eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (emdr) process encompasses several nervous system components such as medulla, pons, midbrain, cerebellum, basal ganglia, parietal, frontal and occipital lobes. the role of eye movement (em) has been documented previously in relation with cognitive processing mechanisms. by emdr we can reach some parts of memory which were inaccessible before and als...

background : tongue cancer is one of the most common cancers of the oral cavity, excluding lip, and the median age of the patients is approximately 60 years. methods : treatment results of a total of 110 patients with oral tongue cancer admitted to cancer institute of tehran university between1999-2003 were retrospectively analyzed. the patients were treated by surgery or radiotherapy or chemot...

BACKGROUND Myofibroblastoma is a benign tumor composed of spindle cells and bands of hyalinized collagen. Intraocular myofibroblastoma in infancy is rarely encountered. CASE PRESENTATION The present study reports the case of a 4-month-old female baby with intraocular myofibroblastoma. She was suspected as corneal perforation due to the rupture of a corneal neoplasm in the right eye. The anter...

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background:  cancer is the third leading cause of death in iran, and its trend is increasing in recent years. national reports state that cancer registries in shahroud district had 204% coverage in 2008. this study investigated cancer situation in shahroud with complete details between 2000–2010. methods: data was obtained from national cancer registry software and analyzed after removing the r...

background: breast cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among the women worldwide. the risk of local and distant recurrence is the highest during the first two years following the initial treatment. very late relapse (after 12 years) is uncommon in breast cancer survivors. methods: herein, we report the characteristics and outcomes of 6 such cases of breast can...

background â vascular neoplasms are the most common primary splenic tumors that include both benignand malignant variants. one of these variants is hemangioma which is a benign vascular tumor. hemangiomas are slow growing and large tumors are rare. these tumors are most often incidental findings during imaging studies, laparotomy, or at autopsy. case presentation herein, we presented a young la...

myoepithelioma is a rare neoplasm of the salivary glands, generally occurring in the parotid gland and less often in the minor accessory salivary glands of the oral cavity. it is known to be a rare entity occurring at unusual locations, which makes it difficult to diagnose. such a rare case of myoepithelioma in salivary glands present at an unusual location around the left orbit is presented here.

introduction laparoscopic surgery is still uncommon for major liver resections. the intrahepatic glissonian approach is a fast and secure way to control the hepatic pedicle. case presentation a patient diagnosed with stenosing sigmoid adenocarcinoma (t3 n1 m+) (n+, positive lymph nodes, m+ positive metastatic desease)with synchronous liver metastases in segments 7 (8 mm), 6-7 (6 cm) and 3 (12 m...

background: malignant neoplasms remain the second leading cause of death in children after accidents. the aim of this study was to assess the epidemiology of childhood cancer in children admitted to dr sheikh hospital, iran. materials and methods: this descriptive cross- sectional study had been done in dr sheikh hospital in mashhad university of medical science on 1764 children younger than 14...