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 […]
Read MoreA 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 […]
Read MoreResearchers in Brazil are experimenting with a new treatment for severe burns using the skin of tilapia fish, an unorthodox procedure they say can ease the pain of victims and cut medical costs. Scientists at the Federal University of Ceara in northern Brazil have found that tilapia skin has moisture, collagen and disease resistance at […]
Read MoreCase Presentation A 58-year-old female patient was activated as a Level 1 trauma alert after being involved in a house explosion with resultant fire. She was awake and alert with no loss of consciousness at the scene but sustained significant thermal injuries per EMS report. She was intubated pre-hospital for “airway protection” out of concern […]
Read MoreCase Report 31-year-old Caucasian man was referred for treatment at our institution for surgical treatment of the cicatricial ectropion of both lower eyelids and exposure keratopathy due to severe deep dermal burns that affected minimally 60% of the TBSA (Fig. 1). Eight months prior to this presentation, patient sustained thermal burn injuries. Mechanism of the […]
Read MoreCase presentation In May 2015, a 20 year old first-time mother at 36 weeks gestation was seen in a district health clinic in Kuching, Sarawak in regards to her ability to breastfeed. She had a history of a flame burn at the age of 5 years old to her chest, abdomen, upper limb and part of her trunk. […]
Read MoreSarcoma is a type of cancer that develops in bones and soft tissues, such as fat, muscles blood vessels, etc. Tissue becomes necrotic when substantial areas of tissue lack a blood supply, which then causes gangrene, or death of the tissue, in the area. This particular case was very vascular, so there was no way […]
Read MoreReplantation is the treatment of choice in scalping injuries and should always be considered, even in case of a badly damaged scalp. Specific procedures regarding pre-, intra- and postoperative care are crucial to success in replantation. These include: haemodynamic stabilization of the patient without causing damage to possible donor vessels; cooling, cleaning and further proper […]
Read MoreKatie Stubblefield’s wit shows through when she describes her face transplant surgery. “Longest nap of my entire life,” she says. Those unfamiliar with Katie’s still-developing speech pattern may not easily make out those words, but her parents are usually there to interpret. Robb and Alesia Stubblefield have been by her side – helping her “take […]
Read MoreAbstract Full-thickness scalp burns secondary to hair coloring are rare; however, such defects can be large and complex reconstruction of hair-bearing tissue may be necessary. Many skin-stretching devices that use gradual traction have been applied to take advantage of the viscoelastic properties of the skin. A 21-year-old female patient was seen with a burn defect […]
Read MoreYasmin Alfayez, Sahar Alsharif,* and Adel Santli Case Report A 4-h-old male newborn presented with complete absence of skin over the anteromedial aspect of both lower legs since birth. The baby was born to a 23-year-old primigravida mother via normal vaginal delivery. Both pregnancy and delivery were uncomplicated. The mother denied any history of exposure to medications or […]
Read MoreCase Report We described a case of a 49-year-old obese Chinese man with no known medical illness who had been under close observation for the bilateral lower limbs swelling and disfigurement for 2 years. The lesions started 30 years ago, initially described as skin thickening, worsening into nodules and thick plaque formation, but he did […]
Read MoreHidenori Nakagawa,a,⁎ Masato Nishihara,a and Takashi Nakamurab A 9-year-old boy (Patient 1) with no past medical history presented to the pediatric emergency department with a 1-month history of tender erythematous lesions on his scalp. The lesions had gradually enlarged despite the use of topical antibacterials and corticosteroids. His temperature upon presentation was 38.0℃, and physical examination showed multiple […]
Read MoreNithyananda K. Chowta, Mukta N. Chowta,1 John Ramapuram, Pramod Kumar,2 and Abul Fazil Case Report A 38-year-old Asian Indian male patient presented with a rapidly progressive generalized eruption with fever. Patient was diagnosed as having secondarily generalized complex partial seizures 3 weeks prior to the current illness and was prescribed carbamazepine at the dose of […]
Read MoreKim A. Tønseth, MD, PhD,*†‡Charles Filip, MD, PhD,*†Robert Hermann, MD,*Harald Vindenes, MD,* and Hans Erik Høgevold, MD, PhD*† CASE REPORT The patient was born abroad after a normal pregnancy. Immediately after delivery, a very large voluminous GCMN of the back covering about 16% of the total body surface area and additional multiple smaller nevi on the body […]
Read MoreAuthors: Parichehr Ghalayani,1 Zahra Saberi,2 and Farimah Sardari2 CASE REPORTS Five members of a family, a mother and her four offsprings, referred to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine to be diagnosed and received oral and dental treatments. During clinical examination, we found clinical manifestations of neurofibromatosis in all of them. We have described all of them […]
Read MoreAuthors: Sunil Munakomi, Binod Bhattarai, and Iype Cherian A 38-year-old female presented with the complaint of slowly progressive swelling over scalp since last 20 years. There was no history of trauma, loss of consciousness, headache vomiting, altered sensorium or weakness of body parts. Surgical intervention was tried twice but abandoned due to heavy bleeding on both the occasions. […]
Read MoreA 49-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection presented to the HIV clinic with a several-week history of multiple slow-growing, violaceous, ulcerated lesions on the glans penis and external urethral meatus. He was sexually active with male partners and had not taken prescribed antiretroviral therapy for 2 years. Laboratory studies showed a CD4 cell […]
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