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Background and Aim: Hobnail hemangioma [targetoid hemosiderotic hemangioma] is a benign vascular tumor that is usually characterized as a papule with an ecchymotic halo on the periphery. It is usually seen in young adults and most commonly affects limbs. The lesion is seen equally in both sexes. This vascular tumor is rare in the world and, according to our acknowledge, only one case has been reported in Iran. In this case report, we described the second case of targetoid hemosiderotic hemangioma
Material and Methods: The patient is an 8 years old boy with a targetoid asymptomatic red popular lesion on his lower leg from 5 years ago. The lesion was completely excised. Skin biopsy showed dilated vascular spaces with hobnail endothelial cells in the superficial dermis accompanied with narrower vessels in the deep dermis which was compatible with targetoid hemosiderotic hemangioma. In a follow up period of three years the lesion did not recur
Conclusion: Distinction between targetoid hemosiderotic hemangioma and malignant skin lesions such as melanoma, Kaposi sarcoma and angiosarcoma is necessary. Thus, knowledge of clinical picture and pathology of this lesion can prevent unnecessary aggressive procedures
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To determine, for the first time in Iran, different epidemiological aspects and association of vitiligo with diseases between children and adults. This was a cross-sectional study with 324 participants, divided into 3 groups, each consisting of 108 of cases. The first group consisted of sex matched adults with vitiligo, second group were children between 2 and 18 years old with vitiligo [case group] and the third group were children with other skin disorders being matched for age and sex. Laboratory tests such as FBS, thyroid function test, CBC/Differentials and anti TPO antibody obtained from the participants and the type of the vitiligo was recorded. Our findings showed that thyroid abnormalities were seen in 4.5% of children of the case group. FBS was higher in only one child with vitiligo. Family history of vitiligo was significantly different between children with vitiligo and those with other skin disorders [p=0.001]. In our research, most of the children with vitiligo had positive anti-TPO antibody, confirming the importance of anti - TPO screening test in vitiligo patients
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Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Male , Thyroid Diseases , Child , Cross-Sectional StudiesABSTRACT
Background and Aims: There are still many unknowns about prevention and control of Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis [ACL]. Bam district is one of the old foci of CL. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of knowledge of prevention and improving housing, conditions in control of ACL based on a natural experience of earth quack, in Bam city
Methods: This comparative - analytical study was carried out in two time periods of before and after the 2003 bam Earthquake. Sampling was performed through random cluster method from the CL high risk areas within the city of Bam. The selected houses were actively visited in a similar manner and data about houses, hygienic conditions and the history of CL infection in the last three years were recorded. Data were analyzed through SPSS software and using t, Chi-Square and regression tests
Results: Both knowledge of CL prevention and housing, conditions were significantly better [p<0.0001] after the 2003 earthquake than before the earthquake. While the knowledge of CL prevention alone had no direct effect on the incidence rate of disease during both two time periods, improvement of housing, conditions was effective in decreasing the incidence rate significantly [p<0.0001]. The household heads of houses with better living conditions indicated a high knowledge of prevention [r= 0.7, p<0.001]
Conclusion: As it was seen, the earthquake has caused basic changes in hygienic conditions of houses and promotion of knowledge of CL prevention. Therefore, consequenthy improvement of housing, conditions directly and improvement of prevention knowledge indirectly decreased the incidence rate of CL. Therefore, for control and elimination of ACL, in addition to the early treatment, improvement of housing conditions is highly important