tc-99m pertechnetate scintigraphy is the modality of choice for diagnosis of meckel's diverticulum. interpretation of meckel's scan identifies a focal area of radiopharmaceutical uptake in the anterior abdomen similar to normal gastric mucosa. the activity must be of the same pattern and intensity as gastric uptake. we present a 13-year-old patient with gastrointestinal bleeding and anemia. tc-...

rare bleeding disorders (rbds) are a heterogeneous group of disorders including different types of coagulation factor deficiencies. the disorders are inherited in an autosomal recessive manner with different frequencies varying from 1:500000 to 1:2000000. patients affected with rbds are presented with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations ranging from mild to life threatening bleeding diat...

background and aim: the third stage of labour is one of the most troublesome stages of child delivery. the basic principle of the third stage management is administrating prophylactic uterotonics. however, the time of its administration varies in different hospitals. this study aimed to determine the effect of intramuscular oxytocin injection after emergence of the fetal anterior shoulder or pl...

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objectives the present study aimed to determine the effects of lemon balm alone and in combination with nepeta menthoides on menstrual bleeding in students with premenstrual syndrome. patients and methods this triple-blind randomized controlled trial included 93 female students with aged 18 years and older. the intervention groups received 500 mg capsules of lemon balm alone or lemon balm in co...

background and aims: human t-lymphotropic virus (htlv) is a human retrovirus which has been known to cause adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma and some other inflammatory disorders. patients with hereditary bleeding diseases are at high risk for these viruses. in this study, we evaluated serological htlv-i/ii infection among these patients in west azerbaijan of iran. material and methods: we studied...

abstract background: abnormal uterine bleeding (aub) is one of the most common complains in women of any age seeking gynecologic health care and needs early diagnosis and proper management due to its impacts on the quality of life. this study was conducted to investigate the cut-off value of endometrial thickness (et) by trans-vaginal ultra-sonography (tvus) and evaluate its accuracy in the dia...

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (ssris) are reported to be associated with increased bleeding tendency. while findings of recent studies explain a lot about the pathophysiology of this side-effect, there is a general tendency to discontinue ssris as harmful medications. we report two instances of dose-dependent relations between sertraline and bleeding tendency. bleeding diathesis was a...

conclusions the case was fully investigated and diagnosed as a case with factor xiii deficiency causing such uncontrolled bleeding after extraction of a tooth. introduction factor xiii deficiency is a relatively rare hereditary bleeding disorder, which is usually found during infancy or early childhood. this condition may involve both genders within different races in an equal manner. its incid...

aim : the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the number and proportion of various causes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and actual numbers of non-nsaid, non- helicobacter pylori ( h.pylori ) peptic ulcers seen in endoscopy of these patients. background : the number and the proportion of patients with non- h.pylori , non-nsaids peptic ulcer disease leading to upper gastrointestinal...