A male infant with high-output heart failure who had been found to have a hepatic arteriovenous malformation by ultrasound imaging was referred to our center (Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran) for further evaluation. Computed tomography angiography revealed a large hepat...

This paper presents a collection of 28 pristine symptoms which are used for the identification of Hyperthyroid disease which are heartwarming to humankind. Ghastly, Hyperthyroid affect people without being noticed until the end. In this Health Diagnose Expert Advisory System (HDEAS) we proposed a method for diagnosing the Hyperthyroid disease by enabling a list of symptoms that the person is li...

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the positive predictive value CT scan findings and clinical signs in choice management renal colic patients referred emergency department Imam Hospital Sari 2020-2021. Method: A cross-sectional performed on all with who were admitted Khomeini Hospital, 2021. 167 acute terms manifestations, laboratory findings, evaluated.Results: In present st...

BACKGROUND Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is an association with a variety of benign and malignant etiologies. The aim of this study was to evaluate if malignant SVCS is a real medical emergency or if we are able to obtain a definite histological diagnosis before chemoradiotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this prospective case series study, we have evaluated epidemiological characteristi...

BACKGROUND Baculoviral inhibitor of apoptosis repeat-containing 5 (BIRC5) gene is an inhibitor of apoptosis that expresses in human embryonic tissues but it is absent in most healthy adult tissues. The copy number of BIRC5 has been indicated to be highly increased in tumor tissues; however, its association with the age of onset in breast cancer is not well understood. METHODS Forty tumor tiss...

Background and Objectives Cryptococcal meningitis is one of the main opportunistic infections associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Despite the present and increasingly availability of specific treatment for cryptococcosis, the mortality rate of this infection is still high, particularly in patients with advanced immunsupression and advanced cryptococcal diseases. Mate...

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) is characterized by recurrent episodes of infections and unexplained fever, anhidrosis (inability to sweat), and absence of reaction to noxious stimuli, self-mutilating behavior, mental retardation and damages to oral structures. CASE PRESENTATION In this article, we have demonstrated the signs and symptoms of 4 ...

BACKGROUND GB virus C (GBV-C) is a flavivirus that was characterized in 1995. The prevalence of GBV-C RNA in HIV-infected subjects has not been previously studied in Iran and was therefore determined. METHODS We have investigated serum samples of 80 patients from Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran, Iran, whose HIV infection was confirmed in our laboratory by Western-blotting. We used nested-PCR t...

Convulsion is one of the most common problems in children and hypocalcemia is one the most frequent etiological items in children's convulsion. Corrected QT (QTc) in EKG is prolonged in hypocalcemia, so it can be a useful tool for evaluation of serum ionized calcium. In three groups (first seizure, multiple seizures, without seizure or control ) every 25 cases, QTc, serum ionized ca, total ca, ...

INTRODUCTION The pathogenesis of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is not clear. Risk factors including environmental factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of few congenital anomalies. We aimed to assess the effect of season on the incidence of CDH and mortality rate in the southwest of Iran. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this retrospective study, the records of 60 patients with CDH ...