abstract introduction cancers are one of the most common chronic diseases in children that cause fear and anxiety in them and their families. praying is one of the methods can be used for reducing anxiety. in this study, we examined praying effect on anxiety in mothers with children suffer from cancer. materials and methods this randomized clinical trial was done on 60 mothers divided in two gr...

abstract background histologically confirmed meningiomas in first year of life are quite rare. however, review of the sporadic cases in the literature reported meningioma in infants. those have unique features in common. case presentation an 11 month-old iranian male infant presented with a several weeks history of decrease in movement of his right sided upper and lower extremities. brain mri r...

case presentation we report the case of a 4.5-year-old boy with acute onset bilateral hip and low back pain and inability to walk. examination of passive movements showed that both hips were painful and restricted. conclusions bone pain presenting as localized bilateral irritable hip could be considered as a diagnostic clue related to malignancies. introduction bone pain is common in children. ...

crush preparation cytology technique was used during the operative procedure for the diagnosis of 199 cns tumors. this technique is simple, easy to perform, rapid, and inexpensive. the cytomorphologic findings were excellent and helped achieve a rapid and correct diagnosis. this technique was used on the tiny, small specimens which were not suitable for frozen sectioning. the results were compa...

background: gestational or pregnancy-associated breast cancer is defined as breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy, within the first postpartum year, or during lactation. breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in nonpregnant and pregnant women. case presentation: a 29-year-old pregnant woman presented at eight weeks gestational age with a palpable breast nodule. on breast ultrasound ...

background and objective: to determine the diagnostic accuracy and pitfalls of frozen section in ovarian tumors in one of the largest university affiliated gynecologic oncology centers in tehran, and determine the cause of discrepancies. materials and methods: we retrospectively analyzed the results of frozen section and permanent diagnoses of ovarian masses by reviewing the reports in the dep...

introduction: breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death among women. the aim of this study was to assess the pathologic findings of patients with breast cancer who were referred to the pathology ward in bandarabbas during 2002 to 2010. methods and materials: in this descriptive study in 2010, all patients with breast cancer who were referred to the pathology ward of bandara...

vancomycin is a a glycopeptide antibiotic with bacetiocidal effects on gram positive bacteria by interfering with cell wall synthesis. the necessity for monitoring of serum vancomycin concentrations (svcs) has been recently noticed at many institutions because of concerns for its nephrotoxicity. we aimed to describe the svcs monitoring in pediatric patients, in an effort to determine subtherape...

chondroma is a benign tumor which mostly occurs in extremities but also sometimes in brain. most intracranial chondromas arise from skull base, but chondroma of falx origin is a rare circumstance. indeed, the intracranial chondromas rise from falx is mostly in relation with syndromic disorders such as mafucci's syndrome or ollier's syndrome. here, we reported a rare case of falxian intracranial...

the objective of this study was to determine and compare cystatin c changes before and after radiotherapy in patients with stomach cancer who were candidate for radiotherapy. this study was conducted as a prospective cohort one. eighteen patients with definite diagnosis of stomach cancer under treatment by radiotherapy who presented to radiotherapy-oncology center of imam hossein hospital, tehr...