Onychomycosis is a relatively common dermatologic presentation (Table 1). The incidence of the disease varies regionally and with age. Although in most cases the condition poses no significant long-term health risk, treatment is indicated. Affected nails can be cosmetically unsightly and may become painful and cause functional impairment. In some cases, such as among diabetic patients, treatmen...

Nail involvement affects 80-90 % of patients with plaque psoriasis, and is even more prevalent in patients with psoriatic arthritis. This review is the result of a systemic approach to the literature and covers topical, intralesional, conventional systemic, and biologic systemic treatments, as well as non-pharmacological treatment options for nail psoriasis. The available evidence suggests that...

Background and aim: Psoriasis is a dermatologic disease which not only involves the patient physically, but also affects patient's quality of life. Due to its life time duration and psychologic burden, we decided to evaluate patient's quality of life using psoriasis disability index (PDI). Materials and methods: From August 2006 till March 2007, 80 patients referring to Imam-Reza dermatology cl...

background: nail disorders comprise approximately 10% of all dermatological conditions. abnormalities in the color of nails are called ungal dyschromia or chromonychia. ungual dyschromia may be endogenous or exogenous. yellow discoloration of the nails has been reported during the last years as separate observation related to drug administration, during hemodialysis and associated with pulmonar...

We describe a case of a severely comminuted type iiia open tibial fracture, with distal loss of bone stock (7 cm), total involvement of the tibial joint surface, and severe instability of the fibular-talar joint. The treatment performed consisted of thorough cleansing, placing a retrograde reamed calcaneal-talar-tibial nail with proximal and distal blockage, as well as a fibular-talar Kirschner...

Aims: psoriasis is a common immune related skin disorder which affects 2-3% of worldwide people. It has different types and involves most parts of skin, and nail. It also sometimes affects joints and internal organs. Few studies have been conducted on the characteristics of psoriasis in Iran. The purpose of this study was to determine the disease characteristics of psoriasis patients in the gen...

Yellow nail syndrome (YNS) is an uncommon condition characterized by a triad of yellow nail coloration, lymphedema and respiratory tract involvement. This syndrome typically affects middle-aged persons. Although several etiologies have been described, to date; the exact etiology remains unclear. Different treatment plans have been suggested, but all data available emphasize the fact that treatm...

Dyskeratosis Congenita (DKC) is a rare progressive bone marrow disorder associated with multi-systemic involvement. It is also characterized by triad of abnormal skin pigmentation, nail dystrophy and mucosal leukoplakia. Liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension are said to be uncommon among these patients. We hereby report a case of an adult male who presented with pancytopenia, abnormal skin pi...