Most human beings will do almost anything to prolong their existence or to relieve themselves from the suffering of a disease. Others will do anything to exploit these desires by selling what they claim to be magical remedies or panacea for all diseases-even for the incurable ones. Quack is one of the several names used for practitioners or peddlers using supposedly ineffective medicines while ...

Primary mucosal melanoma occurs in under 2% of melanomas. Anorectal melanoma is a rare disorder, approximately accounting for 1% of all anorectal carcinomas. Primary anorectal melanoma presents predominantly in women, in the 4th-6th decade of life. Typical clinical manifestations include rectal bleeding and tenesmus. The prognosis remains poor.

Background: In order to improve the evaluation of possible rectal toxicity based on the rectal normal tissue complication probability (NTCP), we consider the fractional dependence of the NTCP on the wall thickness (tW) and rectal displacement (RM). Materials and Methods: The two-dimensional NTCP model (NTCP2D) was developed using radiotherapy plans of ten randomly selected patients with prostat...

background: nowadays there is a strong tendency for early bathing of healthy newborns but little is known about the ther mal stability of newborns in response to early bathing. the aim of this study was to compare the thermal effect of bathing on healthy newborn within 1-2 h of life versus 4-6 h after birth. methods: in this randomized comparative study 100 healthy newborns in a newborn nursery...

conclusions evaluation of iranian traditional dosage forms like vaginal and rectal types could be an attractive topic of research and the current study can briefly represent the iranian traditional pharmaceutical knowledge on vaginal and rectal drug delivery. objectives the aim of this study is the investigation about iranian traditional pharmaceutical dosage forms of vaginal and rectal medicat...

In the United States, sexually transmitted diseases due to Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae continue to be a major public health burden. Screening of extragenital sites including the oropharynx and rectum is an emerging practice based on recent studies highlighting the prevalence of infection at these sites. We reviewed studies reporting the prevalence of extragenital infections ...

OBJECTIVES Skin fat biopsy of the abdominal wall is a simple and safe method for detecting amyloidosis, and rectal mucosal biopsy is also frequently used for screening for the disease; however, the sensitivity of these approaches has not been fully studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of skin fat biopsy combined with rectal mucosal biopsy as a screening procedure for the ...

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare chronic neutrophilic dermatosis characterized by painful necrotic ulceration. The most common diseases associated with PG are inflammatory bowel disease, certain rheumatologic and hematologic diseases, and malignancy. Here, we describe the case of a 60-year-old man who presented with pruritic and painful erythematous ulcerative macules and patches on both low...

Epidemiological features of proctological disease are not well known because available studies have provided variable conclusions. Risk factors frequently mentioned include heredity, high socioeconomic level, obesity, smoking, a diet rich in fats, alcohol, spices and pepper as well low fluid intake have all been implicated. While treating patients with various ano-rectal pathologies, apart from...

Middle rectal artery is one of the important arteries supplying the rectum, along with the superior and inferior rectal arteries. Study of middle rectal artery was undertaken as it is important in surgeries of rectal carcinoma. .For the present study 40 pelvises were procured from the department of Anatomy of Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pune.Variations were found in the origin of middle re...