purpose: to evaluate the results of combined chemotherapy and periocular carboplatin injection to control advanced intraocular retinoblastoma (rb). methods: in this prospective interventional case-series, we included 8 eyes of 8 patients with advanced intraocular rb (group c or d in international intraocular retinoblastoma classification, iirc). in these patients, periocular carboplatin was inj...

malignant fibrous histiocytoma (mfh) is the most common soft-tissue sarcoma which predominantly surfaces in the retro-peritoneum and extremity. mfh of lung is a very rare condition. the diagnosis is essentially through histologic examination. however, the invasion of the chest wall or other organs might help establish the malignant nature.we report a case of a 77-year-old man who had been prese...

pancoast tumor accounts for 3%-5% of all non-small cell lung carcinomas. this tumor has a distinct clinical presentation through local invasion and the resulting clinical entity called pancoast syndrome. this syndrome includes severe shoulder pain, arm pain, and horner’s syndrome andatrophy of forearm and hand muscles. the differential diagnosis of arm and shoulder pain is extensive. thoracic o...

abstract background tumor lysis syndrome (tls) is an oncologic emergency that results from massive lysis of malignant cells. the incidence of tls depends on the risk factors, such as baseline hyperuricemia, bulky tumor burden, elevated serum ldh, and elevated wbc. the objectives of the present study were to assess frequency of tumor lysis syndrom in children with all in two methods of induction...

the term odontoma is used to identify a tumor that is characterized by the production of mature enamel, dentin, cementum and pulp tissue and may interfere with the eruption of the associated tooth. the present report describes an odontoma in a 13-year-old boy, which is associated with an impacted tooth through a canal

background: massive bone allograft is an option in cases of limb preservation and reconstruction after massive benign and malignant bone tumor resection. the purpose of this study was to analyze the outcome of these procedures at imam reza hospital, mashhad university of medical sciences. methods: in this study, 113 cases have been presented. eleven cases were excluded (patients has a traumatic...

conclusions although it is a rare entity, ec should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with dysuria, hematuria and any kind of acquired voiding dysfunction, including frequency, pollakiuria and incontinence. case presentation we present a 17-year-old male patient, who was continent night and day in his childhood, and was admitted to our clinic for complaints of...

results there was no difference found between the two groups with regard to; gender, basic variables, ejection fraction (ef), cbp time and aortic cross-clamp time. the preoperative levels of il-6 and tnf-α were not different; however, their postoperative levels were significantly higher in the placebo group (p value = 0.01 for il-6 and 0.005 for tnf-α). conclusions this study showed that mgso4 ...

background: in recent years, neoadjuvant chemoradiation and subsequent surgical resection with total mesorectal excision has been shown to increase local control with decreased toxicity. neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy is the standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer. in this study we evaluated the efficacy a cox-2 inhibitor on pathologic response, sphincter preservation and acute tox...

background: nodular hidradenoma or clear cell hidradenoma is a rare adnexal tumor arising from the eccrine glands. case report: a 60-year old female presented to the surgical out-patient clinic with complaints of breast lump of one year duration. fine needle aspirate (fna) of the lump yielded fluidly aspirate mixed with hemorrhage. on giemsa-stained smears, a possibility of benign cystic lesion...