Cutis verticis gyrata (CVG) is a skin condition characterized by excessive growth of the skin of the scalp, resulting in furrows and folds which are similar to the gyri of the brain cortex. CVG can be classified into two forms: primary (essential and non-essential) and secondary. We report the case of a 53-year-old male patient with the primary type of CVG. The patient did not present with any ...

A 5-year-old female developed, after a 7-month period of fever, anorexia, weight loss, and a transitory cutaneous erythematous eruption, a severe acute transverse myelopathy, with a partial recovery of motor and sensory function. She had positive antinuclear and antidouble-stranded DNA antibodies but no antiphospholipid antibodies. Six months later she had massive proteinuria and restarted trea...

Introduction Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5-positive dermatomyositis (anti-MDA5+ DM) is a distinct subtype of DM, which characterized by typical cutaneous features, minimal or no muscle involvement and notable interstitial lung disease, typically progresses rapidly has high mortality. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (PNM), relatively unusual but serious complication anti-MDA5+ fu...

Purpura fulminans (PF), a life-threatening disorder characterized by cutaneous microvascular thrombosis with secondary hemorrhagic infarction, is rare complication of sepsis and may also be caused severe protein C or S deficiency. Here, we describe the case 58-year-old man who developed PF in close association onset chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). initially manifested an ecchymosis right up...

C. L. BALF From the Department of Child Life and Health, University of Edinburgh, and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh (RECVED FoE PUBLICATION FEBRuARY 20, 1950) Widespread visceral lesions were first described Sch6nlein (1837) suggested that they constituted a as a complication of cutaneous purpura by Willan clinical entity. The alimentary changes have been in 1808, but they wer...

Kindler syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder associated with skin fragility. It is characterized by blistering in infancy, photosensitivity and progressive poikiloderma. The syndrome involves the skin and mucous membrane with radiological changes. The genetic defect has been identified on the short arm of chromosome 20. This report describes an 18-year-old patient with classical feat...

Postoperative isolated injury of the musculocutaneous nerve is a rare disorder and complication. Reported cases are claimed to present with loss of biceps and brachialis power without neuropathic pain. When injury occurs to one of the terminal branches of the brachial plexus, the lateral cutaneous nerve of the forearm, pain is the major symptom and it typically radiates along the radial aspect ...

OBJECTIVE It was the aim of our study to present a case of Rubinstein Taybi syndome (RTS) associated with hepatic hemangioma. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 6.5-year-old boy was diagnosed with RTS. He had large areas of cutaneous capillary hemangiomas. Radiological examination revealed a hepatic hemangioma. A multidisciplinary follow-up program was commenced and hepatic ultrasound e...

The clinical manifestations of calcinosis cutis vary from asymptomatic cutaneous papules to lifethreatening calciphylaxis. We describe a 61-year-old female who was found to have extensive calcinosis cutis on her left forearm 4 days following liver transplantation. Large amount of calcium chloride solution was intravenously infused during the operation at the same site without gross extravasatio...

The development of a tubocutaneous fistula due to endometriosis in a post-cesarean section surgical scar is a rare complication that generates significant morbidity in the affected women. Surgery is the treatment of choice in these cases. Hormonal therapies may lead to an improvement in symptoms, but do not eradicate such lesions. In this report, we present a 34-year-old patient with a cutaneou...