Background: Splenic cysts are known as rare clinical encounter. Classifying into primary (true) and secondary cysts (pseudocysts), true cysts contain cellular epithelial lining and subdivided into parasitic and non-parasitic cysts. This study aimed to determine the outcome of treatment in patients with splenic cyst. Methods: All patients with splenic cyst who had been treated in Department o...

Abdominal tuberculosis is still a prevalent problem of underdeveloped countries. Although its incidence has been reduced in developed countries, it is still seen in immigrants and immunodeficient patients frequently. In Iran, even though it's incidence has been reduced, we are still confronted with undesired mortality and morbidity. In this article we have evolved new management strategies ...

Peripheral neuroepitbelioma (PN) is a rare highly malignant tumor, classified in the group of small round cell tumors. We report eight cases of PN, based on histologic appearance and immunohistochemical staining for neuron-specific enolase (NSE). Electron microscopy was also performed in three cases. The tumors exhibited rapid local growth, leading to limb amputation in five cases. Histolo...

Sometimes we see patients with disappearing vermilion totally or in some parts. It seems that the marginal skin has advanced to the lip surface with the same color. It occurs mainly in lower lip. The majority of patients had history of recurrent herpes labialis on their lips, in the same location as disappearing vermilion. Disappearing vermilion is not accompanied by any change in consistency o...

Pemphigus is rare in children, only 71 cases have been reported in literature. We report 2 cases of pemphigus vulgaris (13 and 15 years old) among 147 cases of pemphigus from Khouzestan who were admitted to the Department of Dermatology, Ahwaz Medical University between 1989-2001. The basis of diagnosis was clinical and histopathological findings in each patient. One patient was treated only wi...

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Medical records of 228 patients who had undergone thyroid surgery were studied. There were 179 females and 49 males with mean age of 33-8 years. Pre-op. diagnosis was cold nodule in 4. 4 %. Pathology diagnosis was simple goiter in 54%, adenoma in 23%, thyroid cancer in 15% and colloid cyst in 5.3% of the patients. Among carcinomas 68% were papillary, 29% follicular and 3% medullary. There were1...

Lipogranulomatosis or Farber's disease in a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by swollen, tender joints, periarticular and subcutaneous nodules, horsncss and progressive aphonia. Hepatosplcnomcgaly and C.N.S. involvements arc also reported in certain patients. The disorder is caused by a deficiency of acid ceramidase which may be best diagnosed by missing ceramidasc activity at a...

Syndrome de la queue de cheval. A propos de 4 cas.  Les auteurs rapportent quatre observations cliniques concernat des malades dont les pre­miers symptomes se manifesterent par des al­gies longitemps considerees comme "sciatique·s".  L' etude neurologique de ces cas demontrait qu'en realite "les algies sciatiques" n'etaient que des signes mono ou pluri-radiculaires en rapport avec un syndrome...