In patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) (group 1), we analyzed whether the addition of transbronchial biopsy (TBB) and bronchial brushings augmented the diagnostic MTB yield over nonbiopsy sampling. Positive acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smears from combined sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and washings were 30 percent comp...

BACKGROUND Analysis of 52 eyes with high-risk retinoblastoma managed with postenucleation adjuvant chemotherapy using vincristine sulfate, etoposide phosphate, and carboplatin showed no evidence of systemic metastasis in any case during a mean (range) follow-up of 66 (12-202) months. PURPOSE To determine the efficacy of postenucleation adjuvant chemotherapy with vincristine, etoposide, and ca...

Venous thrombosis development is the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in the cases with carcinoma. Besides prevention and treatment of the disease, studies clarifying pathophysiology are required in clinical studies. It is possible to research the initiating factors of forming thrombus in two groups; intravenous and extravenous. Intravenous factors: tissue factors, carcinoma pro...

Background: Papillary Microcarcinoma (PMC) of thyroid is a rare type of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), which according to the World Health Organization measures 1.0 cm or less. The gold standard of treatment of PMC is still controversy. Our aim was to contribute in resolving the debate on the therapeutic choices of the surgical and adjuvant I-131 (RAI) treatment in PMC. Methods: From 2000...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common primary glomerular disease worldwide. Accurately identifying patients who are at risk for progressive disease is challenging. The extent to which histopathologic features improves prognostication is uncertain. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS We studied a retrospective cohort with biopsy-proven IgAN in Calgary, C...

CONTEXT Leukoplakia is classified under the term potentially malignant disorder. This term does not suggest the clinician or the patient about the severity of the disease to undergo a malignant transformation. Thus, there arises a need to identify the risk factors associated with malignant transformation (MT) to predict it at the earliest. AIMS To generate evidence regarding the clinicopathol...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the predictable value of histopathologic parameters in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) for response to endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). STUDY DESIGN Symptomatology was rated in 100 patients prior to as well as 12 and 24 months after surgery. Specimens taken during the procedure were examined and scored for goblet cells, subepithelial thickening, mast cells, and eosinophils. ...

Objective The prognosis for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is related to a high rate of metastasis, including 30% of bone metastasis. In this study, we investigate the correlation between diverse clinical factors and bone metastases secondary from renal cell cancer (RCC), and to identify potential risk factors for bone metastasis in newly diagnosed patients and those who have already received treat...

introduction all nations are striving for development. economic development is one of the main parts of development process, but not all of it. populations health is one of the main factors of economic development, and child’s mortality is one of the main factors of population health status. the aim of this study is investigating the role of socioeconomic disparties in under 5 mortality in east...

conclusions in this study, the prevalence of hcv was 0.2%, which is lower than the mean prevalence in iran (1%). prevalence of hcv had a significant relationship with iv-drug abuse. results the mean age of the participants was 39.7 ± 14.4. among them, 52.2% were female and 29.9% had university degrees. prevalence of hcv-ab+ was about 0.2% with elisa, and 0.14% of entire group were confirmed by ...