proliferating pilomatricoma is a distinctive rare variant of pilomatricoma first described in 1997.very few cases of proliferating pilomatricoma have been reported in the literature until date. this report is a case of 65 years old male presenting with hard nodular lump on the right side of neck slowly increasing in size for the last 8 months. wide excision of the lump was performed with clear ...

background the non-revenue water refers to a difference between the volume of water entering the system and billed authorized consumption. objectives the main purpose of this study is to determine the volume of non-revenue water in order to recognize the factors influencing water losses so that the information gathered can used in non-revenue water reduction management. materials and methods ka...

trauma is a common cause of death and disability in children. proper approach to pediatric trauma involves adherence to abcde sequence in the primary survey and resuscitation in order to promptly recognize and manage life-threatening conditions immediately. this readily reviewed sequence includes a: establishment and maintenance of a patent airway while maintaining cervical spine immobilization...

rhinosporidiosis is a granulomatous disorder caused by rhinosporidium seeberi, an aquatic parasite. it spreads through contaminated water and soil. it frequently involves the nasal cavity and nasopharynx. disseminated or systemic lesions are rare. a 56 year old man presented with multiple tumor like lesions all over the body in our cancer institute in april 2012. fine needle aspiration cytology...

angiosarcomas are endothelial cell neoplasms in the lining of the blood vessel wall and account for about 0.04% of all breast malignancies with a high rate of error in primary diagnosis. the breast angiosarcoma is a rare and uncommon pathology and has been described mostly as case reports. indeed, only a limited number of cases have been published. accordingly, the natural history of this tumor...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of art therapy on anxiety in the child with the diagnosis of anxiety problems in a health clinic in tehran in 94. one child from the population based on convenience sampling was selected and the scas (spence children anxiety scale) questionnaires and structured clinical interview were studied. this study was a single case study as a multip...

amblyomma lepidum (donitz, 1909), collected on sheep from gilan gharb, is reported for the first time from iran. the species has been reported from sudan, ethiopia, kenya, egypt and zanzibar as well. male diagnosis: a small to medium – sized tick; scutum with characteristic ornamentations; postero- median stripe broad at the base, slightly knobbed at the anterior extremity, not reaching the fal...

internal iliac artery (iia) shows frequent variations in its branching pattern. we saw variations in the branching pattern of right iia in a male cadaver. the iia divided into anterior and posterior divisions. the branches of the anterior division included umbilical artery, inferior vesical artery, obturator artery. the other branches arose from posterior trunk such as iliolumbar, lateral sacra...

conclusions the findings suggested that according to the ecological conditions of ahvaz, a family history of ms may increase the risk of developing ms. results in both cases and controls, no significant associations were found between arab ethnicity and incidence of ms, marital status and risk of ms in ahvaz, or more than 15-year residency in ahvaz, birth in khuzestan, and month of birth and th...

purpose: to assess the effect and long-term results of oral propranolol in pediatric capillary hemangiomas. methods: four children aged 3 months to 5 years with periocular and orbital hemangioma of infancy (hoi) were treated with propranolol, 2 milligram per kilogram per day divided in 2 doses. propranolol was continued in all cases until the end of the first year of life and tapered over 2-3 w...