Yalda Nilipour

Pediatric Pathology Research Center, Mofid Children Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - A Mitochondrial Disorder in a Middle Age Iranian Patient: Report of a Rare Case

Introduction: Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) can involve multiple systems and cause stroke-like episodes and status epilepticus. Case Presentation: A 48-year-old female with history of early fatigability, migraine-type headaches, and bilateral sensory-neural hearing loss presented 3 episodes of serial seizures. On admission she was affected by W...

[ 2 ] - Epidemiology of cerebellar tumors diagnosed in Shohada Hospital between 2006-2014

Abstract Background: Cerebellar tumors are considered as clinically significant intracranial neoplasms and acknowledgment of their epidemiological characteristics tends to be essential. The present study was conducted in order to determine the prevalence and types of their cerebellar tumors in Shohada-e-Tajrish Hospital between 2006-2014. Materials and Methods: In the current observational...

[ 3 ] - Estrogen Receptor Expression in Glial Tumors of Iranian Patients: A Single Center Experience

Background & Objective: Gliomas are the most common type of primary intracranial tumors in adults. The expression of estrogen receptors varies in different grades of glial tumors, and some studies have suggested that this expression might have a prognostic value. It seems that estrogen receptor expression negatively correlates with the histological grade of gliomas. In the pres...