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Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome (HTTS) is an emergency phenomenon in which hair or thread tightly wraps around a protruding appendage of the body, resulting in pain, swelling, and rarely ischemia and amputation. While the toes, fingers, and external genitalia are the most affected areas, it can also impact other protruding parts of the body. Nevertheless, except for a few cases of skin tags and hemangioma, HTTS associated with a protruding skin mass is extremely rare in the literature. In this study, we present the management of two cases: One involving a pediatric patient with HTTS affecting the right fourth toe and the other involving a protruding pyogenic granuloma on the back of an adult patient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Propylthiouracil (PTU)‑induced vasculitis is a rare antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody‑associated vasculitis involving small vessels. The patients are often present with constitutional symptoms such as skin rash, fever, sore throat, and joint pain, and rarely with systemic symptoms such as muscle pain, weakness, weight loss, conjunctival, and mucosal irritation. Early diagnosis with the help of clinical findings, laboratory and serological markers, discontinuation of PTU, and immunosuppressive treatments are beneficial. In thisstudy, a case of necrotizing vasculitis after PTU is presented, and the literature is reviewed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]