Analysis of Hospitalization Cases for Filler Injection Complications: A Five-Year Retrospective Study Among Iranian People.

Introduction: The skin is the largest organ system with many important clinical functions. Due to the increase in demand for cosmetic procedures and consequently the increase in complications from filler injections, this research aims to review the hospitalization cases involving filler complications.

Methodology: This study retrospectively and cross-sectionally reviews patient records hospitalized between the years 2016 to 2020, focusing on demographics (age, gender, residence), type of filler, type of complications, onset and duration of complications, duration of hospital stay, the person who administered the injection, and treatment outcomes.

Iranian guideline for rituximab therapy in pemphigus patients.

Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an autoimmune blistering disease affecting the skin and/or mucosa. Rituximab (RTX) has been approved recently by US FDA as an effective and safe treatment of PV. The high incidence of PV in Iran encouraged our team to prepare a consensus guideline for RTX administration based on literature review and a decade experience of an expert panel.

The potential roles of herpesvirus and cytomegalovirus in the exacerbation of pemphigus vulgaris.

Background: Among exogenous etiologies, the critical role of microbial agents such as herpesviruses (HSV1/2) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) in triggering and flaring autoimmune conditions such as pemphigus vulgaris (PV) has been recently discovered.

Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the plausible role of these viruses in the exacerbation of PV using serological and molecular methods.

Patients/methods: Sixty patients with PV (30 with relapse type and 30 with remission type) were recruited for the purpose of this case-control study.

Comparison of long-pulsed alexandrite laser and topical tretinoin-ammonium lactate in axillary acanthosis nigricans: A case series of patients in a before-after trial.

Background: Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is a brown to black, velvety hyperpigmentation of the skin that usually involves cutaneous folds. Treatment of AN is important regarding cosmetic reasons and various therapeutic modalities have been used for these purposes. The goal of this study was to compare the effectiveness of long-pulsed alexandrite laser and topical tretinoin-ammonium lactate for treatment of axillary-AN.

Comparison of topical 8-methoxypsoralen and narrowband ultraviolet B with narrowband ultraviolet B alone in treatment-resistant sites in plaque-type psoriasis: a placebo-controlled study.

Background: Combination of topical methoxsalen and narrowband ultraviolet B (NBUVB) was shown to be more effective than NBUVB alone in treating plaque-type psoriasis.

Objective: To find out whether topical methoxsalen and NBUVB had any benefit in induction of remission on treatment-resistant plaques of psoriasis on the legs in comparison with NBUVB alone.

Methods: Ten patients were included.

Topical 0.03% Atropine vs. 15% aluminum chloride in treating multiple eccrine hidrocystomas: a randomized single blind controlled study.

Background: Multiple eccrine hidrocystomas pose a significant treatment challenge due to their facial location and tendency to scar after traditional surgical and other destructive modalities.

Aims: To compare two frequently used non-destructive therapeutic modalities.

Materials And Methods: Thirty patients with multiple eccrine hidrocystomas were enrolled in the study.

Isotretinoin in acne agminata.

Acne agminata is an asymptomatic papulopustular eruption. This condition typically occurs in young adults. The eruption generally runs a self-limited course, but disfiguring scars can occur.

Methotrexate-induced acral erythema with bullous reaction.

Chemotherapy-induced acral erythema (CIAE), a toxic reaction to a number of different chomotherapeutic agents, causes a symmetrical, painful erythema of both the palms and soles which is self-limiting. The association of this syndrome with methotrexate is unusual; only nine cases have been reported in the literature. We describe the tenth case of this syndrome associated with methotrexate, which is also the third case of the bullous variant of methotrexate-induced acral erythema.

Langerhans' cell histiocytosis.

Adult onset Langerhans cell histiocytosis is uncommon. A 29 year old man is presented who developed classic cutaneous disease with severe systemic involvement. He responded completely to a two month course of thalidomide.