INTRODUCTION Opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia (OMA) syndrome is the most common paraneoplastic neurological syndrome in childhood. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed the literature and reported on clinical and pathological characteristics of four children with OMA and peripheral neuroblastic tumours. In two of the children the onset of neurological symptoms was connected with a vaccination and in o...

INTRODUCTION Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma (PPGL) present with an extremely variable clinical picture which ranges from dramatic, to mild, to silent, depending on tumor attitude to release catecholamines. Hypertension is the hallmark of these tumors but is not always present. Distinct differences of clinical manifestations exist in hypertensive pheochromocytomas (HPs) and normotensive pheochro...

introduction: the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of patients with congestive heart failure (chf) have been described by a number of previous studies, but very little information is available on this issue in iran. this study aimed to delineate the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of iranian patients hospitalized with chf. methods: during an observational, analytical, descrip...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the clinical, pathological, and sonographic characteristics of unexpected gallbladder carcinoma (UGC). METHODS Of 5424 patients who had undergone cholecystectomy from December 2006 to October 2013, 54 patients with primary gallbladder carcinomas confirmed by pathological diagnosis were identified. The patients were divided into two groups: diagnosed before operation ...