Paraneoplastic syndromes are frequently found in lung cancer. They can be the first manifestation of disease or recurrence. Neuromuscular, vascular, haematological and metabolic syndromes, as well as syndromes involving the connective and skeletal tissues and skin can be distinguished. While some of the paraneoplastic syndromes are commonly observed (eg. Anemia, cachexia) others are rare disord...

Neuropsychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus are varied. Presently nineteen in number, they are classified as whether affecting the central or the peripheral compartments of the nervous system. Its diagnosis however remains difficult, more so when two or more of the syndromes are found concomitantly in the same patient and when they occur in absence of the more classical rash...

Multiple myeloma (MM) or plasma cell myeloma, is a haematological disease representing 1-2% of all cancers and about 15% of haematological malignancies. The classic form of MM is characterized by generalized neoplastic changes in the bones accompanied by kidney damage, impaired haematopoiesis and susceptibility to infections. In laboratory tests, MM manifests it‐ self by the presence of monoclo...

For many years, to reduce the crash frequency and severity at high-speed signalized intersections, warning flashers have been used to alert drivers of potential traffic-signal changes. Recently, more aggressive countermeasures at such intersections include a speed-limit reduction in addition to warning flashers. While such speed-control strategies have the potential to further improve the crash...

There are more than 400 different variations on α-globin protein, and most of them are not associated with noticeable clinical manifestation. Hemoglobin (Hb) is an oxygen-transporting protein and Hb Daneshgah- Tehran is an α-globin variant that for the first time was reported from Iran in a case with normal haematological indices. The capillary electrophoresis of an 8-year- old-girl with normal...

Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are frequent infectious complications in neutropenic patients. In order to determine the efficacy of surveillance blood cultures (BCs) to detect BSIs prior to clinical manifestation we performed a prospective trial. One hundred patients with haematological malignancies and long-term neutropenia following intensive cytotoxic therapies were recruited. BCs were taken ...

Glomerular diseases may occur as primary manifestation of cancer, especially in patients older than 60 years. Among glomerulopathies, membranous nephropathy is preferentially associated with respiratory and gastrointestinal tract adenocarcinomas, whereas minimal change disease is most often seen in haematological malignancies. Though breast cancer is one of the most frequent malignancies in wom...

We present an application of wavelet-based Information Theory quantifiers (Normalized Total Shannon Entropy, MPR-Statistical Complexity and Entropy-Complexity plane) on red blood cells membrane viscoelasticity characterization. These quantifiers exhibit important localization advantages provided by the Wavelet Theory. The present approach produces a clear characterization of this dynamical syst...

A study was undertaken to investigate the effect of Salmonella gallinarum endotoxin on clinical symptoms and some haematological changes in mature six-month-old cockerels. Salmonella gallinarum endotoxin caused characteristic clinical symptoms, severe olygocytic hypochromic anaemia, leucocytosis and increased phagocytic function of leucocytes. Heterophilia was associated with relative lyphopeni...

CASE REPORT A male Domestic Short-hair cat was presented for chronic weight loss, lethargy and hyporexia. Complete haematological examination revealed non-regenerative anaemia, neutropenia and thrombocytopenia, as well as Howell-Jolly bodies, anisocytosis, polychromasia and macrocytosis on blood smear evaluation. Histopathological evaluation of bone marrow biopsy disclosed hypocellularity consi...