head and neck or parotid disease, physical examination revealed no neurological signs, no associated Horner's syndrome or other autonomic dysfunction was observed and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and brainstem were normal. There are few reports demonstrating the presence of enlarged sweat glands in the affected skin of patients with localized hyperhidrosis and the lesions have been c...

the current treatment of choice for cutaneous leishmaniasis is either parenteral or intralesional antimonial compounds. each of these treatments has its own downfalls which include toxic side effects with the parentral injection and pain at the site of injection with the intralesional injection. in recent years, there has been more focus on paromomycin as an alternative drug; however, current d...

A high degree of topical diversity is often considered to be an important characteristic of interesting text documents. A recent proposal for measuring topical diversity identifies three elements for assessing diversity: words, topics, and documents as collections of words. Topic models play a central role in this approach. Using standard topic models for measuring diversity of documents is sub...

introduction: infection is the most common complication of burn and one of the most important causes of mortality and morbidity in burned patients. topical antibiotics have important role in prevention and treatment of infection and reduction of mortality in burned patients. increases of use of antibiotics cause microbial resistance. methods: to determine microbial resistance to three topical a...

background medical sphincterotomy has gained popularity as a treatment for anal fissure. calcium channel blockers in topical forms could also be appropriate with low adverse effects. objectives this was a prospective randomized controlled trial to compare topical and oral nifedipine in the treatment of chronic anal fissure. patients and methods a prospective randomized controlled trial was cond...

Some otolaryngologists administer topical phenylephrine for bleeding control in adenoidectomy surgery. Absorption of this drug from surgical site can lead to increase in blood pressure due to vasoconstriction and then bradycardia related to baroreceptore reflex.  Our case was an intraoperative arrest of a 9-yrs-old girl related to administration of topical phenylephrine during adenoidectomy how...

Background: Seborrheic dermatitis is one of the most common skin diseases. Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the topical and oral ketoconazole in treatment of intractable cases of seborrheic dermatitis referring to Faghihi Hospital in Shiraz. Patients and Methods: This study was performed on 80 cases of intractable seborrheic dermatitis in 1376-1378. The patients were randomiz...

There have been many advances in the treatment of wounds made in the last decade. Innovative techniques of wound closure, topical agents, aggressive vascular repair, focused wound care management, and adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy are but a few of these improvements. The vital role of oxygen in wound healing is becoming better understood, in no small part, due to Dr. T. K. Hunt and his c...