An alternative for the treatment of vulvar syringoma: 577 nm pro-yellow laser.

Background: Syringoma is a benign sweat gland tumor.

Aim: Vulvar location of syringoma is rare. Although the lesions are asymptomatic, it requires treatment due to the cosmetic concerns.

Evaluation of the efficacy of pro-yellow laser in the management of vascular skin disorders.

Background: Lasers have great importance in the management of vascular skin lesions.

Aim: To determine the efficacy of 577-nm pro-yellow laser in cure of certain vascular skin diseases.

Material And Methods: Seventy-four patients who are diagnosed as vascular skin diseases were involved in this study.

Comparison of the efficacy of broad-band targeted UVB phototherapy and topical psoralen with targeted UVA phototherapy in localized vitiligo.

Aim of the study is to compare efficacy of targeted broad-band UVB phototherapy and topical psoralen with targeted UVA phototherapy treatments in localized vitiligo for 3 months prospectively. The cases with symmetrical vitiligo lesions were included in the study. Broad-band targeted UVB was applied on one side and targeted UVA phototherapy with topical psoralen on the other side.

Behçet disease: New aspects.

Behçet disease is currently considered an "autoinflammatory disease" triggered by infection and environmental factors in genetically predisposed individuals. Although the disease is characterized by recurrent oral and genital aphthous ulcers and ocular involvement, it can affect multiple organ systems. Complex aphthosis is characterized by recurrent oral and/or genital aphthous ulcers.

Cross-Cultural Validation of the Quality of Life in Hand Eczema Questionnaire (QOLHEQ).

The Quality of Life in Hand Eczema Questionnaire (QOLHEQ) is the only instrument assessing disease-specific health-related quality of life in patients with hand eczema. It is available in eight language versions. In this study we assessed if the items of different language versions of the QOLHEQ yield comparable values across countries.

Acral manifestations of viral infections.

Viruses are considered intracellular obligates with a nucleic acid RNA or DNA. They have the ability to encode proteins involved in viral replication and production of the protective coat within the host cells but require host cell ribosomes and mitochondria for translation. The members of the families Herpesviridae, Poxviridae, Papovaviridae, and Picornaviridae are the most commonly known agents for cutaneous viral diseases, but other virus families, such as Adenoviridae, Togaviridae, Parvoviridae, Paramyxoviridae, Flaviviridae, and Hepadnaviridae, can also infect the skin.

Viral infections of the folds (intertriginous areas).

Viruses are considered intracellular obligates with a nucleic acid, either RNA or DNA. They have the ability to encode proteins involved in viral replication and production of the protective coat within the host cells but require host cell ribosomes and mitochondria for translation. The members of the families Herpesviridae, Poxviridae, Papovaviridae, and Picornaviridae are the most commonly known agents for the cutaneous viral diseases, but other virus families, such as Adenoviridae, Togaviridae, Parvoviridae, Paramyxoviridae, Flaviviridae, and Hepadnaviridae, can also infect the skin.

Selective radiofrequency therapy as a non-invasive approach for contactless body contouring and circumferential reduction.

In this study, the efficacy of non-contact, selective radiofrequency (RF) were evaluated for body contouring as non-invasive fat and circumferential reduction of the abdomen. 40 healthy (36 female, 4 male) subjects showing significant volume of subcutaneous fat tissue on the abdomen and waistline were included. Once a week for 30 minutes, 4 sessions were performed.

The Effect of Q-Switched Nd:YAG 1064 nm/532 nm Laser in the Treatment of Onychomycosis In Vivo.

In this prospective clinical study, the Q-Switched Nd:YAG 1064 nm/532 nm laser (Light Age, Inc., Somerset, NJ, USA) was used on 131 onychomycosis subjects (94 females, 37 males; ages 18 to 68 years). Mycotic cultures were taken and fungus types were detected.

Effectiveness of a 308-nm excimer laser in treatment of vitiligo: a review.

Vitiligo is a relatively common acquired disorder, characterized by progressive loss of melanocytes from the epidermis and the epidermal appendages. The disease is associated with considerable morbidity because of a major impact on the quality of life. The treatment for vitiligo is generally unsatisfactory and challenging.

Revertant mosaicism in a human skin fragility disorder results from slipped mispairing and mitotic recombination.

Spontaneous gene repair, also called revertant mosaicism, has been documented in several genetic disorders involving organs that undergo self-regeneration, including the skin. Genetic reversion may occur through different mechanisms, and in a single individual, the mutation can be repaired in various ways. Here we describe a disseminated pattern of revertant mosaicism observed in 6 patients with Kindler syndrome (KS), a genodermatosis caused by loss of kindlin-1 (encoded by FERMT1) and clinically characterized by patchy skin pigmentation and atrophy.

A new indication of botulinum toxin: leiomyoma-related pain.

Cutaneous leiomyomas are benign neoplasms with smooth muscle differentiation. They are painful tumors of the skin. Nearly 90% of patients report lesion-associated pain, characteristically precipitated by cold or trauma.

Tricho-hepato-enteric syndrome presenting with mild colitis.

Introduction: A four and half-year-old girl was admitted to our clinic with the complaints of diarrhea since birth and failure to thrive.

Discussion: The characteristic findings in physical examination were facial dysmorphism, hepatomegaly, and wooly hair. Trichorrhexis nodosa was established in microscopic hair examination.

Patch test results in a Turkish paediatric population.

Allergic contact dermatitis is increasing in childhood. In children, population-based patch test studies point to different contact sensitizers and reflect the variations in the exposure to certain allergens among different countries. Our aim is to show common contact allergens in a paediatric population in Turkey.

Demographic and clinical properties of juvenile-onset Behçet's disease: A controlled multicenter study.

Background: 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.

Objective: In this multicenter study, we aimed to describe the demographic and clinical features along with severity in juvenile- versus adult-onset BD.

A mild form of Proteus syndrome.

Proteus syndrome is a multisystem disorder and diagnosis has been difficult because of the variability of the syndrome's manifestations. Dermatologists have an important role as cutaneous findings could provide clues for the early diagnosis of the disease. Herein we report a case who had cerebriform connective tissue nevus and lipoma as the sole manifestations of the disease.

Depression and anxiety in patients with Behçet's disease compared with that in patients with psoriasis.

Background: Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic, episodic disease with an often devastating course. The aim of this study was to evaluate the depression and anxiety levels in patients with BD and to compare them with those in patients with psoriasis.

Methods: Patients were collected from the Dermatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.

The assessment of cardiac functions by tissue Doppler-derived myocardial performance index in patients with Behcet's disease.

Vascular involvement is one of the major characteristics of Behcet's disease (BD). However, there are controversial findings regarding cardiac involvement in BD. Although early reports demonstrated that there is diastolic dysfunction in BD, conflicting results were found in the following trials.

Allergic contact dermatitis from Laurus nobilis oil induced by massage.

Non-occupational contact allergy to Laurus nobilis (laurel) oil is considered rare. Herein, we report a case of allergic contact dermatitis after a massage with a mixture of olive oil and L. nobilis oil.

Distortion product otoacoustic emission findings in Behçet's disease and rheumatoid arthritis.

Background And Objective: This study aimed to assess cochlear functions in Behçet's disease and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using otoacoustic emission testing (OAE), which objectively assesses outer hair cells in the cochlea.

Methods: Patients with Behçet's disease (n = 16) and RA (n = 11) as well as 20 controls were tested using pure tone audiometry and transiently evoked (TEOAEs) and distortion product OAEs (DPOAEs).

Results: Pure tone results in the Behçet's group were not significantly different from controls (p > 0.