Hepatitis: Durdu M

Karakaş M, Durdu M, Tuncer I, Cevlik F. · Dermatology Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey. · J Dermatol. · Pubmed #17239149 No free full text.

Abstract: Gianotti-Crosti syndrome is self-limited, characterized by papular eruption with a symmetrical distribution on the limbs and face of children, and a dermatosis of unknown etiology. However, there are many suggested factors such as a number of diseases (viral or bacterial) and vaccination. We report a case of Gianotti-Crosti syndrome that had developed 3 weeks after the hepatitis B virus vaccination.

Aşkin U, Durdu M, Senel E. · Department of Dermatology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. · Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. · Pubmed #19439883 links to  free full text

Abstract: Granuloma annulare is a granulomatous disorder of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue, with different clinical types. Generalized granuloma annulare is a rarely encountered clinical entity. We describe a 60-year-old woman with a 4-month history of generalized annular lesions. She had a history of myelocytic leukemia and chronic hepatitis B virus infection. To date, both acute myelocytic leukemia and hepatitis B virus infection have been described independently in association with generalized granuloma annulare but have never been described together in association with generalized granuloma annulare. Probable etiological causes of granuloma annulare are discussed in our patient.

Karakaş M, Durdu M, Uzun S, Karakaş P, Tuncer I, Cevlik F. · Cukurova University, School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Adana, Turkey. · J Dermatol. · Pubmed #16043931 No free full text.

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Denli YG, Durdu M, Karakas M. · Cukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Adana, Turkey. · J Dermatol. · Pubmed #15187324 No free full text.

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to determine the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and diabetes mellitus (DM) frequencies in lichen planus (LP) cases in our region. We performed a retrospective review of records from all cases that were diagnosed with LP at the our department between 1997 and 2002. The results were compared with the control group (any type of dermatosis other than LP). The 260 LP cases included 108 (41.5%) males and 152 (58.5%) females aged between 5 and 78 years. The clinical distribution of the lesions were 127 (48.8%) with skin lesions and 133 (51.2%) with oral mucosal lesions. The duration of disease ranged from 1 to 240 months. In 140 of 260 LP cases, hepatitis serology and pre-prandial blood glucose were examined. We found HBV positivity in 24 (17.1%) cases, Anti-HCV positivity in 7 (5%) cases, and DM in 22 (15.7%) cases. The control group included 116 (41.4%) males and 164 (58.6%) females. Their ages ranged between 10 and 82 years. In this group, we found HBV positivity in 20 (7.1%), Anti-HCV positivity in 4 (1.4%), and DM in 20 (7.1%) cases. We believe that the co-association of LP with HCV is significant and this co-association ratio indicates variance depending on clinical attributes of the lesions and racial characteristics of the patients. Although we found co-associations between HBV and LP or DM and LP, we believe that further studies are necessary to determine if they are significant.

Karakaş M, Durdu M, Sönmezoğlu S, Akman A, Gümürdülü D. · Department of Dermatology, Cukurova University, School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey. · J Dermatol. · Pubmed #15160864 No free full text.

Abstract: Unilateral nevoid telangiectasia is a cutaneous condition consisting of congenital or acquired patches of superficial telangiectases in a unilateral linear distribution. Unilateral nevoid telangiectasia has been associated with elevations of blood estrogen levels and/or an increased number of estrogen receptors in the involved skin. We present a hepatitis-B carrier case with unilateral nevoid telangiectasia on the face and the right side of the neck; she had normal blood estrogen and a normal number of estrogen receptors in the involved skin.