original article   evaluation of lymphadenopathy is of clinical significance as the underlying disease may range from a treatable infectious etiology to malignant neoplasm. the aim and objective of the present study was to evaluate palpable lymph nodes of population working in small to medium scale industries represented as group a by fine needle aspiration cytology (fnac) and to compare the re...

We have used a novel method to conduct non-myeloablative stem cell transplantation (NST), making the following changes in previous methods: Use of the cheapest conditioning drugs, tailored number of apheresis sessions in the donors, elimination of ganciclovir and IgG, outpatient conduction when possible, diminished number of transfusions of blood products and diminished number of donor lymphocy...

• Vol 8 • December 2006 838 Diabetic mastopathy is an uncommon benign histopathologic condition manifested by a palpable mass. It typically occurs in premenopausal women with longstanding early-onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and microvascular complications. It was first reported in 1984 by Soler and Khardori [1] in a series of 12 patients. Since then, over 200 cases have been describ...

Ischaemic colitis (IC) is a dangerous condition usually caused by atherosclerosis and low blood flow states w1x. Haemodialysis (HD) patients are at increased risk of IC because they have accelerated rates of arterial vascular disease w2x and because hypotension is common during dialysis with large amounts of fluid removal. Thus, IC in the HD patient is usually attributed to atherosclerotic orig...