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..Patients frequently request the removal of benign, papular and dome-shaped nevi for cosmetic or functional reasons. Total excision is probably the most widely used method of removal...

..Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystemic disease of unknown etiology characterized by chronic relapsing oral-genital ulcers and uveitis. Some abnormalities in lipoprotein metabolism have been described in patients with BD...

..The eruption resolved, leaving post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation within 5 days. The rash returned following tiaprofenic acid rechallenge. It is proposed that fixed drug eruption is a new side effect of tiaprofenic acid...

..Higher incidence of severe clinical course and systemic involvement is observed in male patients...

..Apolipoprotein E (apoE) phenotypes and lipoprotein compositions in xanthelasma patients have been reported in different series...

..We report a case of BD with a PT gene mutation, presenting with cardiovascular involvement...

..Cytochrome P-450 are a multigene family of enzymes involved in the detoxification and occasional activation of a wide variety of chemicals. Our aim was to investigate CYP2C9 and CYP2C19 polymorphisms in patients with BD...

..It was concluded that the presence of apoE2/3 genotype, high HDL-cholesterol levels and the absence of apoE3/3 genotype can be regarded as risk factors for superficial fungal disease, especially dermatophytosis...

..To report a case of lichen planus-lupus erythematosus overlap syndrome with eyelid involvement. Lichen planus and lupus erythematosus infrequently coexist in the same patients. Ocular involvement has rarely been reported for both diseases...

..The GSTM1 and GSTT1 gene polymorphisms seem to be associated with the development of drug eruption. Further studies may shed additional light on the role of GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTP1 in drug eruption...

..This finding may have implications for the theories of the pathogenesis of the disease as well as for therapeutic aspects...

..In summary, this study demonstrated that enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidant defence systems are impaired in patients with RAS...

..Pulmonary artery aneurysm is a rare but serious complication of Behçet's disease. We describe a patient with Behçet's disease and protein C and S deficiency who developed bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms...

..In this article, we describe a very simple surgical technique, which was developed by modifying previous reports...

..Lesions of both patients were diagnosed histologically as eruptive vellus hair cyst, which is a disorder with no standard treatment option...

..Systemic steroids may be effective in treating recurrent giant pyogenic granulomas during their high-proliferation phase...

..The hypothetical anti-inflammatory effects of erythromycin, besides its antibiotic properties, are reviewed and discussed to explain such a clinical improvement...

..We also discuss the differential diagnosis and the clinical pathologies accompanying osteopoikilosis in the literature...

..When the same treatment was restarted, her lesions regressed within four weeks. CONCLUSIONS: This case provides an example of concomitant uveitis and GA. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this combination...

..This technique is well tolerated and no complications were observed. We suggest this comedone extraction technique as a simple alternative treatment for this common cosmetic problem...

..Accordingly, we address the possibility that CD4+CD25+ Treg cells may play a role in immune pathogenesis of other superficial fungal infections...

..Our aim was to evaluate the utility of LLR and somatosensory-evoked potentials (SEP) in demonstrating subclinical neural involvement in patients with BD...

..Light cautery has been used to treat macrocomedones, which are 1 to 3 mm in size; however, its success in larger and chronic lesions is limited...

..This study investigated the prevalence of dermatophytosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the relationship between sulfasalazine, low-dose methotrexate and steroid therapy...

..We report this case of cutaneous silica granuloma, which is unusual in children, and emphasize the importance of polarized light microscopic examination of granulomatous skin diseases...

..In conclusion, although it is difficult to draw definite conclusions due to the relatively small sample size, our study confirms that bone mineral density in Behçet's disease was not lower than in healthy subjects...

..The most commonly used treatment method for subungual hematoma is nail trephining, which has some disadvantages...

..The patient had improved clinically and histopathologically by the end of this treatment. We suggest D-penicillamine as a promising agent, even in low doses, for the treatment of lipoid proteinosis...

..As chlorquinaldol has no known anti-inflammatory activity, we attribute this improvement to difluocortolone valerate. This case shows that early lesions of IP with eosinophilic inflammation are treatable...

..Of particular note, the results of this study suggest that the presence of HLA-B 51 and the absence of HLA-B35 can be regarded as laboratory risk factors of venous thrombosis in patients with Behçet's disease...

..This case is particular as it reveals strong evidence on this relationship...

..Pediculosis capitis is an endemic parasitosis affecting many countries of the world. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of head lice infestation in Mersin, Turkey...

..05). Moreover, there was no association between TNF-alpha genotypes and types of vitiligo. In conclusion, we suggest that TNF-alpha-308 SNP is not a genetic risk factor for vitiligo susceptibility...

..Immunopharmacologic intervention in adhesion event has the potential to improve psoriasis. Inhibition of revascularization may be another mechanism of action of MTX...

..We have found recently that the IL-4 protein detected in situ upon UVB exposure of normal skin was not associated with T cells but with infiltrating neutrophils...

..Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystemic inflammatory disorder of unknown origin. The disease usually occurs between the second and the fourth decades, whereas it is uncommon in children...

..Larger studies must be performed to establish the risk-benefit ratio of various therapeutic dosages of MMF for these patients...

..0001). Old patients had 1.238 times higher risk for skin cancer. Further studies in larger series on blood group antigens are needed to elucidate the relationship between these antigens and skin cancer...