When membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) was first delineated as a discrete clinico-pathological entity more than a half-century ago, most cases were regarded as idiopathic (or primary) in nature. Advances in analysis of pathogenetic mechanisms and etiologies underlying the lesion of MPGN have radically altered the prevalence of the truly idiopathic form of MPGN. In addition, MPGN a...

objectives this study investigates the prevalence of burning mouth symptom for the first time in an institutional group of patients in shiraz, iran, among whom some were found to have bms through excluding the recognizable physical or biochemical causes of mouth burning. methods in this cross sectional study, from the existing records of 2 533 patients who referred to shiraz dental school since...

Intramural colonic hemorrhage is rare and often secondary to trauma or anticoagulation therapy. Idiopathic intramural hemorrhages in the alimentary tract have rarely been reported. While several reports of spontaneous perforation of an intramural rectal hematoma have been published, no reports of spontaneous perforation in the ascending colon due to a hematoma have. We describe a patient with a...

PROGRESSIVE eneasement and compression of the retroperitoneal structures by an extensive fibrosing process of uncertain etiology referred to as idiopathic fibrous retroperitonitis was first reported in the English literature in 1948.1 Since that time, more than 100 cases have been reported, and, in the majority, initial or subsequent symptoms were related to the urinary tract as a result of par...

PROGRESSIVE eneasement and compression of the retroperitoneal structures by an extensive fibrosing process of uncertain etiology referred to as idiopathic fibrous retroperitonitis was first reported in the English literature in 1948.1 Since that time, more than 100 cases have been reported, and, in the majority, initial or subsequent symptoms were related to the urinary tract as a result of par...