BACKGROUND Multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare disease. It is not certain if it is a benign or a borderline tumor. Although many therapeutic approaches have been used, complete cytoreductive surgery in combination with hyperthermic intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy has gained acceptance. CASE REPORT A case of multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma in a 16-year old patient is ...

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is one of the potentially life-threatening complications of pregnancy. We report a case of a 36-year-old female patient who presented with shortness of breath, swelling of feet after giving birth to triplets, and her tests revealed that left ventricle is dilated with its diameter on the borderline and she had EF 35% with advanced systolic dysfunction. Anterior w...

Background: Although much research on patients with epilepsy (PWE) has focused on psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, and psychotic disorders, the relationship between epilepsy and personality disorders has not been frequently studied. Objectives: The study aimed to evaluate borderline personality traits in PWE. Materials & Methods: In this case-control study, we evaluated 21...

There is now substantial evidence that patients with haematological malignancies are not referred to the palliative system. Findings from the in-depth qualitative analysis of a successful case study are presented as a paradigmatic example of creative solutions that are available to begin to address this issue of inequity of access. The data provides important insights on the factors that facili...

Primary hemangioendotheliomas (HEs) of the spleen are rare, low-grade borderline-malignant vascular tumors. To date, only a few splenic HE cases have been reported in adults. In infants, one 9-year-old male patient has previously been reported, and the patient succumbed to the disease shortly following surgery. Currently, the clinical treatment and prognosis of the disease remains challenging t...

background: one of the methods used for standard setting is the borderline regression method (brm). this study aims to assess the reliability of brm when the pass-fail standard in an objective structured clinical examination (osce) was calculated by averaging the brm standards obtained for each station separately. materials and methods: in nine stations of the osce with direct observation the e...

Phyllodes tumor (PF) of the breast is uncommon neoplasms which consisting in a fibroepithelial, circumscribed, with foliaceous structure, composed epithelial and connective tissue. Often, affects woman aged between 40 50 years. According to World Health Organization (WHO), PF has three forms – benign, borderline malignant. The treatment surgical. effects radiotherapy adjuvant chemotherapy are s...

primary retroperitoneal mucinous tumor (prmt) of low malignant potential (border line) is an uncommon neoplasm with fewer than 50 reported cases. uncertain diagnostic imaging results make diagnosis of its origin difficult, preoperatively. later treatment planning and prognosis would be affected by exact diagnosis of the tumor origin. this study presents a case of persian woman with diagnostic, ...

We examined relationships between depressive rumination, anger rumination, and features of borderline personality disorder in a sample of 93 students with a wide range of borderline symptoms. All completed self-report measures of borderline features; trait-level negative affect; depressive and anger rumination; and current symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. Depressive and anger rumina...