Eruptive Vellus Hair Cysts: A Case and Review of Literature

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Cervicofacial Purpura as Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Complication

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Multiple cutaneous and Uterine Leiomyomatosis syndrome (Reed's syndrome)

WOS: 000342604800011Cutaneous leiomyomas are rare benign tumors arising from smooth muscle cells. The combination of cutaneous leiomyomatosis, uterine leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer is referred to as "multiple cutaneous and Uterine Leiomyomatosis syndrome (Reed's syndrome)". A forty-five-year-old female patient was admitted to our clinic with multiple painful bumps on the body. Diabetes mellitus and hysterectomy operation due to leiomyoma were present in her past medical history. Dermatologic examination revealed multiple, painful, skin coloured-red papulonodules forming clusters on the bilateral lumbar region and a few lesions on the right arm and back. Histopathological examination of the biopsy specimen revealed leiomyoma. Gabapentin therapy was initiated and in the one-month follow-up, it was observed that she had relief from pain

A rare variant of pilomatricoma: pseudobullous pilomatricoma

WOS: 000420880900004PubMed ID: 26399843Pilomatricoma (PM; calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe) is a benign tumor originating from the matrix of the hair follicles. Clinical types of the tumor are familial, perforating, multinodular, exophytic, anetodermic, and giant PM. The bullous type is seen only in 3 to 6% of cases. Because the bullous areas detected in PM are filled with lymphatic liquid, some authors use the term pseudobulla. This report presents a 26-year-old female patient that was diagnosed with pseudobullous PM based on clinical, radiologic, and histopathological findings, and the pathogenesis of the bullous appearance of PM is reviewed from the literature

Evaluation of demographic and clinical characteristics of 166 patients with herpes zoster in the Kirsehir region

WOS: 000444720300004Background and Design: Herpes zoster (HZ) occurs by reactivation of the latent varicella zoster virus at dorsal root ganglia. In the literature, there are studies on socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with HZ in our country and in the world, however, there has been no study performed in our region. We aimed to evaluate demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with HZ and to investigate differences and similarities with other epidemiological studies in Turkey and in the world. Materials and Methods: One hundred sixty-six patients clinically diagnosed with HZ by dermatologists between January 2015 and December 2016 and were followed for 3 months in terms of possible complications were included this study. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients were recorded. Results: The mean age of the patients was 51.48 +/- 21.05 (1-90) years. Eighty-seven patients were female (52.4%), 79 were male (47.6%). Thirteen patients (7.8%) were in the pediatric age group (<18). The frequency of patient admission was highest in December and lowest in March. The most frequent locations of the lesions were thoracic (76 patients, 45.8%) and lumbar (40 patients, 24.1%) regions. The lesions were on the left side of the body in 96 (57.8%) and right side in 70 (42.2%) patients. The most frequent triggering factor was emotional stress. Post-herpetic neuralgia (27.7%) was the most frequently seen complication. The most common systemic comorbidity was hypertension. Malignancy was present in only 3 patients (1.8%). Conclusion: Our data were highly comparable with other studies. However, occurrence of HZ mostly during the winter and in the left side of the body was the difference from other studies. We conclude that further country-wide studies with larger number of patients are needed in order to clarify the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of HZ in our country

Evaluation of Skin Findings in Adult Obese Dermatology Outpatients

Background: The relationship between systemic diseases and obesity is well-known, but the dermatological effects of obesity are ignored. In the literature, a few articles have appeared concerning the skin findings related to obesity. Our objective was to evaluate the skin findings in obese patients who applied to dermatology outpatient clinic and to compare obese and non-obese outpatients

Superimposed segmental manifestation of juvenile amyopathic dermatomyositis in a 9-year-old boy

Dermatomyositis is a well-known autoimmune disorder. On the other hand, juvenile amyopathic dermatomyositis (JADM) occurs rather rarely. Here, we report an unusual case in a 9-year-old Turkish boy showing a unilateral linear inflammatory skin lesion that was followed, after 16 months, by the appearance of bilateral disseminated features JADM