introduction: pelvic organ prolapse is a common condition that occurs in parous women and affects the quality of life of women. the present study aimed to evaluate the incidence of recurrent prolapse. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study evaluated 365 women attending two public centers of ilam, west of iran. sampling was done by the simple random sampling method. all women particip...

dans une même page, l’une des dernières du temps retrouvé, proust mentionne des œuvres littéraires ayant une sorte de correspondance avec son livre. en effet il existe des ressemblances dans son œuvre et les mille et une nuits que marcel proust ne s’en cache pas et en tire partie sous forme de métaphores. par le biais des personnages et du narrateur, nous sommes confrontés aux moments d’extra-t...

background all conditions that interfere with blood flow at any level within the portal system can lead to portal hypertension. for better management of this disorder, it is important to determine the underlying cause. in previ­ous studies, extra-hepatic disorders have been reported as the main cause of portal hypertension in children. in this study, we investigate the under­lying causes of por...

many extra-intestinal manifestations are associated with celiac disease. one of the most important of them is hepatobiliary abnormalities. this association is recently under consideration. we report a 34-year-old man with elevated liver enzymes and primary diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. further follow up revealed celiac disease as the proper diagnosis in this patient.

pelvic inflammatory disease (pid) is a rare complication of transvaginal oocyte retrieval. it may result in failure of assisted reproductive techniques (art). during a 7 years period, 5958 transvaginal ultrasound-guided oocyte retrievals resulted in 10 cases of acute pid. eight out of 10 patients were diagnosed infertile because of endometriosis. two patients had mild ovarian, 3 had stage iii, ...

The trachea is an unusual site for paragangliomas, only four cases having been documented previously. A fifth case is presented here, together with immunohistochemical evidence that the tumour is biologically benign.

The histological and clinical features of a primary chemodectoma arising in the orbit are described. It is suggested that the tumour may have arisen from chemoreceptor tissue in the area of the lacrimal gland.