Background: Cutaneous mucomycosis is an invasive fungal infection that usually develops in the immunodeficient patients. Although it also occurs in cases without underlying disease. So far in Iran and the world, primary cutaneous mucormycosis of the neck without predisposing factor has not  been reported. Materials and Methods: In this case,we present a 51 years old patient with progressive nec...

Introduction: Thalasemia Major is one of the most common anemia diseases that can be fatal if not promptly diagnosed. The survival analysis of these patients can be an appropriate strategy in determining risk factors for death in these patients. The purpose of this study was to choose the best model to determine the risk factors for death in patients with the thalasemia major using common metho...

    Synovial sarcoma (SS) is a rare but distinctive soft tissue sarcoma (STS) that displays epithelial differentiation. It consists of 5% to 10% of STSs. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment to prevent local recurrence and maximam five-year survival rate is 40 %. Recently, SS was noted to have increased post chemotherapy survival time and the sensitivity of SS to ifosfamide-based chemotherapy h...

Background and purpose: Tuberculosis (T.B) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in renal transplant recipients. The incidence of mycobacterium tuberculosis in renal transplant patients compared with normal papulation is high specially in developing countries. Materials and methods : This study is a retospective review of the records of 700 renal transplant recipients 10 of whom...