normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa unicameral bone cysts (ubcs) are benign, osteolytic lesions which are often asymptomatic and are commonly seen in the proximal of humerus and femur. the average age at diagnosis is 9-11 years and there is a male preponderance with a male-to-female ratio of approximately 2-2.5 to 1. we describe a case of 5-year-old girl who presented to orthopedic cl...

800x600 hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is the main cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc). several factors such as serum hbv dna level, genotype and specific viral mutations have been clarified to determine disease progression of chronic hepatitis b. among these, mutations can also occur in chronic hbv patients with antiviral treatment such as lamivudine the...

800x600 unfortunately, at present, degenerative retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa remains untreatable. patients with these conditions suffer progressive visual decline resulting from continuing loss of photoreceptor cells and outer nuclear layers. however, stem cell therapy is a promising approach to restore visual function in eyes with degenerative retinal diseases such as retiniti...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa laryngocele is an air-filled, abnormal dilation of the laryngeal saccule that extends upward within the false vocal fold, in communication with the laryngeal lumen. a case of 43-year-old male with bilateral internal laryngoceles, who has been treated as asthma for 4 years, is presented. the patient had dyspnea, cough, and excessive phlegm for a mont...

ménétrier's disease is a rare cause of hypertrophic gastropathy that is usually confined to the gastric body and fundus. it is characterized by giant rugae, hypoalbuminemia, and foveolar hyperplasia. here we report the case of a 26-year-old woman who presented with epigastric pain, postparandial nausea-vomiting, and weight loss. paraclinic evaluation revealed hypoalbuminemia and hypochromic mic...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 diabetic muscle infarction (dmi) is an unusual complication of diabetes mellitus. it is usually seen in long-standing diabetes mellitus. this article presents a case of dmi in the left forearm of a 58-year-old woman. she had a swollen forearm. the level of creatine kinase was 5930 u / l. her condition was initially suspect...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 there are a few case series of giant cell tumor (gct) in the spine and sacrum. gct in the thoracic vertebrae is even more exceptional in the medical literature. in this article we report a gct in a 25-year-old male who presented with progressive back pain and dyspnea. on contrast-enhanced multidetector computer tomography,...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 aim : this study was designed to investigate about findings of impedance ph-monitoring in patients with atypical symptoms of gerd. background : the routine treatment with proton pump inhibitors is not very effective in patients with atypical symptoms of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (gerd). it may be due to non-acid ref...