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Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease caused by flagellate protozoa of the genus Leishmania. It is transmitted to humans via the bite of sandflies. The disease is a major health problem in our country as in many regions in the world. Although the disease is more often seen in children, it may affect any age group. The lesions usually occur on the exposed areas of the body such as face, neck, hands, arms and lower legs. However, they may be seen in other areas of the body such as scalp, trunk, eyelids and, penis. Eyelid involvement is not common, probably due to the movement of the lids preventing the female phlebotomine sandfly from biting the skin. In this paper, we present two cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis diagnosed on the basis of clinical and laboratory findings and we aim the draw attention to the fact that if not treated early, palpebral lesions can lead to dysfunction of palpebrae along with cosmetic problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scalp hair has greater social and psychological importance than its' biological significance. In the hair disorder consultation services there are lots of patients who are often considered as 'difficult' or 'problematic', because of their biopsychosocial problems. When it's considered that the hair loss patients refer to the dermatology clinics in the first step, we can understand the importance of the awareness of the clinicians about the causal and/or consequential relationship between hair diseases and the psychological problems. In this paper, hair loss diseases that are related to primary psychiatric disorders are reviewed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common type of skin cancer in humans. Surgery is still the gold standard for treating BCCs. However, there are also less-invasive, nonsurgical therapies such as imiquimod cream and intralesional interferon (IFN) alpha-2b for patients who are poor surgical candidates and who care about cosmetic outcomes. We report 11 patients with various subtypes of BCC successfully treated with either imiquimod alone or in combination with interferon alfa-2b. In this paper, we present 11 patients with various subtypes of histopathologically proven BCCs, who were treated with imiquimod or combination of imiquimod and IFN alpha-2b, in our outpatient clinic between 2005 and 2010. Of 11 patients, only 4 patients (3 infiltrative, 1 solid types) had received intralesional interferon alpha-2b at a dose of 3 million IU, 3 times a week combined with topical imiquimod while 7 patients had received only 5% imiquimod cream. All patients were cured with these regimens. Imiquimod is found to be effective not only in superficial, but also in infiltrative, solid, and nodular types. Intralesional interferon alpha-2b is also known to be effective in BCCs and it has a synergistic effect when combined with imiquimod. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Eruptive vellus hair cyst (EVHC) is a rare skin disease and is characterized by asymptomatic comedone-like papules on the anterior chest and limbs. EVHC is more common among children and young adults. Its etiology is not fully known, and it may occur sporadically or be inherited as an autosomal dominant gene. In this paper, we present a 28-year-old female patient with EVHC who presented with a large number of dense, grayish-yellow colored papules on frontal and cheek regions of the face. Due to the location of the lesions on the face and their dissimilar appearances, differential diagnosis and treatment alternatives are evaluated in the light of the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background and Design: Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are severe drug reactions characterized by an extensive skin rash with blisters and exfoliation, accompanied by mucositis. The aim of this paper was to evaluate demographic and clinical features, prognosis and treatment in our patient group. Material and Method: A total of 20 consecutive patients with SJS and TEN diagnosed between 2000 and 2008 in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed. Results: Among the 20 cases, 3 had SJS (15%), 5 had SJS-TEN overlap (25%) and 12 had TEN (60%). Oral mucosae was the most commonly affected site (%95) which was followed by conjunctivae ( 85%) while all mucosal surfaces were affected in 2 patients. Causative drugs, anticonvulsive drugs (5 cases), sulfasalazine and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (6 cases), allopruninol (2 cases), anti-cancer therapy drugs (3 cases), amifostine (1 case) and ampicillin (1 case), were identified in 18 patients. Five of 20 patients died of severe sepsis and irreversible multiple organ failure. The age above 60 years, percentage of epidermal detachment above 70% of body surface area and associated malignancy were found to be statistically correlated with poor prognosis (p=0.035, p=0.005, p=0.015; respectively). Fourteen patients were treated with short courses of medium-dose corticosteroids. An objective response to corticosteroids therapy was observed in all patients and the survival rate was 100%. The mean delay between occurrence of eruption and the withdrawal of suspected drug was 2.2 days and the first dose of corticosteroids was 3.4 days. Conclusion: In our patients, the suspected causative agents were the most frequently implicated high-risk drugs for the disease. Old age, extensive skin lesions and associated malignancy were found to be correlated with poor prognosis. Our treatment results indicate that beside rapid withdrawal of suspected drug short courses of medium-dose corticosteroids may be an effective approach in the management of SJS and TEN patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Imatinib is the first molecularly targeted drug developed for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Adverse cutaneous reactions induced by imatinib are frequent and generally moderate. On the other hand, imatinib-induced erythroderma is an uncommon reaction, and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. In this paper, we report a case of erythrodermia induced by imatinib in a patient with CML. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Clinical classification of pemphigus is not yet complete. The classic classification based on clinical and histologic features. Because of the progress in the pathogenesis of pemphigus, the current classifications based on accumulating analyses of antigen molecules and subclasses of immunoglobulins and etiologic aspects of pemphigus as weel as the clinical, histologic features. The aim of this paper is to review classification of pemphigus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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