abstract background peripheral blood vessels, due to availability are used for many years in cancer patients, however in patients with potentially harmful drugs to skin (vesicant drugs) or difficult accessibility to vessels, the use of implantable port (totally implantable venous access port-tivap)devices with central vascular access are important.  materials and methods in this retrospective s...

abstract background some researches have shown the association between iron deficiency and migraine headache in adults. the aim of present study was to evaluate efficacy of ferrous sulfate treatment on migraine headaches of 5-15 years old migraineur children with iron deficiency. materials and methods in a quasi- experimental study, monthly frequency, severity, duration and disability of headac...

background: the best management for an ovarian mass is provided by appropriate prediction of malignancy. the aim of our study is to construct and validate a new malignancy probability score based on four simple sonographic findings and age. methods: in a cross sectional study; histopathological files of 3303 ovarian mass patients and tertiary hospitals, have reviewed within 6 years (2000-2006)....

introduction: various radiopharmaceuticals, including 67ga, 201tl, and 99mtc-sestamibi have been used to differentiate benign from malignant thyroid nodules. 99mtc-tetrofosmin, a lipophilic cationic radiotracer, and 99mtc-sestamibi have also been reported to accumulate in thyroid tumors. in this study, we evaluated the role of 99mtc-tetrofosmin in the differentiation of malignant from benign th...

objective: guidelines have recommended that structured programs to support fungal peritonitis in cancer patients should be introduced. the role of fungi in causing peritonitis is rare, but fungal peritonitis has high morbidity and mortality. the abdominal fullness may be secondary to the fungi accumulation of peritoneal fluid. the isolation of fungi, particularly candida from peritoneal fluid s...