Accompanying Herpes Zoster with perichondritis-infectious auricle of chondritis

Perichondritis and chondritis are rare disease of auricle than may be due to burns surgery or trauma and can present with severe pain erythema and edema. Herpes Zoster, that is due to reactivation of virus in nerve root that present with vesicular group in erythematous fild cranial or spinal nerve innervated zone can present with sever pain and some factors include stress-chemotherapy and really surgery can facilate activation of them. We report a case with perichondritis-chondritis and herpes zoster that had reaction to chromic material after tympanomastoidectomy and with medical treatment and debridement with some sequela healed. The importance of this case is multipathological that can mislead the clinication

Prevalence of intra abdominal injuries due to penetrating trauma in Gorgan, Iran (2002-07)

Background and Objective: Trauma is the most common cause of death in all individuals between 1 and 44 years and the third most common cause of death regardless of age. The abdomen is the third most commonly injured region of the body. Some intra abdominal organ injured more than others, related to mechanism of injury, size and location of organ in abdominal cavity. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of intra abdominal injuries due to penetrating trauma. Materials and Methods: This retrospective descriptive study was done on 114 patients admitted to 5 Azar hospital in Gorgan, Iran due to penetrating abdominal trauma during 2002-07. Gender, age, type of injury causes of trauma and hospitlalization period were obtained form patients files. Results: 92.1% of patients were male. The mean age of subjects was 24.8 years (9-70 years) with highest frequency between 20-24 years. Two (1.8%) deaths directly related to abdominal stab wounds related to hemorrhagic shock. The most common cause of penetrating abdominal injury was knife wound (78.9%). The mean time spent in hospital was 4.6±2.8 days. In 53 patients, cause of trauma were either related to pentration into peritoneum or passing through in. Small intestine injuries (14 %), rupture of diaphragm and concurrent lung injuries (7%) were the common damage organs. Conclusion: This study showed that the knife was the main cause of abdominal penetrate trauma and peritoneum was the most common damage tissue