BACKGROUND Family physicians commonly see patients who complain of abdominal pain, the cause of which cannot be readily diagnosed. Often this pain results from abdominal cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome. METHODS Photomicrographs were obtained of the pertinent structures of the ninth thoracolumbar nerve where it passes through the rectus muscle channel. Standard hematoxylin and eosin staini...

BACKGROUND di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is widely used in the plastic industry and can induce reproductive toxicity. On the other hand, L-carnitine (LC) plays a crucial role in sperm metabolism and maturation. This study evaluates the effect of LC on body and testis weight, testis tissue, count, motility, viability, morphology, and chromatin quality of epididymal sperm, testicular spermat...

Sorsby (I939) used intravenous Kiton green to produce permanent vital staining of the diseased human retina. Other workers have used vital staining dyes in experimental animals. Steinhausen and Loreth (I965) used Lissamin green in investigating the rat retina. Riehm and Podesta (I97 I) used both Patent blue (Disulphine blue) and Lissamin green in an examination of choroidal blood flow in an exp...

Rhizobium radiobacter T6102 was morphologically purified by the aniline blue agar plates to give two distinct colonies; white smooth mucoid colony (T6102W) and blue rough colony (T6102B). The coenzyme Q(10) (CoQ(10)) was produced just by T6102W, showing 2.0 mg/g of CoQ(10) content, whereas the T6102B did not produce the CoQ(10). All of the used CoQ(10) biosynthetic precursors enhanced the CoQ(1...

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus (DM), primary or idiopathic is a chronic disorder of the carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism. DM may impact male reproductive function at several levels. It is shown that DM has detrimental effects on sperm parameters in human and experimental animals. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to observe the effects of diabetes on sperm parameters (viability, cou...

BACKGROUND Evaluating the significance and the effects of plant-derived drugs on laboratory animal's fertility was recognized. There was antioxidant activity reported from Heracleum persicum (Golpar). OBJECTIVE Current study aims to study the antioxidant effect of Golpar extracts on sperm parameters and chromatin quality in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighteen adult male mice were divided t...

Trypan blue is common in visualizing the anterior capsule during cataract surgery. Inadvertent staining of the posterior capsule during phacoemulsification is a rare complication and there are few reports in the literature. The proposed mechanism of posterior capsule staining in previous reports includes a compromised zonular apparatus or iris retractors facilitating the posterior flow of trypa...

OBJECTIVE Application of on-spot staining with brilliant cresyl blue, a supravital stain, was investigated in fine needle aspirates from breast, lymph node and thyroid. STUDY DESIGN Patients with palpable breast lumps, lymph nodes and thyroid nodules were included in the study. Brilliant cresyl blue was used to stain the smears, which were evaluated for smear adequacy as well as cytological d...

OBJECTIVE To report two cases of methemoglobinemia induced by inhaled nitrobenzene and dermally absorbed aniline. METHODS We have evaluated a 37-year-old male worker exposed to nitrobenzene by inhalation while conducting maintenance job of mononitrobenzene pump and a 25-year-old male worker exposed dermally to aniline while unloading. RESULTS The first case is a 37-year-old male exposed to ...