Orbital Floor Reconstruction with Free Flaps after Maxillectomy

Leela Mohan C. S. R. Sampathirao, MS, MCh,1 Krishnakumar Thankappan, MS, DNB, MCh,1 Sriprakash Duraisamy, MS, MCh,1 Naveen Hedne, MS, MCh,1 Mohit Sharma, MS, MCh,1 Jimmy Mathew, MS, MCh,1 and Subramania Iyer, MS, MCh, FRCS1 Results One hundred twenty-six patients underwent maxillectomy during the study period. Combined modality treatment with surgery followed by radiotherapy with or with or out chemotherapy was performed. […]

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Compartment Syndrome

Compartment syndrome is one of the true emergencies where timing is critical and every hour that passes matters. Compartment syndrome occurs when pressure in a confined space gets too high. This was compartment syndrome of the arm and forearm due to reperfusion injury that happened with the vessels being compressed for a long time then […]

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Orf infection

A 45-year-old man presented to the emergency department with an enlarging lesion on the left thumb. The lesion had first manifested as a targetoid papule 2 weeks earlier (Panel A) and had progressively enlarged (Panel B) without associated pain or sensory deficits. He reported that 3 weeks earlier he had had direct contact with sheep […]

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Neutrophilic Dermatosis

A 7-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of fever and with several days of painful blisters on her arms, legs, and face. Two weeks earlier, she had completed a course of penicillin for tonsillitis. On examination, there were multiple bullae with erythematous bases on the legs (Panel A) and well-demarcated, […]

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A Very Long Foreign Body in the Bladder

Atsushi Imai, 1 Yuichiro Suzuki, 1 Yasuhiro Hashimoto, 1 ,* Atsushi Sasaki, 1 Hisao Saitoh, 1 and Chikara Ohyama 2 2. Case Summary The patient was a 49-year-old male with no history of any psychiatric disorder. Gross hematuria was noted. He underwent medical examination at the local emergency room and was referred to us for examination of a foreign body in the bladder, which had been identified […]

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Dermoscopy of Pigmented Bowen’s Disease Mimicking Early Superficial Spreading Melanoma

Case Rep Dermatol. 2009 Jan-Dec; 1(1): 11–15. Published online 2009 Jul 29. doi: 10.1159/000227284 PMCID: PMC2895203 PMID: 20652107 Yuka Hayashi,a,* Masaru Tanaka,b Reiko Suzaki,b Nuiko Mori,a and Izumi Konohanaa Yuka Hayashi aDepartment of Dermatology, Hiratsuka City Hospital, Hiratsuka, Japan Find articles by Yuka Hayashi Masaru Tanaka bTokyo Women’s Medical University Medical Center East, Tokyo, Japan Find […]

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Two Case Reports of Life-Threatening Ethanol-Induced Anaphylaxis

Case Rep Dermatol. 2009 Jan-Dec; 1(1): 1–6. Published online 2009 Apr 29. doi: 10.1159/000209154 PMCID: PMC2875848 PMID: 20508822 S.L. Fernandoa,c,d,* and L.R. Clarkeb S.L. Fernando aDepartment of Allergy, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia cNorthern Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia dPaLMS Immunorheumatology Laboratory, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia Find articles by S.L. Fernando L.R. […]

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Acne Vulgaris Mimicking Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus in an Adolescent: Report of a Rare Case

Irma Bernadette S. Sitohang,* Agung Mohamad Rheza, Sondang P. Sirait, Eyleny Meisyah Fitri, and Lis Surachmiati Suseno Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia *Irma Bernadette S. Sitohang, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas […]

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Zoon’s Balanitis: Benign or Premalignant Lesion?

