abstract patella is a relative uncommon site for chondroblastoma. most of cases of chondroblastoma in patella reported in literature are treated with patellectomy. we treated a large chondroblastic lesion in patella of an 18- year-old male with curettage, burring & bone graft and the result was satisfactory after 3 years post operation.

background: pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (pnens) are increasing in the world. the annual incidence of pnets is nearly 0.25 per 100 000 population. 1-2% of pancreatic neoplasms are pnens. materials and methods: this article reviewed the available original and review literatures which had been published in persian and english in websites of google scholar, iran doc and pub med with keyword...

while ovarian masses are common findings in gynecology, unusually huge masses are quite rare. however, such cases can still be found today. mismanagement of common complaints in patients can be a leading cause of facing such findings. herein, we introduce a case of a giant ovarian cyst, which was mismanaged in a young virgin female patient. the patient had received gastrointestinal medications ...

abstract gastric cancer is one of the most common and most fatal neoplasms in human. its skeletal metastasis is less frequent, particularly when solitary. the objective of this article is to represent a case of solitary fibular metastasis from this cancer not reported before based on medline search.

objectives we undertook this study to compare the results of hormone receptor assessment in cnb and surgical samples on our patients. patients and methods hormone receptor status was determined in cnb and surgical samples in breast cancer patients whose cnb and operation had been performed in this institute from 2009 to 2011 and had not undergone neoadjuvant chemotherapy. results about 350 pati...

background: information regarding solid pseudopapillary neoplasm (spn) of the pancreas is limited in iran. we aimed to review the clinicocytopathological features and follow-up of patients with spn of pancreas who were diagnosed in a single center in iran. methods: seven patients with spn of the pancreas were diagnosed during january 2010 to march 2015 at the digestive disease research institut...