Pegah Babaheidarian

Dept of Pathology, Iran university of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran

[ 1 ] - CD99: A potential Diagnostic Marker for Differentiating Sub-ependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma From Other Mimickers: A Report of Five Cases

Background: Tuberous sclerosis (TSC) is inherited as an autosomal dominant disease, characterized by skin lesion and tubers in vital organs, especially brain in three categories including subependymal nodules, cortical tubers and subependymal giant cell astrocytoma. Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA) is an indolent neoplasm which usually arises at the cauda tha...

[ 2 ] - Are Osteopontin and Ki67 Expressions Different in Various Histologic Grades of Meningioma? An Iranian Experience

Background: Meningioma is among the most common slow growing central nervous neoplasms, which recurs locally despite the benign histologic features. The aim of this study was to evaluate osteopontin and ki67 expressions in different histologic grades of meningioma in a group of Iranian people. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, first, the paraffin blocks with the definite pathological dia...

[ 3 ] - Endobronchial Metastasis of Pheochromocytoma 25 Years after Primary Tumor

There are few reported cases of endobronchial metastasis of pheochromocytoma literature. We present here a 56-year old woman who underwent left lower lobectomy of lung, following pneumonia with unresolved chest radiographs. Computed tomography showed a lobulated soft tissue mass, measuring, 38×27 mm, at the perivascular space of anterior mediastinum. The resected specimen, showed lobulated tumo...

[ 4 ] - The Frequency of Gastrointestinal Polyps in Iranian Population

Background and Objectives: Gastrointestinal polyps are proliferative or neoplastic mucosal lesions. The most important point about these polyps is risk of malignancy of them. This study was performed to determine type and frequency of polyps of gastrointestinal tract in Iranian population according to their locations. Materials and Methods: Totally, 210 patients referred to Rasul-e-Akram Hospi...

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