Vitiligo patients may desire laser hair removal, skin rejuvenation, vascular treatments and other or Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) assisted treatments. However, there is a risk of inducing new vitiligo patches (Koebner phenomenon). In absence guidelines on the safe use IPL in patients, dermatologists tend to be reluctant administer these The aim this survey study was provide an estimation occurren...

Four organic-decorated quaternary TM-Hg-Sb-Q compounds, namely, [Mn(phen)](2)HgSb(2)S(6) (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) (1) and isomorphic [TM(tren)]HgSb(2)Se(5) (TM = Mn (2), Fe (3), Co (4); tren = tris(2-aminoethyl)amine) have been solvothermally prepared, and structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. 1 and 2 (3, 4) feature distinct one-dimensional neutral infinit...

©2015 8872147 Canada Inc. or its licensors CMAJ 1 A 26-year-old man with a history of uncontrolled hyperlipidemia presented with a six-month history of painful, multiple papules on his chest, back and limbs. The two-year-old tattoos on his right leg were covered by a linear arrangement of papules, suggesting a Koebner phenomenon (Figure 1A). A biopsy from the lesions on the tattoos showed infil...

Chemokines are the principal regulators of leukocyte migration and are essential for initiation and maintenance of inflammation. Atypical chemokine receptor 2 (ACKR2) binds and scavenges proinflammatory CC-chemokines, regulates cutaneous T-cell positioning, and limits the spread of inflammation in vivo Altered ACKR2 function has been implicated in several inflammatory disorders, including psori...

CGS: cutaneous granulocytic sarcoma GS: granulocytic sarcoma IHC: immunohistochemistry KP: Koebner phenomenon MDS: myelodysplastic syndrome MPO: myeloperoxidase PG: pyoderma gangrenosum TGF-b1: transforming growth factor-beta 1 TGF-b1R: transforming growth factor-beta 1 receptor INTRODUCTION Granulocytic sarcoma (GS) is also known as myeloid sarcoma or chloroma because of its green hue caused b...