intelligence, memory, attention, fluency, apraxia...

An 81-year-old Japanese man presented with dark blue papules and nodules on his face. There were multiple soft papules and nodules, dark blue in color, compressive, and ranging in size from 2 to 10 mm. A few similar lesions were seen on the patient's right dorsal second toe and right buccal mucosa. There were no skin lesions on his trunk and upper limbs. The patient's past history did not inclu...

Toe-tourniquet syndrome is a rare and commonly misdiagnosed condition caused by a hair or a fiber wrapped around digits (fingers and toes). A four months baby girl who was crying and presented with redness and swelling at her 2nd and 3rd toes of right foot. Child had red and swollen 2nd and 3rd toes of right foot with hair end protruding through wounds. Constricting hairs were cut and removed. ...

Pathological findings of the fingers and toes were studied in finger and toe skin specimens from 21 male patients with vibration syndrome and 13 referent male cadavers. Thickening of the medial muscle layer of small arteries or arterioles, and increase of collagen fibers in the connective tissues, especially in perivascular regions, were noted in not only the finger but also the toe in patients...

Here we report a case of 30 years old man with Reiter's syndrome. He complained of pain in his left great toe with swelling. Radiograph showed erosive changes of interphalangeal joint of his great toe with periosteal reaction and no joint space narrowing. He had not only arthritis of left great toe but also prostitis, balanitis circinata and conjunctivitis. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-rea...