this study presented a mini review on folic acid deficiency and recommendations for its supplementation in thalassemia intermedia (ti). ti is a clinical condition which lies between thalassemia major and thalassemia minor. although ti patients may not need regular blood transfusion, precise diagnosis and management are critical for the prevention of clinical complications and quality of life im...

background & aim: takayasu’s arteritis is a rare, chronic vasculitis, affecting women of reproductive age. with disease progression, evidence of vascular involvement and insufficiency becomes clinically apparent due to the narrowing or occlusion of the proximal or distal branches of the aorta. therefore, pregnancy-related complications, such as superimposed preeclampsia, renal failure, and cong...

background the purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristics, management, and outcomes of disc battery ingestion in children. methods we reviewed the medical records of children admitted to mofid children's hospital due to disc battery ingestion from january 2006 to january 2010. clear history, clinical symptoms and results of imaging studies revealed diagnosis of disc battery inges...

a case of the budd chiary syndrome (bcs) in a 43-yr-old man with hydatid cyst (hc) in the liver is reported from imam ali hospital, kermanshah, western iran in 2016. this case was complicated by inferior vena cava (ivc) thrombosis, right atrial clot and pulmonary emboli. compression of ivc was the likely mechanism. abdominal ultrasonography revealed a huge hc located in segments near ivc and ca...

purpose: to compare the complications of pegging between the polycarbonate peg system and the titanium peg system. method: complications associated with pegging (polycarbonate: bio-eye or titanium: dr-perry new p-k) were reviewed from the hospital records of 153 patients over 5 years. results: out of 153 cases, 96 (62.3%) were male and 57 (37.7%) were female. mean age was 27.7 yr (6-59 yr). in ...

background : in this study we evaluated the knowledge and practice of patients with breast cancer about complication of chemotherapy referred to chemotherapy ward of nemazee hospital in shiraz, shiraz province, iran, in 2004. methods: forty patients suffering breast cancer and under chemotherapy, were selected with a simple random sampling method. all were interviewed and a questionnaire was co...

background: previous studies have demonstrated that clinical features of 16tpolycystic ovary syndrome16t (pcos) are associated with a lower degree of health, self, and sex satisfaction. objective: our study aimed to investigate possible associations between depression and different clinicobiochemical markers of pcos. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional analytic study, 120 pcos women age...