central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor during infancy is a rare, highly aggressive tumor most commonly seen in the cerebellar area. herein we describe the case of a 4-month-old baby who presented with convulsions. pathologic examination of her cerebellar mass showed an atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor. the patient died 5 days after surgery despite complete excision of the mass ...

mucormycosis is a fatal and life threatening infection particularly in immunocompromised patients, so early diagnosis and rapid treatment is life saving. a 52-year-old female, known case of diabetes mellitus, presented with chills, fever, fatigue and anorexia. a subcutaneous mass was detected around the umbilicus (4x4). fine needle aspiration of the mass showed mucor hyphea with little inflamma...

safflower is a strategic plant regarding to its valuable nutrition value (45% extractable oil) and industrial uses. due to massive import of edible oil to the country as well as high potential for safflower cultivation, the research on production of safflower for oil extrusion purpose is of remarkable importance. the design of various processing and oil extraction units and also their optimizat...

A new series of alkylthio imidazole analogues of captopril, an ACE inhibitor used in the treatment of hypertension, was designed and synthesized in order to obtain agents more active than captopril with less side effects. All the compounds thus prepared were purified and characterized by IR, NMR and Mass analytical instruments.

Mass treatment as a means to reducing P. falciparum malaria transmission was used during the first global malaria eradication campaign and is increasingly being considered for current control programmes. We used a previously developed mathematical transmission model to explore both the short and long-term impact of possible mass treatment strategies in different scenarios of endemic transmissio...

Abstract Objective: Globally, 3-5.2 percent of people suffer from diabetes which is one of the most serious metabolic disorders resulting in an increase in inflammatory biomarkers e.g. interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and C-reactive protein. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between inflammation, oxidative stress and fasting blood glucose, lipid profile and a...

Case Description- A 1-year-old female Domestic Shorthair cat weighing 2.5 kg with one week history of protruding mass from the vulva was admitted. Clinical Findings- The prolapse was complete involving both horns protruding from the vulva and a soft bulging mass was palpable inside the prolapsed uterus. Treatment and Outcome- The prolapsed organ was irrigated with warm saline soluti...

introduction: desmoid tumors are very rare, benign fibrous neoplasms arise from the musculoaponeurotic structures throughout the body.   case report: the patient was a   seven-year old boy with a large mandibular mass growing over a period of six months. his ct-scan showed a large mass, 13 cm in diameter in the cheek area extending to the neck and trachea. biopsy was compatible with desmoid fib...