introduction: hemangiomas are the most frequent benign tumors of the liver and detecting them from metastasis or other malignant hepatic tumors is of outmost importance. 99mtc- rbc scan is highly specific and is the method of choice for this differentiation. this scintigraphy is performed in planar and spect modes. these two procedures are in agreement most of the times, however since spect is ...

ii To: My parents Khalid and Sarah for their never ending support. My wife Alaa for her encouragement, patience, and believe in me. My children Khaled, Ahmad, and Sarah for bringing joy to my life. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my advisor Dr. Thomas Peters for his support and guidance. I would also like to thank my committee members Dr. Patrick O'Shaughnessy and Dr. Renée Anthony fo...

        Abstract   Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common malignant tumors of oral cavity. The ratio of men to women is about 2: 1. Generally, it   is admitted that 60% of carcinoma of the mandibular gingival are located in the posterior of premolars. Gingiva is one of the less common sites of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Due to the variable clinical and behavioral presentatio...

radical resection of a pathological lesion along with the preservation of eloquent cerebral tissue is the principle goal of neurosurgery. brain lesions are usually diagnosed by conventional magnetic resonance imaging (mri), but this method is unable to describe the relationship between lesions and neighboring specific white matter (wm) tracts. diffusion tensor tractograghy (dtt) is a new sophis...

introduction: noradrenergic cells in lc participate in the process of cortical activation and behavioral arousal. the evidence suggests that locus ceoruleus (lc) plays an important role in the sleep-wake cycle. the aim of this study was stereological estimation of cavity caused by lesion and assessment of sleep stages after bilateral lesion of the lc. materials and methods: male wistar rats wei...

male guinea pigs show high susceptibility to burkholderia mallei and have been used as animal models in glanders studies. the purpose of our study was to elucidate glanders comparative pathogenesis in guinea pigs. we present here the histological changes and bacterial isolation that develop over time in guinea pigs inoculated intraperitoneally (ip) with two strain of b. mallei. ten male guinea ...

statement of the problem removal of impacted third molars is the most common oral surgical procedure. many investigators have questioned the necessity of removal in patients who are free of symptoms or associated pathologies. there are currently no data on the prevalence of impacted teeth and associated pathologies in the hamadani population. purpose the aim of this study was to assess the stat...

malignant papillary neoplasms of the breast comprise a number of microscopically distinct lesions, where apocrine metaplasia is commonly found in papillomas compared to other papillary lesions including papillary carcinomas. however, association of apocrine metaplasia in papilloma with ductal carcinoma in situ (dcis) is not very well defined. the lesions with apocrine metaplasia are not only di...