nuchal translucency (nt) measurements in the first trimester screening between 11 and 14 weeks’ gestation are regarded as a clear marker for aneuploidies. the presence of a thickened nt, even if the karyotype is normal, can be associated with structural abnormalities. having an abnormal screening of nt, parents and physicians could face dilemma over abortion particularly in a case of ivf/icsi f...

background: hypoalbuminemia may be caused by liver disease, nephrotic syndrome, burns, protein-losing entropathy, malnutrition, and metabolic stress. alterations in albumin in metabolic stress such as cardiac surgery have been previously investigated. we studied serum albumin concentration in children with congenital heart disease and also the association of hypoalbuminemia with mortality and m...

background: coarctation of the aorta (coa) is a defect that accounts for 5-8% of all congenital heart diseases. balloon angioplasty as a treatment for coa is increasingly performed, with endovascular stents having been proposed as a means of improving the efficacy and safety of the procedure. the aim of this study was to evaluate the systolic blood pressure gradient at rest and during maximal e...

preaxial polydactyly is the most common duplication pattern in white and asian populations (1). it is a congenital anomaly with a wide range of manifestations .current classification do not have the capacity to classify all different types of radial polydactyly. we describe here a very rare and unusual case of bilateral preaxial polydactyly (triplication) in a woman and report the operations re...

iodine is essential element in thyroid hormones synthesis and normal growth and development of the brain. milk and iodine concentrations can be appropriate indicator of body iodine status; in this study, we evaluated the concentrations of urine and milk iodine in newborns and their mothers.in a cross-sectional study conducted in 2013, urine and milk iodine in 106 neonates and their mothers refe...

background: cytomegalovirus (cmv) infection is associated with significant maternal and fetal consequences. the aim of pre­sent study was to determine the current prenatal cmv seroprevalence in eastern azerbaijan and evaluate the routine labora­tory diagnostic techniques of anti-cmv immunoglobulin m (igm) and immunoglobulin g (igg). methods: during the present prospective cross-sectional study,...

severe congenital neutropenia is one of primary immunodeficiency disorders that characterized by severe neutropenia and is associated with severe systemic bacterial infections from  early  infancy.  granulocyte  colony  stimulating  factor  (gcsf)  is  clinically  used  as  a treatment for congenital and acquired neutropenia. the aim of this study was evaluation of gcsf (pd- grastim) in treatme...

in this descriptive study, researchers determined rate and type of newborn infants’ anomalies in rafsanjen niknafas hospital in 1991-1995.  this study is resulted from medical records of mothers referring to above mentioned center during five years. total number of child birth was 21187. 17321 was normal vaginal delivery and 3866 was cesarean section. because of unknown reasons, 57 infants were...

purpose : to report a case of congenital macular macrovessels case report : an 8-year-old girl was referred for decreased vision in her right eye. her best corrected visual acuity (bcva) in the right eye was 20/200 and in the left eye 20/20. anterior segment examinations were normal in both eyes. posterior segment examination of the right eye showed abnormal macrovessels crossing the macula and...

conclusions children with chd are at risk of severe complications with the involvement of other organs. long-term febrile illness should be taken seriously in these children. they need hospitalization and careful evaluation. case presentation a 6-year-old girl with a ventricular septal defect (vsd) was presented. echocardiography revealed large vegetation in the right ventricular outflow tract ...