Sjogren's syndrome (SS) is a chronic autoimmune disorder which is characterized by lymphocyte-mediated destruction of exocrine glands, which produces the classical symptoms of dry eyes and dry mouth, which is referred to as primary SS or the Sicca complex. When it is associated with another autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis or lupus erythematosus, the condition is termed as second...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the transfection efficiency of cationic vectors (polyethylenimine; PEI25K and lipofectamine), electroporation and their combination in the human cancer cell lines, Raji human lymphoma and KB human oral carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Raji human lymphoma and KB human oral carcinoma cell lines were transfected with pcDNA3-CMV-Luc at various N...

Introduction: This study is aimed to assess the prevalence and characteristics of head and neck lymphoma in a defined group of an Iranian population.   Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, 126,450 biopsy reports from two referral Pathology Departments, (Tehran, the capital of Iran) were evaluated. In cases with head and neck lymphoma, other variables such as age, sex, specific lo...

Oral manifestations may be the earliest indicators of HIV infection as it has strong association with oral candidiasis, hairy leukoplakia, linear gingival erythema, necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, periodontitis, Kaposi sarcoma, and lymphoma. Other conditions such diffuse infiltrative lymphocytosis syndrome, benign lymphoepithelial cyst, salivary gland neoplasm have also been reported in pati...

Permanent atrial fibrillation necessitating oral anticoagulation may lead to deleterious consequences in patients with severe comorbidity factors. We present the case of a 68-year-old female patient with a lone permanent atrial fibrillation disclosed five years earlier, necessitating anticoagulation with coumadin and treated for a lymphoma by chemotherapy. Due to hematological consequences resu...

diffuse large b cell lymphoma is the most common type of non-hodgkin's lymphoma, representing nearly one-third of all cases. any organ can be involved, making a diagnostic biopsy imperative. when the lungs are the involved organs, it is called primary pulmonary lymphoma (ppl). hereby, we present a case of primary pulmonary lymphoma (ppl) that demonstrated a single large mass on chest ct and had...

INTRODUCTION Plasmablastic lymphoma is an aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma classically occurring in individuals infected with HIV. Plasmablastic lymphoma has a predilection for the oral cavity and jaw. However, recent case reports have shown lymphoma in the stomach, lung, nasal cavity, cervical lymph nodes and jejunum in HIV-negative individuals. We report what is, to the best of our knowledge, ...

Objective To report a case of a challenging oral diagnosis involving a primary diffuse large B cell lymphoma of the oral cavity mimicking a hyperplastic reactive lesion. Case Report A 72-year-old male patient was referred to the Department of Stomatology presenting a proliferative nodular lesion in the anterior region of the mandible involving the anterior teeth. The clinical examination reve...

Adult T-cell leukaemia-lymphoma (ATL) is a mature malignancy, with more than 50% of cases showing cutaneous involvement. Patients cutaneous-type ATL (cATL) in the indolent type (i.e., favourable chronic or smouldering type) can usually be managed by watchful waiting and they are primarily treated skin-directed therapies until disease progresses to acute crisis, multiple tumours considered intra...