Our colleague, Professor Khalifa Sharquie from Baghdad, Iraq
presents a 27-year old woman seen in his skin department with a dramatic facial rash and
swelling of nine months duration. Quite
early on, the condition started as bruise-like discoloration and slight
swelling around both eyes that slowly increased over a period of ~ three
months “Figure. 1”.
The patient sought treatment at a private clinic in Jordan. A skin biopsy
at that time showed "mucin deposition." She received peri-ocular plasma rich platelets (PRP)
injections and afterwards, new lesions appeared more rapidly on her face; and
then, after months, on other parts of her integument. When seen at the Baghdad clinic she was severely
ill with shortness of breath and difficulty in swallowing. “Figure. 2”.
Please see the attached article. and the click the link to download.
Your thoughts will be appreciated.
Your thoughts will be appreciated.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Reference:
Nathaniel
Hawthorne: The Birthmark
In
which Beauty meets Science and is destroyed.
Science’s servant in this parable is called "Aminadab"!
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