diffuse large b-cell lymphoma is the most common type of non-hodgkin lymphoma. micrornas (mirnas) are endogenous small rna, which can regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. mirna profiling has shown a great potential as novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. the present study was performed at the nemazee teaching hospital (shiraz, iran) from 2011 to 2013.the aim of thi...

background: breast implant associated anaplastic large t- cell lymphoma is a rare type of non-hodgkin lymphoma, with a reported incidence of 0.3% per 100,000 women with breast prosthesis per year. it presents most commonly as a peri-implant seroma, but may also present as a capsular mass, tumor erosion through skin, in a regional lymph node, or found incidentally during revision surgery. case p...

central serous chorioretinopathy (cscr) is an ocular disease which fluid is collected under retina and leads to retinal detachment and blurred vision. risk factors for development of central serous chorioretinopathy are included: alcohol use, uncontrolled hypertension, pregnancy, type a personalityand different ways of corticosteroid use. we want to present central serous chorioretinopathy in a...

background: positron emission tomography (pet) scan is a non-invasive, complicated and expensive medical imaging technology used for diagnosis and treatment of various diseases including cancers. this study aimed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of this technology in iran. methods: the major medical electronic databases including cochrane library, google scholar, medline and iranmedex w...

lymphomas are classified as hodgkin’s and non-hodgkin’s lymphomas (hl nhl) nhl being further sub-divided into b, t and null cell categories on the basis of who classification. with a few exceptions worldwide, b-nhl are more common, accounting approximately 80-85% of all cases of nhl compared to t-nhl, which accounts for about 10-15% of all nhl cases. the incidence of nhl has shown a steady incr...

postmortem examination of a 5.5-year-old holstein cow with history of sudden death showed a veryhuge spleen (120 × 45 × 10 cm) associated with severe haemoperitoneum. histopathological findingsincluded extensive infiltration of medium to large sized lymphocytic and lymphoblastic cells with smallamounts of cytoplasm, round nuclei with coarsely granular chromatin in the spleen, and limited foci o...

subcutaneous panniculitis-like t-cell lymphoma (sptcl) is an infrequent cytotoxic t-cell lymphoma of the skin with a unique immunophenotypic profile. here we describe this lymphoma in a 30-year-old iranian woman. she presented with periorbital edema, mandibular swelling with edematous areas on her face and two small lymph nodes (6-7mm) in the cervical area. histopathological findings revealed l...

Primary cutaneous lymphomas, which are diagnosed with only skin involvement, can be of B or T cell origin. Due to their varied origin as well diverse presentations, these groups have been divided further into more descriptive and representative groups. The subtypes primary marginal zone lymphoma (PCMZL), follicle center (PCFCL), diffuse large lymphoma, leg type (PCDLBCL-LT) intravascular B-cell...

Involvement of the ovary by malignant lymphoma is well known as late manifestation disseminated disease. Primary ovarian lymphoma(POL) extremely rare , accounting for 0.5 % all NHLs and 1.5% neoplasms1 . We here in describe a case Large B cell Lymphoma involving bilateral ovaries 34 year old female.Preoperative CT imaging showed heterogenous soft tissue masses with cystic areas both ovaries. Sh...