PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to report the case of a female patient who had a giant cell tumor in the paranasal sinus during childhood, and while undergoing multiple resection surgeries experienced optic atrophy in both eyes. CASE PRESENTATION This study involved a 35-year-old woman who was previously diagnosed with a giant cell tumor of the paranasal sinus bone at age 13. A CT scan ...

background: rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare malignant soft tissue sarcoma and the most common sarcoma of childhood. the purpose of this study was to investigate the distribution of age and sex of patients, pathological subtypes and to determine the role of staging and classification of rms on treatment outcome. materials and methods: this retrospective study included patients who diagnosed with rms ...

to determine the rate of different types of arthritis in children. we prepared a retrospective descriptive study and included the whole 100 cases of arthritis referred to 17-shahrivar hospital, rasht, guilan during a 3 years period. using their medical files, data including age, sex, season of admission, history of trauma, signs and symptoms, lab findings and duration of hospitalization were co...

lichen planus (lp) is a chronic mucocutaneous disease widely recognized in adults, but uncommon in children. the purpose of this paper is to report two cases of lp in children. the diagnosis was made based on clinical and histopathological findings. the treatment consisted of antifungal and multivitamin therapy. regression of lesions was observed. the patients are still under follow up. althoug...

purpose : to determine the anatomical site and underlying causes of blindness and severe visual impairment (bl/svi), in schools for the blind in east azerbaijan state with determining potentially preventable and treatable causes. methods : between october 2003 and november 2004 a total of 124 students attending three schools for the blind in east azerbaijan state were examined clinically and da...

abstract background data on childhood and adolescent malignant tumors incidence are skimp in developing countries. in this study, we analyzed the incidence and trend of childhood and adolescent cancers in yazd city, center of iran between jan 2004 and dec 2013. materials and methods the various types of malignant tumors were grouped pursuant to the international classification for cancer in chi...

Adolescent survivors of pediatric brain tumor (PBT) are a sparsely studied subset childhood cancer survivors. Sustaining PBT may complicate the development executive functions (EFs), which play vital role in long-term psychosocial adjustment. In this study, 48 adolescent and their parents completed questionnaires assessing EF, psychological symptoms, fatigue, adaptive functioning, 26 underwent ...