ovarian hemangiomas are benign and rare tumors of female genital tract with less than 60 reported cases in the literature. a 38- yr- old woman was admitted to be’sat hospital, tehran, iran in 2012, due to severe abdominal pain. ultrasound evaluation revealed a 6 cm left ovarian cystic mass and serum tumor markers were normal. then, left salpingo-oophorectomy was performed for the patient. micro...

objective:this study aimed to differentiate illness anxiety and generalized anxiety by the role of metacognition and intolerance of uncertainty. methods: this research was a descriptive-correlational study with an ex post facto design. the study population included all students of yazd university, and the study sample comprised 400 healthy adult university students (mean age=23.3 years, sd=4.9)...

background paranasal sinus ct has high sensitivity and specificity for sinusitis. however, this modality is costly and involves greater radiation exposure than plain radiographs. objectives we tried to compare 10-cut limited ct scan and standard ct scan in the diagnosis of sinusitis. materials and methods we conducted a cross sectional case series from august to december 2010 on 150 patients wi...

conclusions prominent musculoskeletal complaints (especially back pain) accompanied by constitutional symptoms such as fever, malaise and weight loss may be consistent with brucellosis. introduction species of bacteria brucellosis, which can infect humans, are brucella abortus, b melitensis, b. suis and rarely b. canis. case presentation a 71-year-old woman with severe pain in the limbs, especi...

isolated dissection of the superior mesenteric artery is a rare occurrence with a hitherto unknown exact etiology. patients may present with abdominal symptoms or hemodynamic instability. w e herein present a case of spontaneous isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection in a 48-year-old man, who was admitted with epigastric pain. due to an undiagnosed paced rhythm on the electrocardiogram,...

background: breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. prostate‑specifc antigen  (psa) is a marker of prostate gland malignancy, which has been considered in cases with breast cancer in recent years. the goal of this study was to determine total and free psa levels in cases with malignant and benign breast lesions. methods:   in  this case–control study, ninety women with histological pr...

corneal transplantation is the most common and successful form of solid organ transplantation with a 2-year survival rate of over 90% in low risk cases. this high success rate may be due to the immune privileged status of the cornea, acaid (anterior chamber associated immune deviation) induction phenomena and secretion of inhibitory molecules by corneal cells such as il1-ra, il-1a and fas ligan...

multiple sclerosis (m.s) is one of the prevalent diseases of the central nervous system which cause disability in young adults. this appears as neural signs in different parts and various times. the main defect is local deterioration or destruction of myelin tissue in the brain and spinal cord. profound fatigue is one the most common symptoms of this disease. because ms is prevalent in middle a...

back ground and objective:oral cancer is primarily a disease of epithelial origin. the tongue is the most common site of oral cancer. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of tongue cancer and signs, symptoms, clinical features, and site of lesions in addition to factors affected this cancer.  materials methods and:twenty eight medical records of patients who admitted for tongue...