Case Rep Dermatol. 2009 Jan-Dec; 1(1): 7–10. Published online 2009 May 26. doi: 10.1159/000210440 PMCID: PMC2895202 PMID: 20652106 Nicola Balato,* Massimiliano Scalvenzi, Serena La Bella, and Luisa Di Costanzo Author information Copyright and License information Disclaimer Department of Dermatology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy *Prof. Nicola Balato, Dipartimento di Patologia Sistematica, Sezione di Dermatologia […]

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Spontaneous Regression of Palmar Warts after Suffering from Diffuse Contact Dermatitis against Alkyl Bromide

Case Rep Dermatol. 2021 Jan-Apr; 13(1): 54–57. Published online 2021 Jan 28. doi: 10.1159/000511998 PMCID: PMC7923719 PMID: 33708083 Gyohei Egawa,* Tetsuya Honda, and Kenji Kabashima Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan *Gyohei Egawa, Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, […]

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Innovative treatment using tilapia skin as a xenograft for partial thickness burns after a gunpowder explosion

Edmar Maciel Lima-Junior,1 Manoel Odorico de Moraes Filho,2 Bruno Almeida Costa,2 Francisco Vagnaldo Fechine,2 Maria Elisabete Amaral de Moraes,2 Francisco Raimundo Silva-Junior,1 Maria Flaviane Araújo do Nascimento Soares,1 Marina Becker Sales Rocha,2 and Cybele Maria Philopimin Leontsinis1 CASE REPORT A 23-year-old male patient, with no comorbidities, arrived at a burn treatment center in Fortaleza, Brazil after a thermal injury caused by contact with flames […]

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Unusual Idiopathic Calcinosis Cutis Universalis in a Child

Case Rep Dermatol. 2009 Jan-Dec; 1(1): 16–22. Published online 2009 Aug 28. doi: 10.1159/000227285 PMCID: PMC2895204 PMID: 20652108 Derya Alabaz,a,* Neslihan Mungan,b Mehmet Turgut,c and Cemil Dalayd Derya Alabaz aDepartment of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Balcalı, Turkey Find articles by Derya Alabaz Neslihan Mungan bDepartment of Pediatric Endocrinology, Çukurova University Faculty of […]

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Scalp expansion for giant cutis verticis gyrata secondary to cerebriform intradermal nevus

Wenfang Dong, Huan Wang, and Fei Fan Case report A 27-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for evaluation of a huge black scalp macule (20 × 18 cm) with thinning of the overlying hair (Figure 1). The asymptomatic scalp macule first appeared upon her birth and gradually increased in size. On physical examination, the scalp macule was characterized by […]

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Aesthetic reconstruction of the severely disfigured burned face: a creative strategy for a “natural” appearance using pre-patterned autogenous free flaps

Elliott H. Rose Burns Trauma. 2015; 3: 16.Published online 2015 Sep 27. doi: 10.1186/s41038-015-0014-8PMCID: PMC4964145PMID: 27574662 A 10-year-old girl sustained 80 % TBSA burns during a crib fire as an infant in Columbia. She was abandoned by her biological parents and brought to the United States for treatment where she was adopted by caring foster parents. Prior to treatment at The […]

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The Woman With No Face

A SEVERE untreated facial condition has left a woman in India with large hanging growths which eclipse her entire face – causing local children to be scared of her. Khadija Khatoon, 23, from Kolkata, India, has what doctors believe to be neurofibromatosis – a catch-all term for a number of genetic disorders which cause tumours […]

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A Case of Ketron-Goodman Disease

M. Carlesimo,a A. Tammaro,a C. Cox,b E. Mari,a L. Fidanza,a A. Narcisi,a,* C. Cacchi,c and G. Camplonea M. Carlesimo aU.O.C. Dermatology, II School of Medicine University of Rome ‘Sapienza’, Rome, Italy Find articles by M. Carlesimo A. Tammaro aU.O.C. Dermatology, II School of Medicine University of Rome ‘Sapienza’, Rome, Italy Find articles by A. Tammaro […]

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“The hand of God” – nurses try to comfort isolated patients in a Brazilian Covid isolation ward

From Brazil , a country that has recorded a very high number of infections from Covid-19, comes ““mão de deus“ “, conceived by a Brazilian nurse to break down the barrier of isolation and give comfort to the patients. For over a year engaged in the fight against Coronavirus , doctors and nurses all over the world, in addition to ensuring the necessary health care for patients forced to live in […]

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Strawberry Tongue in Streptococcal Pharyngitis

A 5-year-old girl presented to the pediatric clinic with a 3-day history of fever, sore throat, and pain with swallowing. She had no associated cough, rhinorrhea, or hoarseness. The temperature was 40°C. On examination, she appeared to be ill, with dry mucous membranes and tender anterior cervical lymphadenopathy. She had fissured lips and a red […]

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