intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumor is a rare entity with a few reports worldwide. this tumor commonly occurs in children and adolescent and occurrence in adult age group is very rare. here, we describe an adult male with symptoms of intestinal obstruction due to abdominal mass, located in splenic flexure. after resection, the diagnosis of intra-abdominal desmoplastic small roun...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: epidemic levels of obesity and overweight in today's world are leading to a higher number of mortality and morbidity, especially due to cardiovascular diseases (cvds). body fat distribution contributes a great amount to atherosclerosis formation and therefore increased cvd incidence. the present study used the ...

introduction of disorders directly related to prevalence cardiovascular diseases are iron deficiency anemia and obesity, especially that of abdomen. the purpose of the current study has been determining the relationship between anthropometric including body mass index and the size of abdomen and iron-shortage anemia .the studies conducted in the area are very limited.                           ...

conclusions in this study, the abdominal binder was effective in pain medication consumption at some intervals. however, it had no healing effect on cs scars. background wound complications and pain are major causes of morbidity after cesarean section (cs). although medications are safe for use by mothers after cs, many females prefer non-pharmaceutical methods. an abdominal binder is a complem...

background: functional gastrointestinal disorders (fgids) entail several distinct conditions that collectively account for a sizeable proportion of patients complaining of abdominal pain. physicians' awareness is fundamental to avoid unnecessary evaluations and to alleviate stress-related problems. this study aimed to assess the relative frequencies of fgids and related categories in a selected...

background and objectives: postoperative ileus is common after abdominal resection. it causes gas store,distention, nausea, vomiting, and even pain. this study examines the impact of gum chewing as a type of sham feeding on the duration of postoperative ileus. methods: in this randomized control trial study, 70 patients in two groups (each group n=35) underwent abdominal resection. the a group ...

introduction: clinical radiation nephropathy can result in considerable morbidity and/or mortality. renal tolerance (td5/5) has been stated to be 20 gy when irradiation has been delivered to both kidneys in 3-5 weeks. therefore to minimize renal toxicity in these patients, localization and shielding of the kidneys are essential. this study was carried out to evaluate the role of 99mtc-dtpa rena...

‎this paper presents an application of partial differential equations(pdes) for the segmentation of abdominal and thoracic aortic in cta datasets. an important challenge in reliably detecting aortic is the need to overcome problems associated with intensity inhomogeneities. level sets are part of an important class of methods that utilize partial differential equations (pdes) and have been exte...

gardner's syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder. familial polyposis of the colon, osteomas, hypertrophy of the retinal-pigmented layer and a multitude of soft tissue tumors are characteristic features. the syndrome may be presented with colonic or extracolonic symptoms. a 75-year-old male patient presented to al-zahra clinic with diffuse abdominal pain. an abdominal surgery was p...

background: postoperative pulmonary complications (ppc) are of the major reasons for death. prolonged mechanical ventilation (pmv) and delayed extubation are leading to the incidence of more seriously complications. the effect of hyperinflation has not been investigated in control of these complications in patients who have been weaned from mechanical ventilation and are undergoing t-tube suppo...