neuroleptic malignant syndrome (nms) is a rare fatal medical complication that occurs as a result of dopaminergic receptor blockage in the caudate at the termination of the nigrostriatal pathways (1), and may occur at any time following consumption of dopamine antagonists. this disorder also occurs in cases of sudden discontinuation of dopamine agonists and antagonists (2,3). some studies have ...

malignant fibrous histiocytoma (mfh) is the most common soft-tissue sarcoma which predominantly surfaces in the retro-peritoneum and extremity. mfh of lung is a very rare condition. the diagnosis is essentially through histologic examination. however, the invasion of the chest wall or other organs might help establish the malignant nature.we report a case of a 77-year-old man who had been prese...

epidemiological evidence shows that cancer and diabetes are major causes of death in the world. type2 diabetes increases the risk of cancer-specific mortality. this review relates diabetic therapies, diabetes and cancer.all published papers in this field were searched, looking into such databases as science direct, isi web of knowledge, pubmed and scopus.in cancer patients, metformin improves p...

uterine lymphoma is a rare disease therefore, information regarding histologic type, immunophenotype of tumor cells and etiologic factors are limited. although secondary involvement of the genital tract occurs in up to 40% of cases• of disseminated lymphoma, lymphoma presenting with primary female genital tract . symptomatology is very unusual. we report a case of b-cell lymphoma in the uterine...

background post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) comprises a collection of symptoms following exposure to injury-causing accidents of life. it is estimated that the prevalence of ptsd in children with malignancy and their parents is between 10-30% and even several years after treatment of malignancy this disorderremain in 20-20% of these patients. objectives this study investigated the prevalen...

conclusions in patients with abdominal or pelvic masses and a history of previous abdominal surgery, the possibility of gossypiboma should be kept in mind. case presentation we report two patients (the first patient was 50 years old, with a history of an appendectomy three years ago in another city; the second patient was 52 years old, with a history of a cesarean section 25 years ago in anothe...

a 28-year-old man with neurofibromatosis type 1(nf1) presented with a tumor in the sciatic nerve and femoral nerve. the differential diagnosis of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor was based on clinical, radiological, and histological evidence. the tumor apparently originated in sciatic nerve at the posterior aspect of the left thigh. the lesion was resected totally without neural damage t...

introduction: myxofibrosarcoma was originally described as the myxoid variant of malignant fibrous histiocytoma (mfh), a high-grade and aggressive sarcoma, which is very uncommon in the head and neck region, with about 100 cases reported up to now. mfh occurring in the maxillary sinus is so rare that only 23 cases have been reported. we hereby report a case of myxofibrosarcoma in the maxillary ...

objective: to evaluate the adnexal masses with conventional gray scale and color doppler flow imaging and to assess their diagnostic reliability to differentiate benign and malignant adnexal masses. materials and methods: we evaluated 30 patients with adnexal mass. morphological characterization of the mass was done using sassone score. color doppler parameters noted down in each patient and ca...

proper differentiation between acral malignant melanoma and benign pigmented lesions like melanocytic nevi is of great value. to avoid unnecessary biopsies, dermatoscopy has been introduced as a non-invasive modality and has improved the clinical diagnostic accuracy in recent decades. we aimed to describe dermoscopic patterns of acral pigmented lesions of patients in the clinic of dermatology i...