Esophageal melanosis(EM)is a rare condition characterized by melanin pigmentation in the esophageal mucosa.It is not well understood and has been documented in less than 100 cases worldwide.CASE SUMMARY We report two ...
This work was supported by The Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Akdeniz University,Turkey.Project Number:FKA-2018-3818.
Since melanosis starts very quickly after catching in shrimps,it is immediately treated with an antimelanotic agent.Shrimps are transported to land with ice.In this study,it was aimed to combine these two applications...
Effect of ethanol extracts of green tea(Camellia sinensis L.)and amla(Phyllanthus emblica Linn)were investigated on quality and melanosis of chilled stored Indian white prawn(Fenneropenaeus indicus)during 28 days.Extr...
Aim: A clinically useful treatment laser must generate stable and precise energy of low diffusivity. This study assessed the photothermal response of a Q-switched ruby laser (QSRL) in the treatment of oculodermal mela...
AIM: To compare the follow-up outcomes of ileosigmoidal anastomosis(ISA) and caecorectal anastomosis(CRA) in patients with slow transit constipation(STC) with or without melanosis coli(MC).METHODS: We collected the cl...
Background: Acanthosis nigricans is a well known cause of facial melanosis in Iraqi males and usually it is a part of ordinary acanthosis nigricans. It is commonly associated with many metabolic derangements. Objectiv...
Background: Frictional melanosis of rubbing inner thighs is a common problem among Iraqi females causing great psychological and cosmetic impact. It might simulate lifa disease but it is a different entity. It is unfo...
Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture plus auricular point sticking in treating melasma. Methods: Forty-three eligible subjects with melasma were intervened by acupuncture plus auric...
Objective:To observe the clinical effect of warm needling at the BackShu acupoints for melasma in women.Methods:A total of 100 cases who met the inclusion criteria were randomly allocated into a treatment group of 52 ...
Background: Lifa disease (Frictional dermal melanosis over bony prominences) has been described in Iraq for the first time in 1993, as a new distinctive pigmentary skin condition that followed chronic friction with a ...