case description- a 2-yr-old intact male donkey (equus asinus) was presented to hospital of veterinary medicine, mansoura university with subcutaneous masses under the tail. clinical findings- physical examination revealed the presence of 2 separate 5x10 and 5x8-cm-diameter, round and firm subcutaneous masses. treatment and outcome- surgical removal of the masses applied under epidural anesthes...

background: routine screening colonoscopy is on the rise and pathologists have to deal with the ever larger numbers of excised colonic polyps. it is very important to optimize the patients’ individual treatment and further surveillance. pathologists play a critical role in management, as most of the clinical decisions concerning colonic polyp management are based on pathologic findings. one of ...

chondrosarcoma is the second most common primary mesenchymal malignant tumor of the bone. the most common form is central chondrosarcoma and the rarest is intracortical chondrosarcoma. here, we describe the clinical, pathological, and imaging features of a case of intracortical chondrosarcoma as well as the outcome of surgical treatment. this is the third case reported in the literature.

the hypertension is divided into two types: primary and secondary. the secondary type, is particularly due to renal and arterial origin and is mostly seen. in children the secondary hypertension caused by malignancies is rare. this is a case of abdominal rhabdomyosarcoma with malignant hypertension.

using complement fixation technique, serial serum samples from 15 patients undergoing surgical removal of malignant tumors were assayed for the presence of tumors antibodies against the cellular fractions of both normal and carcinomatous tissue. antibody responses against tumor associated antigens were detected in four cases. in all cases antibody activity was directed only against the supernat...

background: in cancers of prostate, breast, oropharynx, lung, hypopharynx and skin, human tissue kallikreins has been demonstrated as a main role in these problems. there are many research works in which some human tissue kallikreins are expressed in salivary glands. in the present study, the main goal was to determine expression of human tissue kallikreins 4, 8, 10, 11 and 13 in pleomorphic ad...

objective: we intended to determine causes and histological pattern of hysterectomies in an iranian population. materials and methods: archived reports of pathology department of a university hospital dated march 2005 to march 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. age, chief complaint, type of operation including abdominal, vaginal and subtotal hysterectomy, the indication of the operation and th...

introduction: laser dentistry is a one of the upcoming advanced treatment modality for oral mucosal lesions. diode laser is a soft tissue laser that has found much acceptance in all branches of dentistry. available compact size and feasibility has render diode laser an enhanced tool for today’s clinical practice. the aim of this study is to determine the efficacy and safety of diode laser for t...

''Malignant Hypothermia'' syndrome is a rare, but dangerous occurrence, the aetiology of which is not known. Up to this date 180 cases have been reported. This syndrome i's seen generally in :male children over age of two years, and especially in adolescent males. Also those people with muscular abnormalities are more susciptable to this illnes'S. Anaesthetic agent such as halothane or muscular...

metallothionein (mt) manifests varying expression levels in carcinomas, and they may be considered as valuable cell cancerization biomarkers for diagnosis of patients with cancers. a meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate comprehensively the mt expression difference in various benign tumors and malignant tumors, which compared the high with low mt expression levels in patients of the available...