background & importance: hydatid disease of the spine is rare but constitutes approximately 50% of bone involvement cases in human hydatidosis. it is a severe condition associated with a high rate of morbidity, disability and mortality. case presentation: in the present paper, we report an intriguing case of cervical spinal hydatid disease mimicking traumatic burst fracture. conclusion: a high ...

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vascular injuries with acute or chronic arterial hemorrhage after femoral shaft fractures are a rare but a life-threatening complication. we observed a case of iatrogenic rupture of the profunda femoris artery after the internal fixation of a femoral shaft fracture. the pseudoaneurysm, presenting with painful expansile swelling and hemodynamic instability, together with the rupture was evident ...

background: many patients with parkinson diseases are faced with constant attention disorders and evaluation of these disorders in these patients is important. methods : a cross-sectional study was conducted on 80 patients with parkinson disease and 80 healthy iranian people aged 40 to 70. all participants in the two groups of healthy and patients were examined by neurologists and psychiatrists...

kimura’s disease (kd) is a chronic inflammatory disorder primarily seen in male asians during the second and third decades of life. clinically, it presents as solitary or multiple subcutaneous nodules, predominantly in the head and neck region, typically in the pre auricular region, forehead, and scalp. the etiology of kimura disease is still unknown. this disorder should be suspected when the ...

celiac disease (cd) is defined as a permanent intolerance to gluten with clinical manifestations and abnormal small intestinal mucosa. a case series study was performed to obtain information about clinical manifestations, age of presentation and diagnosis of cd. for this purpose, hospital records of patients who were admitted to the gastrointestinal ward in the children's medical center fr...

conclusions health disobedience and neglect of local residents were the causes of water pollution that was controlled with preventional measures, with performing daily chlorination of brick kilns drinking water and diarrheal disease treatment of the patients. results a total of 120 workers were studied (60 cases and 60 controls) who were the same from age and sex point of view. clinical signs o...

abstract: acupuncture is increasingly used in children; however, the safety of pediatric acupuncture has yet to be reported from systematic review. acupuncture has become a dominant complementary and alternative modality in clinical practice today but its associated risk has been questioned. the national institutes of health consensus statement states “one of the advantages of acupuncture is th...

One of the air pollutant indices includes particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 10 μg/m3 (PM10). Particulate matter has extensive effects on the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Dissemination of such particles for a longer period can lead to increased mortality and hospitalization. In this study, the data of PM10 pollutant wer...

ion channels play a major role in the regulation of t cell function in health and disease. in a computer-based model, established to simulate t cells’ membrane potential (vm) generation, we discovered a discrepancy between the simulation and patch-clamp recordings. the predicted vm was more hyperpolarized than the measured vm, indicating that a yet unknown, depolarizing ion current might contri...