protein s (ps) is an antithrombotic plasma protein that plays essential roles in limiting thrombus formation in the anticoagulant system. protein s deficiency is related with recurrent thrombosis. here, the authors report a case of a term neonate with severe ps deficiency in year 2015, imam hospital, tehran, iran, that had seizures and intraventricular hemorrhage (ivh) since the age of 3 days. ...

introduction adrenal myelolipoma is a rare benign neoplasm, which contains mature adipose tissue and variable amounts of haematopoietic elements. most lesions are small and asymptomatic, discovered incidentally during autopsy or imaging studies performed for other reasons. case presentation here we reported a series of two cases of giant myelolipomas of the adrenal gland; first one the largest ...

BACKGROUND Premature ventricular contractions (PVC), capillary leakage, and petechial hemorrhage can occur during myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE). The effects occur as a result of the interaction of contrast agent microbubbles and the ultrasound, but the detailed etiology of the effects is not yet clear. This study tested the hypothesis that the capillary leakage results from a physi...

Tf-CRM107 is a conjugate of transferrin and a point mutant of diphtheria toxin that selectively kills cells expressing high levels of the transferrin receptor. Tf-CRM107 has been infused intratumorally into patients with malignant brain tumors. Although approximately half of the patients exhibit tumor responses, patients receiving higher doses of Tf-CRM107 may develop magnetic resonance image (...

meningiomas are rare tumors of posterior fossa. delayed intracranial hemorrhage is a rare complication of surgeries in this territory. herein, we report a case of status epilepticus as a result of delayed motor cortex hemorrhage, complicating resection of a meningioma arising from foramen magnum.

intracranial hemorrhage and entrapment neuropathy are the most serious and disabling complications in hemophilia.the occurance of these neurological complications was studied in 214 hemophiliac patients during a 3 month period. nine patients (4.2%) suffered intracranial hemorrhage (one epidural and others intracerebral). all of intracranial hemorrhage patients had the sevee form of disease (<1%...

purpose : the objective of this study was to investigate the causes, the clinical presentation, and treatment modalities in patients with valsalva premacular hemorrhage. methods : this case series study included 21 eyes of 21 patients referred to retina clinic of farabi eye hospital and two private eye clinics during 2001-2006 with sudden loss of vision and clinical diagnosis of premacular hemo...

The outbreak Four cases of invasive meningococcal disease were reported between 22 and 24 March 2006 in newly recruited soldiers in Skwierzyna in Lubuskie, a western province of Poland. Two soldiers had been referred to a physician on 21 March with influenza-like symptoms, and one of them had consulted a physician in a local hospital, but was not admitted to hospital for treatment. On 22 March ...

A nine-year-old boy presented to us with complaints of fever, cough and pin point red spots over the body for 2 days. He also had one episode of bleeding from nose. On examination he had petechial spots scattered all over the body. There was no hepato-splenomegaly. Complete blood count showed haemoglobin of 11.4 g/dL, white blood cell 8000/mm3 and platelet 8,000/mm3. Peripheral blood smear was ...

The pathological findings of drowning are variable and non-specific. Petechial hemorrhages involving the periorbital region and the conjunctiva have been described in many causes of death, but are thought to be exceedingly uncommon in cases of drowning. However, such studies have not specifically addressed the pediatric population. The current study retrospectively examined 79 cases of accident...