Continued on Page 20 Introduction Eponyms enable us to commemorate achievements of individuals in a variety of disciplines. Many are familiar with Newton’s laws, Hofmann rearrangement, Pythagoras’ theorem, and the Gaussian curve. However, eponyms are especially abundant throughout the medical specialties, be it Addison’s disease, Billroth’s procedure, Esmarch’s bandage, Hunter’s canal, or the S...

oral lichen planus is diagnosed according to clinical and histopathological characteristics.some times all of the classical  histopathological features can not be seen.in some articles the presence of mast cells have been noted below the epithelium of oral lichen planus patients.the following study was done to evaluate the number of mast cells in the histopathological sections of 20 oral lichen...

in order to study the normal hematopoiesis, cellular components and myeloid/erythroid (m/e) ratio in the bone marrow of the pheasant (phasianus colchicus), bone marrow samples were collected from the proximal tibiotarsus bone of 16 clinically healthy adult pheasant. the bone marrow smears were stained using the giemsa stain. the results indicated that the development and formation of blood cell...

background: this study was conducted to explain the trend of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) in kermanshah province, western iran from 1991- 2012. methods: in this analytical-descriptive study, all of the patients suspected to cl in kermanshah province were studied. smears were prepared from most of them, stained with giemsa, and examined microscopically for leishman bodies. a few of the patients ...

The aim of this study was to compare the concordance of immunophenotype established with routine cytopathology (slides stained with Giemsa solution) and immunocytochemistry according to CD3 and CD79 alpha immunoreactivity. The study was performed on cytological samples of 70 canine lymphomas subtyped on the basis of the updated Kiel classification system. Additionally, cytologic samples were ex...

To determine the volume of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid necessary to diagnose Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in immunocompromised patients, specimens from 25 patients were evaluated. Twenty-one patients were HIV infected. BAL was performed using three to four 60-mL aliquots of room temperature, sterile, saline solution. Each syringe of BAL effluent was numbered and its volume was me...

Introduction: Granulomatous mastitis is a rare benign disease, the exact cause of which is still unknown. It usually presents as a mass which may simulate carcinoma. Many patients are put on long term antibiotics because of breast abscess suspicion, but are not cured. This disease usually affects women of child-bearing age with a history of oral contraceptive use. Most cases have been reported ...

INTRODUCTION: Micronuclei (MN) are microscopically visible round or oval cytoplasmic chromatin masses in the extra nuclear vicinity, originating from aberrant mitosis, chromatic fragments or whole chromosomes. The local factors like smoking exerts an influence on oral mucosa cells which are reflected as cellular changes resulting in the formation of MN. AIM: To evaluate and compare the MN index...