We report here a rare case of mesenteric Castleman's disease presenting as a mesenteric mass. A 13-year-old female child was admitted to our hospital complaining of intermittent vague abdominal pain. She had hypochromic anemia, thrombocytosis and an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Ultrasonography and computed tomography indicated an intra- abdominal mass might represent a lymphom...

We present a 30-year-old male patient who was initially diagnosed as minimal change nephrotic syndrome, 5 years later, the patient developed a localized form of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF). An elevated ESR and concomitant nephrotic syndrome in the patient suggested the immunologic nature of IRF, IRF has been reported in association with collagen diseases and rarely with proliferat...

A 30 years old male with a history of intravenous drug user came with abdominal pain since 3 weeks before admission. During the last month he lost 10 kg of his body weight. He had mild fever and night sweat, without diarrhea or change in bowel habit. He had not complaint any cough. He looked pale and cachectic. Pulse rate was 100 times per minute and axilla temperature was 37.2 C. Abdominal exa...

Purpose – to investigate the distribution of hematological indices in patients withcardiac insufficiency.Material and methods. Data 26 case histories with diagnosis IHD have beenanalyzed. Patients stable angina pectoris II-III functional class (FC), Diffusecardiosclerosis, complicated 17 syndromic manifestations HF II-IIIFC according New York Heart Association (NYHA), made up group 1, 9 patient...

A review of 80 patients with the polymyalgia rheumatica/giant cell arteritis (PMR/GCA) syndrome has revealed that the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is normal in 22.5% of cases at presentation. Too much reliance on the ESR as a screening test led to delay in diagnosis in 10 patients. Serious complications occurred in 4 patients with a normal or minimally raised ESR. Analysis of follow-up ...

The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C reactive protein (CRP) were measured in 74 patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)/giant cell arteritis (GCA) on presentation, in the first month of treatment, and at long term follow up (up to 177 weeks). Before treatment the ESR was raised (greater than 30 mm/h) in all cases and the CRP was raised (greater than 6 mg/l) in 49/55 cases. The ESR ...

The influence of X-ray baggage scanning on electron spin resonance (ESR) dosimetry studies around the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (SNTS) has been examined at Incheon Airport in Korea, which is a transfer point of the routes from Kazakhstan to Japan. Utilized dosimeters are Japanese human tooth enamel for ESR and glass dosimeters. The difference between the estimated doses with the X-ray sca...

background: brucellosis is one of the most common infectious diseases in some areas of iran. brucellosis has various clinical manifestations and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of many infectious and non-infectious diseases. the aims of this study were to determine the epidemiological, clinical and laboratory findings of the disease in patients with brucellosis in hamadan, we...

A 67-year-old gentleman presented to Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) for assessment of a supratherapeutic INR and sacral lesion. Hematologic workup revealed elevated ESR, PT, INR, PTT, and CRP, mixing studies that failed to correct, and a positive Russell Viper Venom Test (RVVT), which confirmed the presence of lupus anticoagulant (LA), a subtype of antiphospholipid syndrome (APA). Pathology of ...