Defective Vision Due to Birth Injury

Wholesaler’s Liability to the Consumer for Injury Due to Defective Goods

Metallic Foreign Body in the Lung Due to Gunshot Injury

A 37 - year- old man came to the hospital with a history of penetrating thoracoabdominal trauma due to gunshot wound in 10 days before. He underwent laparatomy and hepatorrhaphy in that time and right sided chest tube was inserted. Chest CT scan revealed metallic foreign body in lung tissue due to bullet burst. Right thoracotomy was performed and metallic foreign body extracted from lung tissue

Self-Injury Due to Methamphetamine Psychosis: A Case Report

Objectives: Rapid and fast growth of Methamphetamine in Iran has posed a new challenge for Iranian health sector. The objective of this study was to report a case of Methamphetamine psychosis (not otherwise specified-NOS). Methods: The patient was an 48-year-old married male who complained of suspiciousness and delusion of control, he started using Methamphetamine 5 years ago, Two days after...

Leg amputations due to defective arterial circulation.

Defective arterial circulation in our latitudes is the cause of 80-90 per cent of all leg amputa t ions . This figure has almost tripled during one generation, and continues to rise in spite of all the success of conservative and operative treat­ ment, particularly vascular surgery. A com­ parison with other countries shows that this percentage varies directly with the s tandard of living of th...

Resistance to thyroid hormone due to defective thyroid receptor alpha

Thyroid hormones act via nuclear receptors (TRα1, TRβ1, TRβ2) with differing tissue distribution; the role of α2 protein, derived from the same gene locus as TRα1, is unclear. Resistance to thyroid hormone alpha (RTHα) is characterised by tissue-specific hypothyroidism associated with near-normal thyroid function tests. Clinical features include dysmorphic facies, skeletal dysplasia (macrocepha...