This study is the first epidemiologic study of oral mucosal lesions in adolescents in Turkey. Angular cheilitis was the only oral mucosal lesion that had a significant correlation with anemia.

A total of 227 subjects (112 were male and 115 female), who were residents of the rural region of Duzce, were examined for dermatomycosis. A total of 120 samples (47 nail fragments, 73 skin scales) were collected from 81 patients for mycological analysis on the basis of the results of clinical evaluation. All specimens collected were analysed by direct microscopy and culture. Positive results were detected in the cultures of 53 (44.1%) of the 120 samples. About 46 (86.7%) samples also presented positive results in direct microscopy. In the cases of seven samples positive results were found in culture and negative results with direct microscopy. Both culture and direct microscopy presented negative results in 67 (55.8%) samples. The most frequently isolated aetiological agents were 33 Trichophyton rubrum (62.2%), and nine T. mentagrophytes (16.9%). In conclusion, traditional and religious habits such as cohabitation and performing ritual ablutions may affect the prevalence of dermatophyte infections. The performance of ritual ablutions is not in itself a risk factor for acquiring dermatophyte infection; rather it is not drying the extremities after ablutions, that is the main risk factor for this group. Tinea capitis was not found in any of the subjects in spite of the fact that it is one of the most common infectious conditions in children. This is the first paper to report the prevalence of fungal infections in Duzce, a western Black Sea region of Turkey.

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Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic granulomatous disease. In the case presented, autoamputation of the distal phalanx of a little finger of the left hand was observed. The possibility of autodigital amputation as a result of sarcoidosis is discussed.

İsotretinoin sentetik vitamin A analoğudur. Orta ve şiddetli akne vulgariste 0.5-2mg/kg /gün dozunda 4-5 ay süreyle kullanılır. Bu çalışmada oral isotretinoin tedavisi alan akne vulgarisli hastalarda hematolojik ve inflamatuar parametrelerin retrospektif olarak değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.Metot: Çalışmaya dermatoloji polikliniğine başvuran ve akne vulgaris tanısıyla oral isotretinoin tedavisi başlanan 352 hasta alındı. Hastaların tedavi öncesi ve tedavi başlangıcından 4 ay son-raki hematolojik ve inflamatuar parametreleri (hemoglobin, hematokrit, trombosit, ortalama trombosit hacmi, lökosit, eritrosit, nötrofil, lenfosit, monosit, eozinofil, bazofil, nötrofil /bazofil, trombosit/lenfosit, RDW, PCT, PDW) retrospektif olarak incelendi.Bulgular: Tedaviden sonra lökosit, nötrofil ve nötrofil lenfosit oranına (NLO) seviye-lerinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir azalma saptandı. Trombosit ve prokalsitonin (PCT) düzeylerinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir artış saptandı.Sonuç: Çalışmamızda saptadığımız isotreinoin tedavi sonrası inflamatuar belirteçlerinden NLR düşme akne de isotretinoin tedavisinin antienflamatuar etkisini desteklemektedir. Belirgin olarak trombosit yuksekliği olan veya lökosit düşüklüğü olan hastalarda yakın takip edilmelidir.

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