Disseminated angiomatosis, also referred to as cystic angiomatosis, is a generalized disease that involves bones and soft tissue. It is characterized by multifocal hemangiomatous lesions of the bones with possible visceral organ involvement. The clinical manifestations differ according to the site and the extension of disorder. Here we describe a case of generalized angiomatosis occurring in a ...

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a monophasic clinical syndrome, characterized by immune-mediated demyelination of central nervous system neurons, which yield extensive damage in the brain and spinal cord.It usually affects children and young adults following infections or immunization. Here we describe a 9- year-old Fars female presented with acute onset of psychotic disorder, o...

Candidiasis is defined as an infection or disease caused by a fungus of the genus Candida. Rate of disseminated candidiasis increases with the growth of the number of immunocompromised patients. In the the last few decades the incidence of disseminated candidiasis is in growth as well as the mortality rate. The aim of this survey is to show the importance of serological tests implementation in ...

the (bacille calmette-gue´rin) bcg is widely practiced in many countries in pediatric group and is a part of routine vaccination program at birth in ir. iran for prophylaxis against tuberculosis, but its efficacy is a matter of debate in different geographic and ethnic regions. adverse reactions induced by bcg vaccination ranges from bcg adenitis, osteitis, and cold abscess at vaccination site ...

background: bacillus calmette-guérin (bcg) vaccination is recommended for newborn infants worldwide to prevent tuberculosis. however, complications do occur inevitably in a very low rate, among which the most serious is disseminated disease. the disseminated bacillus calmette–guérin disease is a rare disease with high fatality, and can be seen among persons with an underlying immunodeficiency. ...

the iranian east magmatic assemblage (iema) in the central lut region, hosted porphyry and vein-type polymetallic mineralization. the galechah-shurab mining district is located in nw of the iema. volcanic and subvolcanic bodies in the area are composed of calc-alkaline porphyry quartz-latite, porphyry dacite and rhyodacite and hornblende-biotite andesite, equivalent to i-type granite. they empl...

An 18-year-old boy presented with headaches, vomiting, recurrent seizures, and altered sensorium.He had extensive muscle hypertrophy on examination. MRI revealed multiple cysts in different stages in brain parenchyma, scalp, extraocular muscles, neck, chest wall, abdominal wall, paraspinal, gluteal, pelvic, and limb muscles (figure). The patient received steroids and antiepileptic drugs and had...

A 26-year-old veiled Saudi-Arabian woman presented with hemoptysis, and multiple nodules and abscesses. A skin biopsy specimen revealed yeast forms consistent with Blastomyces dermatitidis. Fungal cultures from bronchoscopy and skin specimens also grew B dermatitidis. She was treated with oral itraconazole (200 mg twice a day). Both lung and skin lesions showed improvement within 6 weeks.