One-year stability of the mandibular advancement and counterclockwise rotation for correction of the skeletal class II malocclusion and high mandibular plane angle: Dental and skeletal aspect.

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the stability on dental and skeletal aspect after surgical advancement and counterclockwise rotation for the correction of the mandibular deficiency in patients with high mandibular plane angle (MPA).

Methods: We analyzed the records of patients who had undergone surgical treatment for dentofacial deformities with mandibular deficiency and high MPA. Clinical and radiological data were taken 1 month before surgery (T0), 6 weeks after surgery (T1) and 1 year after surgery (T2).

[A boy with a skin lesion after a henna tattoo].

An 11-year-old boy got a temporary black henna tattoo while on vacation. After 3 days he developed an itching rash at the site of the tattoo, that spread to the rest of the body. This was most likely an allergic contact dermatitis and erythema exsudativum multiforme minor caused by the often high concentrations of the strong sensitizer para-phenylenediamine (PPD) in the henna.

Severe pyoderma gangrenosum unresponsive to etanercept and adalimumab.

Background: A 74-year-old female with severe and therapy-resistant pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) was treated for more than 40 years with topical antibacterial ointments, topical and systemic corticosteroids, dapsone and azathioprine. Generally, immunosuppression is the mainstay of treatment of PG, but in our patient cyclosporine had to be discontinued because of significant serious side effects. An attempt was made to decrease the amount of steroids, but tapering of the prednisone dose resulted in relapses of PG.

A comparative study of pulsed 532-nm potassium titanyl phosphate laser and electrocoagulation in the treatment of spider nevi.

Objective: To assess the clinical efficacy and safety of potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) laser treatment and electrocoagulation (EC) for the treatment of spider nevi (SN).

Method: A randomized single-blind intrapatient comparison study was performed. A blinded observer and patients reported the clinical treatment outcome and pain on a visual analogue scale (0-10).