Pulmonary aspergillosis is a well known entity occurring in immunocompetent persons. Cutaneous aspergillosis, on the other hand, has been described in cases of suppressed immunity. Recently, invasive aspergillosis has been reported in patients with subtle immune dysfunction such as those with critical illness and advanced cirrhosis. We report a case of scrotal aspergillosis in association with ...

Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) includes a group of infrequent genetic diseases with autosomal recessive heredity, characterized by intrahepatic cholestasis, usually in childhood and in adolescence. It is caused by defective bile salt secretion and other bile components. The progression leading to liver failure and cirrhosis usually appears in the first few decades of life....

background: childhood masturbation (cm) is considered a variant of normal sexual behavior; however, it is commonly misdiagnosed as epilepsy and movement disorders. as the first study from iran, we analyzed a large population of infants and children with cm in a case-control study and evaluated the value of mucus in urine analysis as an alternative diagnostic tool for cm. methods: a total of 623...

background: cirrhosis is a pathologically defined entity associated with a spectrumof characteristicmanifestations.the cardinal pathologic features reflect irreversible chronic injury of the hepatic parenchyma and include extensive fibrosis in association with the formation of regenerative nodules.autonomic dysfunction is a frequent and important complication of cirrhosis. the risk of mortality...

background: prolongation of qt interval is one of the most important abnormalities in cardiovascular system of cirrhotic patients. the aim of this survey was determination of propranolol effect on frequency adjusted qt interval (qtc). materials and methods: thirty six cirrhotic patients (m/f=20/16, mean age:56 â± 3.8 years) and 40 healthy age and sex matched controls (m/f=25/15, mean age: 58 â±...

five years survival for decompensated cryptogenic cirrhosis has been reported less than 14%. the patient is a 70 years old man who had cryptogenic cirrhosis since the last 22 years after splenectomy. he had episodes of upper gi bleeding and ascitis at least for the last 17 years. he is still alive and is doing his daily work appropriately.

procalcitonin (pct) is a prohormone that has been used as a marker for the diagnosis of bacterial infections. the aim of this study was to survey pct levels in patients with cirrhosis. sixty-four patients with hepatic cirrhosis and 32 healthy blood donors were enrolled in this study. serum pct levels was detected using immunoluminometric assay. the rate of positive pct was higher in patients wi...

background:  hand injuries are among the most common childhood injuries. no study has been performed regarding the epidemiology of hand injuries in the pediatric population of iran. this study aimed to examine the epidemiology of hand injuries among children in southeast of iran.   methods:  this cross-sectional study was performed via census sampling on patients, aged 16 years or less, with a ...

background: during the resent years there has been interest in using bone marrow stem cells to treat liver cirrhosis. however, there is a potential concern for malignant transformation after stem cell therapy. the aim of this study was to evaluate the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) after autologous bone marrow stem cell transplantation for liver cirrhosis. methods: all the patien...