Publications by authors named "Aladdin Etr"

Introduction And Importance: Fibrous hamartoma of infancy (FHI) is an anomaly in the soft tissue. It is usually benign and rare, with most cases found in children under the age of two.

Case Presentation: A case is reported involving an 11-year-old boy who visited a plastic and reconstructive surgery clinic with a painless mass on his left iliac region.

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Introduction: Amniotic band syndrome is a fetal entrapment in strands of amniotic tissue. This condition causes multiple deformities ranging from simple constricting bands to lymphedema, autoamputation, syndactyly and other congenital anomalies. Reconstructive surgery is the main treatment for ABS.

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Introduction: Basosquamous carcinoma (BSC) is an uncommon and malignant subtype of non-melanoma skin cancer. It has features that are halfway between basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Case Presentation: An 87-year-old female presented with a lesion on her left cheek, nasal ala, medial canthal area, and eyelids.

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Introduction And Importance: Acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM), the least common subtype of cutaneous melanoma, poses challenges in early detection, resulting in low survival rates. Subungual melanoma (SUM), a rare form of ALM originating from the nail matrix, is less common on the hands than on the feet, accounting in the hands for only 0.3 % of all cutaneous melanomas.

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Introduction: Scar contractures are a common complication of burn injuries, especially in the head and neck region. This paper presents a case of a middle-aged female who suffered severe scar contracture after a burn injury during the war in Syria.

Presentation Of Case: A 33-year-old woman with a severe neck scar contracture resulting from a neglected burn injury presented to a plastic surgery department.

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Rationale: Triphalangeal thumb (TPT) is a rare congenital malformation where the thumb has three phalanges instead of two. Syndactyly is a condition in which children are born with fused or webbed fingers. The combination of TPT, Syndactyly, and thumb duplication is extremely rare, especially when these deformities are combined in one hand.

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Scalp avulsion injuries are one of the life-threatening traumatic injuries. Rapid management in the emergency department is vital to the successful rescue of an avulsed scalp. There are many replantation methods to treat scalp avulsion, so the best aesthetic and functional results are achieved.

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Introduction: and importance: Amelanotic melanoma is a rare and aggressive type of melanoma. It is often diagnosed late because of the lack of melanin in its cells, and this causes treatment delay and, eventually, poor prognosis.

Case Presentation: We report a case of a 79-year-old female patient that presented to the dermatology clinic with an asymptomatic lesion on the medial heel of the right foot, with no medical history of previous melanoma or related skin cancer.

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Introduction: and importance: Leiomyosarcoma is a rare aggressive soft-tissue malignancy typically originating from embryonic mesoderm or mesenchymal cell lines in smooth muscles.Leiomyosarcoma of the skin is termed as "Dermal Leiomyosarcoma", and is categorized into two subdivisions; superficial cutaneous and deep subcutaneous.Both types begin either as primary lesions or metastatic lesions from distant sites.

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