Burn Hemangioma: A New Variant of Hemangioma.

Background: Burn hemangioma, also known as scalded pyogenic granuloma, is considered a variant of pyogenic granuloma, but unlike the classic type it presents with rapid progression. Most patients are infants and young children with a history of burns caused by liquids.

Objective: The present study aims to present all patients with burn hemangiomas treated at our institutions with a full clinical and histopathological assessment.

Traction Alopecia: Clinical and Cultural Patterns.

Background: Traction alopecia is common and preventable but frequently overlooked disorder.

Objective: To evaluate patients with traction alopecia.

Patients And Methods: This study was conducted at the Dermatology Center, Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq, during the period from November 2005 to October 2019.

COVID-19 infection is a major cause of acute telogen effluvium.

Background: Acute telogen effluvium is a non-scaring hair loss, usually occurs 3 months after the stressful event that causes hair shedding, and lasts up to 6 months. It can be associated with post COVID-19 infection.

Objective: To study the possible effects of COVID-19 on the hair growth cycle and the relationship between COVID-19 and acute telogen effluvium.

Psoriasis and vitiligo are close relatives.

Background: Both vitiligo and psoriasis are chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases with genetic elements.

Objective: To estimate the frequencies of psoriasis in vitiligo patients and vice versa and to compare them with healthy controls.

Patients And Methods: A total of 1000 subjects were included, 250 of them had vitiligo, 250 had psoriasis, and 500 were healthy controls.

Panniculitis is a common unrecognized histopathological feature of cutaneous leishmaniasis.

Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic cutaneous infection caused by Leishmania parasite. The histopathology is usually granulomatous in nature.

Aims: The aim of the present study is to elucidate the histology of CL and evaluate the presence and the frequency of panniculitis among the affected patients.

Skin tumors and skin infections in kidney transplant recipients vs. patients with pemphigus vulgaris.

Background: Pemphigus vulgaris is an autoimmune disease of the skin and mucous membrane. Renal transplantation is a common procedure in Iraq, and these patients required prolonged use of immunosuppressive drugs.

Objective: To study the frequency of skin tumors and infections in patients with pemphigus vulgaris compared with renal transplant recipients and normal controls.

Melanocytes transplantation in patients with vitiligo using needling micrografting technique.

Background: Some cases of vitiligo require melanocyte transplantation, but these surgical techniques have varying degrees of success.

Objectives: To perform melanocytes transplantion in patients with vitiligo using a new needling micrografting technique.

Patients And Methods: This interventional case study took place at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology at Baghdad Teaching Hospital from December 2010 to September 2011.

The therapeutic role of isotretinoin in the management of Behçet's disease: a single-blinded, controlled therapeutic study.

Objectives: To evaluate the long-term remission efficacy and safety of isotretinoin in the treatment of Behcet's disease (BD).

Patients And Methods: This single-blind, controlled therapeutic study was conducted in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology at Baghdad Teaching Hospital from February 2011 to January 2012. Thirty patients with BD were included in this work.

Panniculitis is an important feature of cutaneous leishmaniasis pathology.

Background. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an inflammatory parasitic infection characterized by superficial and deep perivascular infiltration with or without granuloma formation. Clinical diagnosis usually requires seeing Leishmania bodies.

Lactic Acid as a new therapeutic peeling agent in the treatment of lifa disease (frictional dermal melanosis).

Background: Lifa disease (frictional dermal melanosis) is a common dermatological problem. Full strength lactic acid has been proved to be effective and safe peeling agent in the treatment of melasma.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness and the safety of lactic acid chemical peeling in the treatment of lifa disease.

Treatment of scabies using 8% and 10% topical sulfur ointment in different regimens of application.

Background: Many therapeutic modalities for scabies were available, topical sulfur ointment is a cost-effective and safe therapeutic agent. It is often applied for the whole body for three successive days.

Objective: To evaluate their therapeutic regimen of 8% and 10% topical precipitated sulfur in petrolatum ointment for single day, three successive nights or three successive days in management of scabies.

Neuropathy Dermatitis following Surgical Nerve Injury.

Background. Cutting nerve during operations like saphenous vein grafting and knee joint surgery are common surgical procedures. Objective.

The frequency of 21-alpha hydroxylase enzyme deficiency and related sex hormones in Iraqi healthy male subjects versus patients with acne vulgaris.

