background: it has been well documented that left ventricular hypertrophy (lvh) is an independent factor for cardiac death in children. the epidemiologic information reveals that there is a very high prevalence of lvh in children with chronic renal failure (crf). the purpose of this study was to evaluate the existence of left ventricular hypertrophy, its severity and other cardiac abnormalities...

results loss of consciousness (gcs drop or amnesia) was markedly associated with abnormal brain ct scan (p < 0.05). interestingly, we found 7 patients with normal clinical examination but significant abnormal brain ct scan. conclusions according to the results of our study, we recommend that all patients with minor head trauma underwent brain ct scan in order not to miss any life-threatening he...

progressive osseous heteroplasia is a rare inherited disease that begins with skin ossification and proceeds into the deeper connective tissues. the disease should be distinguished from other genetic disorders of heterotopic ossification including fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (fop) and albright hereditary osteodystrophy (aho). we report a case of progressive osseous heteroplasia in a t...

epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders. studies have demonstrated that genetic factors have a strong role in etiology of epilepsy. mutations in genes encoding ion channels, neurotransmitters and other proteins involved in the neuronal biology have been recognized in different types of this disease. moreover, some chromosomal aberration including ring chromosomes will result i...

Mutant cDNAs coding for dominant-negative forms of the fibroblast growth factor receptors 1 (FGFR-1) and 2 (FGFR-2) that lack tyrosine kinase activity were ligated to a 2.2 kb DNA fragment containing the bovine rhodopsin promoter and used to generate transgenic mice. Six independent lines were generated with the FGFR-1 construct, and five were generated with the FGFR-2 construct. Five of the si...

The purpose of this methods paper is to offer pediatricians and nuclear medicine physicians a diagnostic protocol for performing lymphoscintigraphy in newborns that may be useful for enhancing diagnosis and management of newborns with congenital lymphatic abnormalities. Indications for lymphoscintigraphy, choice of tracer, optimal dose, routes of administration, methods of data acquisition, tim...

We presented a case of symptomatic secondary cardiac B-cell lymphoma localised in the free wall of the right ventricle (RV). It was detected during transthoracic echocardiography and confirmed by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging. The RV free wall motion abnormalities, decreased dimensions of RV and small pericardial effusion were found. The tumour dimensions declined after the first cycle of ...

The etiopathogenesis and the classification of oncocytic (Hürthle cell) tumors of the thyroid is reviewed with an emphasis on the role played by mitochondrial and nuclear genetic abnormalities that interfere with mitochondrial function. Oxyphilia is classified into primary or secondary and the so-called Hürthle cell carcinoma is divided into oncocytic (Hürthle cell) variants of papillary and fo...