ANAEMIA and skin disease are both common and it is to be expected that often they will be found together in the same patient. In some instances this will be a chance association, but in others it will be the result of some special relationship. We do not intend to give an account of all situations in which anaemia and skin disease are associated, but merely to describe a few examples chosen eit...

Lumpy skin disease (LSD, knopvelsiekte) is a pox disease of cattle characterised by fever, nodules on the skin, mucous membranes and internal organs, emaciation, enlarged lymph nodes, oedema of the skin, and sometimes death. The disease is of economic importance as it can cause a temporary reduction in milk production, temporary or permanent sterility in bulls, damage to hides and death due to ...

abstract pseudoxanthoma elasticum is a rare, hereditary, multisystemic disease affecting the skin, eye, and cardiovascular system. renal involvement is uncommon. we describe two cases of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (pxe) in two women with distinctive skin lesions and nephrocalcinosis that renal ultrasonography showed a characteristic pattern of dotted increased echogenicity in the corticomedullary...

We encountered a patient with methylmalonic aciduria associated with skin lesions resembling acrodermatitis enteropathica. This child was being fed with a low-protein diet when the skin disorder developed. A deficiency in plasma levels isoleucine, was confirmed. Supplementation of a high-caloric, protein-rich diet led to a prompt improvement of skin lesions. We assume that in our patient the sk...

background: one of the most common cancers is skin cancer worldwide. since incidence and cost of treatment of the cancer are increasing, it is necessary to further investigate to prevent and control this disease. this study aimed to determine skin cancer trend and epidemiology in iran. methods: this study was done based on existing data. data used in this study were obtained from a national reg...

BACKGROUND: Caprine pox virus disease play an important role in major constraints to small ruminants production in Iran. OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted in different districts of Iran to determine the prevalence of goats pox virus disease in different age groups, sex and seasons in Black goats of Iran. METHODS: In this study skin lesions of male and female goats were collected randomly ...