a 10-year-old boy was referred to us for evaluation of fuo accompanied with bone pain in both calves. three hours after intravenous injection of 13 mci of 99mtc-mdp, whole body scan in multiple spot views was performed. the scan showed symmetrical areas of diffusely increased tracer uptake in multiple long bones. histopathologic evaluation confirmed osteosclrosis and fibrotic changes without an...

background: miscarriage is one of the most common pregnancy complications for which various causes have been defined, such as genetic factors, infectious, metabolic, endocrine systemmal function and immune system undesired responses. the early development of embryo occurs in oviduct and uterine tube from which some factors such as growth factors, glyco-proteins and factors those stimulate devel...

subglottic hemangiomas are very rare in compare with cutaneous form but can be life-threatening in the proliferating phase of tumor by airway obstruction. it should be considered in any child with recurrent, persistent and/or progressive, inspiratory or biphasic stridor, respiratory distress and feeding difficulties in the first months of life. it should be confirmed by endobronchoscopic evalua...

one of the major causes of spontaneous abortion before the fourth month of pregnancy is chromosomal abnormalities. we report an unusual case of a familial balanced chromosomal translocation in a consanguineous couple who experienced 4 spontaneous abortions. chromosomal studies were performed on the basis of g-banding technique at high resolution and revealed 46, xx, t (16 6) (p12 q26) and 46, x...

background : glenoid bone damages consisting of anterior rim erosion and bony avulsion are very important in decision making for treatment of recurrent dislocation in shoulder joint. this study was aimed to determine the prevalence of these damages in patients with anterior recurrent shoulder dislocation. methods : the study was a cross-sectional study evaluating patients with unstable shoulder...

abstract autoimmune pancreatitis (aip) is a rare disorder that may be present as common bile duct stricture. the patient was a seventy-year-old man with presentations as recurrent abdominal pain and jaundice, elevated billirobin (bil) and elevated alkaline phosphatase (alkp) in association with the presence of hetrogenesity of the pancreatic head and dilated intra and extra hepatic bile ducts i...

introduction: congenital anomalies of the cochlea and labyrinth can be associated with meningitis and varying degrees of hearing loss or deafness. despite antibiotics, meningitis remains a life threatening complication.   case report: we report a case of recurrent meningitis following episodes of otitis media in a cochlear implantee child with bilateral vestibulocochlear malformation, due to fi...

background:   objective: to investigate the association between thrombophilia and unexplained recurrent miscarriage and to evaluate the efficacy of anticoagulant treatment.   materials and methods: in this quasi experimental, we enrolled 520 women, who had a history of recurrent miscarriage. two hundred fifty two women with unexplained recurrent miscarriage were assigned to receive aspirin (80 ...

recurrent pregnancy loss (rpl) is a multifactorial disorder that remains idiopathic in 50% of the cases. the aim of this study was to investigate the association between mthfd1 as well as enos polymorphisms with idiopathic rpl. in a case-control study, 100 women with idiopathic recurrent pregnancy loss (prl) and 50 controls referred to noor laboratory, khoozestan, iran, were evaluated. genotypi...