various psychotherapies for post-traumatic stress disorder and disturbances associated with it are used. the purpose of this review was to introduce of traditional and modern psychotherapy in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. the data was collected by searching of online databases, english articles selected from science direct, pubmed, proquest, and persian articles from medlib, ...

Progeroid syndromes, one of which is metageria, are characterized by signs of premature aging with multiple systemic and skin symptoms. Here we describe an 8-year-old girl with no historyof specific underlying disease in her family, no hair growth at the scalp since she was born, and taller and thinner than her peers. We noticed diffuse subcutaneous fat atrophy. The patientwas refer...

OBJECTIVE Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a necrotizing inflammatory disease that can affect the airway. The purpose of this study was to present a case of pediatric laryngotracheal GPA and provide management recommendations based on a thorough review of the literature. DATA SOURCES Retrospective chart and literature review REVIEW METHODS: A pediatric patient with laryngotracheal an...

Before starting a new animal experiment, thorough analysis of previously performed experiments is essential from a scientific as well as from an ethical point of view. The method that is most suitable to carry out such a thorough analysis of the literature is a systematic review (SR). An essential first step in an SR is to search and find all potentially relevant studies. It is important to inc...

Abstract: Human maxillary first molars are usually considered as three-rooted teeth with four root canals for the presence of a second canal in the Mesio Buccal root (MB2). In addition, lateral ramifications and apical delta of the root canal system may frequently occur, increasing the probability of leaving untreated spaces after the root canal therapy. A thorough knowledge of root canal mor...

Introduction: Subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema is a rare complication after tonsillectomy. This case presentation and literature review summarizes the existing literature on this unusual complication.  Materials and Methods: This study presents a case of a 21-year-old man who developed a cervical subcutaneous emphysema 6 days after tonsillectomy, whereby conservative treatment produced sp...

Abstraction is the key for effectively dealing with the state explosion problem in model-checking. Unfortunately, finding abstractions which are small and yet enable us to get conclusive answers about properties of interest is notoriously hard. Counterexample-guided abstraction refinement frameworks have been proposed to help build good abstractions iteratively. Although effective in many cases...

Unlike the primary tracheal tumors, squamous cell carcinoma of trachea is common, especially in smokers. This type of tumor has a low rate of survival and it is diagnosed too late on account of late presentation of its signs. The treatment of choice is surgical removal followed by adjuvant radiotherapy; Primary radiotherapy is the appropriate treatment in inoperable cases. In this study, we pre...

Purpose. To describe successful palliation of a patient with metastatic adamantinoma presenting with lung metastases and hypercalcemia resulting from a parathormone-like substance released from the tumor.Methods and materials. The records of a patient with a history of a tibial adamantinoma who presented with symptoms of hypercalcemia 20 years after the original surgery, as well as the literatu...