background: very few studies have utilized specific criteria to assess mental disorders in brain tumor patients. this study aimed to diagnose mental disorders in this population using dsm-iv (depression, sleep, and mood) criteria. methods: from march 2007 to july 2009, the surgically treated patients with intracranial neoplasm were included in the study. these patients were examined in an ambul...

desmoid tumor of breast is a rare benign, locally aggressive tumor with a high recurrence rate. it has been associated with scar from previous breast surgery or trauma. especially in breast cancer patients with previous operation history, it may simulate recurrent breast cancer clinically and radiologically. we presented multimodality imaging findings (ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic ...

Meningioma is the commonest primary intracranial tumor in adults, with majority being benign. Malignant meningioma exceedingly rare and carries a poor prognosis because of its tendency for local recurrence distant metastasis. We present case 53 years old male anaplastic malignant meningioma, which recurred after excision radiotherapy later metastasised to pleura, bones brain. Keywords: Metastat...

background: rahbdoid tumor of kidney (rtk) is a childhood rare neoplasm, previously thought as a sarcoma variant of wilms’ tumor, but now is recognized as a distinct pathologic entity. method : we report a pathologically proved case of rtk, associated with brain mass in a 4.5-month-old girl that has referred for gross hematuria. shortly after initiating chemotherapy, because of retractile vomit...

background:: hypercoagulability has been reported in primary brain tumors which can lead to thrombotic complications.hydroxyethyl starch (hetastarch) is a synthetic colloid solution with adverse effects on blood coagulation. the aim of this study was to evaluate the protective effect of hetastarch in reducing thromboembolic events in these patients. materials and methods: in a double-blinded cl...

ependymomas are glial tumors originate from ependymal cells lining the ventricles and the central canal of the spinal cord. two thirds of ependymomas arise in the infratentorial or intraventriclesandone-third aredetected in supratentorial area. however supratentorial “cortical” ependymomas are veryuncommon. ependymomas are usually infratentorial, intraventricular tumor, including 2–9% of all ce...

in 1890, coley observed that cancer patients who developed infections had smaller tumors. from this, he developed coley’s toxin and treated tumors with injections of infectious materials. in 1960s,  mahaley used monoclonal antibodies to treat central nervous system(cns)  tumors, that research and clinical investigations in brain tumor immunotherapy became a serious undertaking. there are severa...

PURPOSE To inspect the potential diagnostic role of in vivo 1H MRS lipid methylene CH2 to methyl CH3 signal ratio in differentiation of recurrent brain tumor from radiation injury. METHODS Two patients--one with documented recurrence and the other without recurrence--were monitored by means of 1H MRS before and during two years after radiation therapy. The comparative group consisted of 20 pa...

Meningioma is the second most common brain tumor. The extent of peritumoral brain edema (PTBE) is one of the important prognostic factors in patients with meningioma.A 55-year-old female patient suffering from a progressive severe headache and mild left hemiparesis was referred to the Department of Neurosurgery, Rasool Akram Hospital (Tehran, Iran). The preoperative imaging revealed a 2×2 cm so...