background malignant pleural mesothelioma (mpm) is an uncommon neoplasm. mpm occurs more frequently in patients born or living in certain villages of turkey. objectives we aimed to review radiological findings of mpm. patients and methods we reviewed the ct findings in 219 biopsy-proven mpm patients admitted to our clinic between 1993 and 2008. results the most common ct findings included pleur...

pulmonary adenocarcinoma is one of the major types of lung cancers in which metastasis is not uncommon. hereby, we report a case of pulmonary adenocarcinoma with multiple muscular, cutaneous, pancreatic and peritoneal metastases. actually, all these features occurring in one patient makes it an extraordinary case. a rare anatomic variation, double inferior vena cava (ivcs), was another rare man...

abstract horseshoe lung is a congenital pulmonary malformation that is usually associated with scimitar syndrome. this malformation consists of fusion of both pulmonary lobes from the posterobasal segments. the fusion appears in the retrocardiac area, in front of the esophagus and thoracic aorta. pleural separation of pulmonary lobes distinguishes pseudohorseshoe appearance from a true horsesho...

introduction: vertical root fracture (vrf) is a common failure in endodontically treated teeth. due to vrf’s poor prognosis, a reliable and valid detection method is critical for treatment planning. conventional and digital radiographs are limited in vrf detection. recently, cone beam ct (cbct) system has been introduced. this study aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of these three imagin...

hydatid disease is a parasitic infestation caused by the larval form of echinococcus gronulosus and it remains a considerable public health problem in several mediterranean countries such as iran. liver is the most common site of involvement. lungs are the second most common sites of hematogeneous spread in adults and are probably the most common sites in children (15% - 25% of cases). primary ...

intractable asthma is a challenging clinical problem. this study was conducted to determine whether a subset of patients with intractable asthma may be misdiagnosed and have a form of bronchiolitis instead and also to determine the effectiveness of macrolide therapy in these patients. seventy six patients with intractable asthma were re-treated with recommended maximal doses of oral prednisolon...

introduction: ewing’s sarcoma is the second most common primary malignant tumor of bone found in children after osteosarcoma. it accounts for 4–9% of primary malignant bone tumors and it affects bones of the skull or face in only 1–4% of cases. hence it rarely affects the head and neck. subject and method: in this case report, we describe a case of primary ewing's sarcoma occurring in the tempo...