Spontaneous sub-aponeurotic fluid collection (SSFC) in a young infant

Idiopathic Exudative Hydropneumothorax and Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum in a Young Iranian Man: A Case Report

Hydropneumothorax denotes concurrent presence of pneumothorax and hydrothorax in the pleural space, which can be a fatal situation. In this study, we presented the case of a 35-year-old male with history of progressive pleuritic chest pain 30 days before admission with idiopathic hydropneumothorax and spontaneous pneumomediastinum

A Modified Method for Cerebrospinal Fluid Collection in Anesthetized Rat and Evaluation of the Efficacy

Dear editor: We would like to present a modified method for cerebrospinal fluid collection in anesthetized rat. This method is easy and applicable in many laboratories interested by research on cellular and molecular effects of CSF on different pathways.

Spontaneous Infarction of Fibroadenoma of the Breast in a Young Girl Mimicking Carcinoma

Background: Spontaneous infarction is an uncommon complication of fibroadenoma of the breast. Although infarction following fine needle aspiration (FNA) has been reported in the literature, infarction encountering on first time aspiration is very rare. Lack of knowledge of this entity may lead to an erroneous diagnosis of inflammatory lesion like mastitis and carcinoma on cytology smears. Case...

Recognising aponeurotic ptosis.

Thirteen patients who had ptosis surgery undertaken for disinsertion of the aponeurosis of the levator palpebrae superioris were reviewed. Pre-operatively all the patients had characteristic clinical signs of levator disinsertion which was confirmed at surgery and corrected by reposition of the disinserted aponeurosis. Five of these patients were initially mistakenly diagnosed as having a neuro...

A massive extradural cerebrospinal fluid collection.