objectives: the incidence of stereotyped behaviors is one of the major symptoms of diagnosis of individuals with autism spectrum disorder that causes disruption in daily life. this study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of ball exercises on the reduction of stereotypical behavior of children with autism spectrum disorder. methods: in this study, 16 children (boys) with autism spectrum diso...

Bola fúngica por Aspergillus fumigatus no pulmão nativo após transplante unilateral de pulmão A 49-year-old woman underwent right lung transplantation due to pulmonary emphysema, with favorable evolution in the early postoperative period. A year later she was readmitted to our department with productive cough. During that admission, the patient was treated for cytomegalovirus pneumonia and rece...

A 71-year-old woman with myelodysplastic syndrome was admitted because of fever and treated with antibacterial agents. On the second hospital day, she presented with dysarthria and right arm paresis and was diagnosed as cerebral infarction. On the fourth hospital day, she suddenly died. An autopsy revealed a left atrial mass caused by mucormycosis (Pictures 1, 2). Systemic fungal embolism, incl...

Background. A field study conducted by researchers found the balls used by visual impairment students at school basically used the sound by a small bell inside the ball. However, the sound emitted from the ball is very limited, the ball will sound when it is moved. This makes it difficult for students with visual impairments to find a missing ball that not emitted makes a sound. Objectives. A ...

Fungal infections of the lung are uncommon and mainly affect people with immune deficiency. There are crucial problems in the diagnosis and treatment of this condition. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and candidiasis are the most common opportunistic fungal infections. Aspergillus species (spp.) are saprophytes molds that exist in nature as spores and rarely cause disease in immunocompetent in...

We report the case of a 75-year-old male patient who was treated in our clinic for septicemia and subacute infective endocarditis caused by toxigenic Candida albicans. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed the presence of a thrombus in the left atrial cavity, and the diagnosis was confirmed by computerized tomography. The patient was operated on urgently. Histological examination of the embol...