BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Lumbar zypapophyseal joints are innervated by the medial branch of the posterior lumbar ramus. The aim of this work was to describe the precise course of the medial ramus on axial CT scans and to define a precise location for its selective infiltration. METHODS Lumbar spines of two cadavers were first dissected to assess the route of the L1-L5 posterior ramus. Thirty lu...

ancient schwannomas rarely found in the central nervous system and ancient change in an intracranial schwannoma (intracranial portion of the trigeminal nerve) is extremely rare. a seventy-year man presented with headache of 3 months duration and one episode of generalized tonic-clonic seizures. imaging findings were suggestive of left temporal high grade lesion. during surgery there was well ca...

local inflammatory processes in the gastric mucosa are followed by extensive immune cell infiltration, resulting in chronic active gastritis characterized by a marked infiltration of t(h)1 cytokine-producing cd4+ and cd8+t-cells objective. to investigate the correlation between cd4+/cd8+ t-cells in gastric mucosa with endoscopic appearance in chronic gastritis with or without h.pylori infection...

case presentation we reported a 36-year-old man with alhe lesion on penis and discussed the clinical and histopathological features. conclusions when we have any dermal or subcutaneous lesion on genitalia, we can consider alhe in differential diagnosis. introduction angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (alhe) is a benign slow-growing vascular proliferation characterized by dome-shaped vi...

abstract background: the purpose of the present study is to determine the frequency and severity of depression in post-stroke patients. methods: based on a cross-sectional research design, 30 recent stroke outpatients were assessed with dsm-iv interview for depression and two self-rating depression scales, ces-d and bdi. sex differences in depression, the relationship between depression and the...

pyogenic granuloma (pg) is a reactive inflammatory hyperplastic oral lesion in response to local irritants. it is the most commonly occurring and a well-known oral lesion by oral physicians that most commonly affects gingiva, followed by lips, buccal mucosa, palate and tongue. “pyogenic granuloma” term itself is a misnomer. this article presents a report of 2 cases of pyogenic granuloma of ...