Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is the most common primary lymphoma of the skin. As with most cancers, survival depends on the stage of disease. Infection is a common complication of CTCL, contributing significant morbidity and mortality. We report a patient with severe, generalized mycosis fungoides (MF) complicated by recurrent skin infections,and we review the infectious complications of pa...

Background: Pentazocine abuse has been associated with cutaneous complications, but reports from India are rare. Objective: To report a case of parenteral pentazocine dependence with a unique pattern of injection leading to an unusually large skin ulcer. Case report: A laboratory technician became dependent on parenteral pentazocine. Having exhausted accessible veins, he started ‘blind-dating’:...

Introduction: Hypospadias is a common congenital malformation in boys. One of the common surgical techniques for correction of hypospadias is (Tubularized Incised Plate urethraplasty=TIP). Meatal stenosis and fistula formation are known post-operative complications. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the effect of early urethral dilatation in prevention of post operative complications. Me...

Perigenital cutaneous schistosomiasis was diagnosed in a patient who had no previous genitourinary or gastrointestinal symptoms suggesting schistosomiasis; his only symptom was a pruritic papular rash in the perineum. Late cutaneous schistosomiasis due to deposition of ova in the dermis is rare but can affect the genital and periumbilical areas. This report highlights the difficulty in diagnosi...

We report our experience, and review the literature, concerning 'intensive care dermatology'. Over a period of 14 months, 27 patients who had significant cutaneous problems were seen in the intensive care unit. These included primary dermatological conditions, multisystem disorders with cutaneous signs, complications of dermatological therapy, and skin conditions developing as complications of ...

Leishmaniasis affects 1.5-2 million new cases in the world annually. Two major complications of cutaneous leishamaniasis include diffuse cutaneous leishamaniasis (DCL ) occurring in the setting of deficient cell mediated immunity, typically with HIV infection, and chronic cutaneous leishamaniasis (CCL ) developing in approximately 4% of L. tropica infections in Iran and Afghanistan which also m...

Sir, In the case of American cutaneous leishmaniasis, the risk of serious morbidity from cutaneous and mucocutaneous forms requires highly effective parenteral therapy. Pentavalent antimony compounds have been the mainstay of antileish-manial therapy for half a century. However, despite high effectiveness, these drugs require long duration regimens and cause frequent and serious toxic effects. ...

purpose : to review ocular surface abnormalities caused by exposure to mustard gas and current approaches to manage its delayed-onset complications methods : a total of 198 medical articles related to mustard gas were reviewed using known international medical databases, 114 articles were more relevant to the main aim were selected. results : mustard gas-related ocular injuries can be divided i...