introduction: castleman's disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder which may be confused with other causes of lymphadenopathy. case report: here we report a case of unicentric castleman's disease presenting with cervical lymphadenopathy. the patient was treated with complete surgical excision of lesion and was disease free at the time of reporting this article. this case has bee...

more than 80% cardiovascular disease (cvd) is preventable despite the fact that it is currently the ultimate cause of disability in the world. assessment of the nationwide prevalence of dyslipidemia as a major cvd risk factor is essential to efficiently conduct prevention programs. we extracted data according to the cut‑off points of dyslipidemia used in each study. all published papers on this...

background the treatment of posterior eye diseases is always challenging mainly due to inaccessibility of the region. many drugs are currently delivered by repeated intraocular injections. objectives the purpose of this study was to investigate the potential applications of natural triglycerides as alternative carriers to synthetic polymers in terms of drug release profile and also biocompatibi...

the c3 phenotypes were determined by high-voltage agarose gel electrophoreses in german patients suffering from lymphosarcoma (n=34), hodgkin (n=59) and a group of other haematological diseases (n=46). frequencies of c3 ss, sf and ff pho=enotypes were not significantly different from the frequencies found in a control group of 322 healthy germans. however, high frequency of the ff phenotype in ...

background & importance: hydatid disease of the spine is rare but constitutes approximately 50% of bone involvement cases in human hydatidosis. it is a severe condition associated with a high rate of morbidity, disability and mortality. case presentation: in the present paper, we report an intriguing case of cervical spinal hydatid disease mimicking traumatic burst fracture. conclusion: a high ...

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vascular injuries with acute or chronic arterial hemorrhage after femoral shaft fractures are a rare but a life-threatening complication. we observed a case of iatrogenic rupture of the profunda femoris artery after the internal fixation of a femoral shaft fracture. the pseudoaneurysm, presenting with painful expansile swelling and hemodynamic instability, together with the rupture was evident ...

background: many patients with parkinson diseases are faced with constant attention disorders and evaluation of these disorders in these patients is important. methods : a cross-sectional study was conducted on 80 patients with parkinson disease and 80 healthy iranian people aged 40 to 70. all participants in the two groups of healthy and patients were examined by neurologists and psychiatrists...

kimura’s disease (kd) is a chronic inflammatory disorder primarily seen in male asians during the second and third decades of life. clinically, it presents as solitary or multiple subcutaneous nodules, predominantly in the head and neck region, typically in the pre auricular region, forehead, and scalp. the etiology of kimura disease is still unknown. this disorder should be suspected when the ...

celiac disease (cd) is defined as a permanent intolerance to gluten with clinical manifestations and abnormal small intestinal mucosa. a case series study was performed to obtain information about clinical manifestations, age of presentation and diagnosis of cd. for this purpose, hospital records of patients who were admitted to the gastrointestinal ward in the children's medical center fr...