Objective: To find out the frequency of nonclassical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency among Iraqi healthy male individuals versus male patients with acne vulgaris.

Methods: This case-control study and single-center examination of hormone levels in a cohort of volunteers was conducted in the Department of Dermatology, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, and in the Physiological Chemistry Department of the College of Medicine, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq, from September 2007 to February 2008.

Results: The frequency of 21-hydroxylase enzyme deficiency in healthy male subjects was 1:43 (2.

Topical therapy of acne vulgaris using 2% tea lotion in comparison with 5% zinc sulphate solution.

Objective: To evaluate effectiveness of 2% tea lotion in comparison with 5% zinc sulphate solution in the treatment of acne vulgaris.

Methods: This is a single-blind randomly comparative therapeutic clinical trial carried out in the Department of Dermatology, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq from June 2006 to December 2007. Full history and clinical examination were studied for each patient regarding all relevant points of the disease, to evaluate the severity of acne.

The therapeutic and prophylactic role of oral zinc sulfate in management of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras) in comparison with dapsone.

Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic and prophylactic effectiveness of oral zinc sulfate in recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) in comparison with dapsone.

Methods: A double-blind placebo controlled study, conducted in the Department of Dermatology, Baghdad Teaching Hospitals, Baghdad, Iraq between May 2005 and October 2006, in which 45 patients with RAS were recruited and divided into 3 equal groups: group A (on zinc sulfate 150 mg twice daily), group B (on dapsone 50 mg twice daily), and group C (on glucose 250 mg as placebo). The drugs were prepared in identical capsules, and the patients were instructed to take the capsules twice daily after meals (in a double-blind manner).

Bacille Calmette-Guerin immunotherapy of viral warts.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of the Bacille Calmette-Guerin BCG vaccine in the treatment of viral warts.

Methods: A single blind placebo controlled study conducted at the Department of Dermatology, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq from March 2005 to June 2006. Two hundred patients with viral warts were enrolled in this study, and were fully assessed before therapy.

Topical zinc sulphate solution for treatment of viral warts.

Objective: To assess the efficacy and safety of topical zinc sulphate solution in the treatment of plane and common warts.

Methods: This study consisted of a pilot and double blinded clinical trails. This was carried out in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghadad, Iraq during the period from December 2002 to October 2003.

Free testosterone, luteinizing hormone/follicle stimulating hormone ratio and pelvic sonography in relation to skin manifestations in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objective: To evaluate hormonal changes and pelvic sonography in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients, especially free testosterone and their correlations with skin manifestations of this disease.

Methods: This prospective study was carried out in the Skin Clinic, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Iraq in the period between April 2004-March 2005. We included 126 patients with PCOS in this study.

Lactic acid 5 percent mouthwash is an effective mode of therapy in treatment of recurrent aphthous ulcerations.

Background: Recurrent aphthous ulcerations (RAU) are the most common oral mucosal disease among the general population including in Iraq. There is no uniformly effective therapy for this disease.

Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy and safety of 5-percent lactic acid mouthwash in the treatment of patients with recurrent aphthous ulcerations.

Invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the eyes in patients with epidermodysplasia verruciformis.

We described 3 male patients with epidermodysplasia verruciformis seen in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Baghdad Teaching Hospital; their ages were 25, 30 and 34 years subsequently. They developed frequent multiple basal and squamous cell carcinoma, all of them had periorbital squamous cell carcinoma that invaded the orbit and ended with enucleation of their eyes. All available therapeutic measures failed to inhibit the progressiveness of these tumors.

Oxidative stress in patients with Behcet's disease: I correlation with severity and clinical parameters.

The study was designed to investigate the possible correlation between some oxidative stress parameters in Behcet's disease and the clinical manifestations of the disease as well as the possible correlation with the disease severity. Seventy-six patients diagnosed according to the International Study Group criteria for Behcet's disease were included in the study. Sixty patients had mild-to-moderate disease and 16 patients had severe disease.

Acral lentiginous melanoma versus lentigo maligna melanoma among Iraqi patients.

Objective: To report the different clinical aspects of malignant melanoma and their varieties in Iraqi patients.

Methods: We carried out this study in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq during the period from 1985-2005. Eighteen patients with malignant melanoma were enrolled in this work.