This study was carried out on 200 primary infertile men ( 140 with. clinical varicocele and 60 without varicocele). All cases were subjected to scrotal ultrasonographic measurement of vein caliber in the pampiniform plexus. Ultrasonography proved superior to physical examination in terms of sensitivity and specificity. The incidence of bilateral varicocele by ultrasonography was 821140 (58.6%) as compared to that ... Read more

This study included 10 random finger-nail onychomycosis cases attending the Demiatology out-patient Clinic of Sohag University Hospital. The age of patients rangedfront 21-65 years with a mean of 44.6±13.4 years. The sex ratio is 1:1. Clinical examination revealed that Proximal Subungual Onychomycosis (PSO) was detected in 10% of cases and Distal and Lateral Subungual Onvchontycosis (DLSO) in 90% of cases. ... Read more

Thirty-nine male patients, 19 to 49 years old with varicoceles, were referredfrom the infertility clinic of Dermatology & Venereology Department in Sohag University Hospital. All presented for primary infertility (at least 1 year duration). The diagnosis was confirmed by ultrasonography and Colour Flow Doppler. The patients underwent varicocelectomy. The operative treatment of varicocele has a definite place in the treatment ... Read more

Thirty patients with Tinea capitis attending the Dermatology outpatient clinic of Sohag University Hospital were examined clinically and microscopically (light and Scanning).The ages of patients ranged from 1 to15 years with a mean (7.3 ± 3.9 years). Males were affected more than females in a ratio of 2: 1. Direct light microscopic examination was positive in 73.33% or cases. The ... Read more

_Scabies is a common dermatological problem and is a highly contagious disease. The problem of misdiagnosis of scabies is yet to be solved._ _Over one year, 21 I cases of scabies attending Dermatology Clinic o.f Sohag University Hos__pital. were diagnosed clinically. Skin scraping with mineral oil was done for those patients and was examined microscopically .fnr __recove__r__y of mites._ _Correlation ... Read more

Thirtv couples with history of unexplained primary infenility were the subject of this studv. All husbands showed normal spennogratn by the conventional semen analysis. All wifes showed normal reproductive functions. Semen samples were examined by Scanning Electron microscopy(SEM). The following structural defects were defined: head anomalies. the most common (round. tapering. long, short, amorphous and vacuoles in head): other anomalies ... Read more

Hundred patients with tinea capitis attending the Dermatology out-patient clinic of Sohag University Hospital were examined clinically and mycologically. The ages of patients ranged from 2 months to 22 years with a mean (6.39 ± 3.75 years). 54% of cases were between 5 and JO years of age. Males were af fected more than females in a ratio of 2 ... Read more

Three hundred and twenty patients with erec tile failure were included i11 our study (cases with psychological, neurological and hormonal factors were excluded). 246 patients -6.8%) with suspected vasculogenic impotence underwent color Doppler ultrasonography testing for the cavernosal arteries after tmracavernous injection of 30 mg papaverine HCI. The maximum mean peak systolic velocity of the cavernosal arteries, the end diastolic ... Read more

Thirty cases with androgenetic alopecia and ten healthy controls (male to female ratio was 1:1) were subjected to the measurement of serum hormonal levels (total testosterone, free testosterone, dehydro• epiandrosterone sulphate, estradiol, progesterone and prolactin). All hormones were analysed by radioimmunoassay technique. The evaluation of our hormonal findings revealed that there was a statistically significant increase in serum estradiol levels ... Read more

Thirty cases of healthy classic androgenetic alopecia (male to female ratio was 1 :1 were chosen for this study, and subjected to HLA detection of class I antigen (HLA-A, 8 and C) and class II antigens (DR1, DR2, DR3, DR4, DR7, DRW52, DRW53 and DQW1) and compared with thirty five controls of a previous study of normal Egyptians. In the ... Read more