BACKGROUND Eyelid tumors belong to a diverse group of neoplasms ranging from benign lesions to malignant tumors. Poromas are common, benign, mostly unpigmented tumors of the epidermal sweat duct unit, that usually grow slowly and occur in elderly people on the palms and soles. In most poroma cases some gene fusions were detected, which were caused by chromosomal aberrations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report the case of a patient who was diagnosed with two melanomas and one skin cancer within two years. Of particular interest was the fact, that at the time these tumors were diagnosed, the patient was already suffering from chronic myeloid leukemia, which developed three months after recovering from Covid-19. From the time of leukemia occurrence, the patient has been taking the tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) - Gleevec.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfantile hemangiomas (IH) exacerbated by ulceration invariably necessitate hospitalization, although simple IHs are sometimes managed remotely. Furthermore, according to international regulations, β-blocker medication for such hemangiomas should be systemic and performed in a clinic, especially if there is infection and risk of bleeding. War in Ukraine made it impossible to hospitalize and properly examine a patient with a complex ulcerated and infected IH, forcing us to administer β-blocker timolol therapy only through telemedicine.
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