diffuse large b-cell lymphoma is the most common type of non-hodgkin lymphoma. micrornas (mirnas) are endogenous small rna, which can regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. mirna profiling has shown a great potential as novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. the present study was performed at the nemazee teaching hospital (shiraz, iran) from 2011 to 2013.the aim of thi...

introduction: there is a consensus in the literature that sentinel lymph node biopsy is the standard procedure for axillary staging in early stage (i and ii) breast cancer patients. usually during lymphoscintigraphy, the location of the sentinel lymph node is marked on the skin by an indelible ink. in this study we evaluated this issue in our patients. methods: 40 patients with the clinical dia...

Introduction. Follicular lymphoma in situ (FLIS) is a recently described entity with few cases recognized worldwide. To our knowledge, this is the first FLIS reported from West Africa. Case Presentation. We present the case of a 48-year-old civil servant with axillary lymphadenopathy discovered on routine mammography. On histology, a predominant reactive change with aggregates of melanophages w...

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is the most common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous small RNA, which can regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. MiRNA profiling has shown a great potential as novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. The present study was performed at the Nemazee Teaching Hospital (Shiraz, Iran) from 2011 to 2013.The aim of thi...

PURPOSE Micrometastases are often found in regional lymph nodes of colorectal cancer (CRC). The aim of this study is to examine the extent and distribution of such lymph nodes. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We immunohistochemically assessed localization and frequency of micrometastases in 878 lymph nodes from 98 patients with CRC. The anatomical position of lymph nodes was defined as level 1 to level 3...

Background & Objectives: Colon cancer is currently of high incidence and mortality rate. Identifying the factors influencing its prognosis can be very beneficial to its clinical treatment. Recent studies have shown that lymph nodes ratio can be considered as an important prognostic factor. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of this factor on the prognosis of the ...

lymphatic filariasis is endemic to tropical countries and is the most common cause of acquired lymphedema in the world. wuchereria bancrofti is the main etiological agent responsible. while the presentation of filariasis in limbs is common, isolated presentation as a single enlarged lymph node in the neck is very rare. we describe a 48-year-old indian woman, who presented with a hard lymph node...

background: esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (escc) is one of the lethal cancers with a high incidence rate in asia. many genes including cyclin d1 and p16 play important role in its carcinogenesis. we aimed to analyze the expressions of cyclin d1 and p16 with the various clinicopathological characteristics of escc.   method: we examined 30 biopsy samples of escc for cyclin d1 and p16 protein...