introdution: tuberculosis (tb), with different types of respiratory tract involvements, has a high rate of mortality all around the world. endobronchial involvement, which is a slightly common tuberculous infection, requires special attention due to its severe complications such as bronchostenosis. aim of study of this study was describes, one type of pulmonary tuberculosis with less diagnosed ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the etiology of pleural effusions (PE) in adults and the accuracy of pleural fluid (PF) cytology and cultures in malignant and infectious PE, respectively. PATIENTS AND METHODS Retrospective analysis of all consecutive patients with PE undergoing diagnostic thoracentesis during the last 19 years in a university hospital. RESULTS The leading causes of PE among the 3,...

Herein we report the design and synthesis of 6-amino-quinoxaline-alkynyl derivatives, which were evaluated for their anti-cancer properties against MCF-7 breast cancer cells. A total 11 amino-quinoxaline compounds identified by molecular docking from a library over 100 compounds, to be potential aromatase (CYP19A1) inhibitors. MD simulations shed more light on equilibration stabilities enzyme-l...

Background and objectives: Juniperus excelsa is a flowering plant that has been applied as traditional medicine for treatment of various disorders such as dysmenorrhea, bronchitis and colds, jaundice and tuberculosis. The aims of the present study were analyzing J. excelsa essential oil and investigation of its cytotoxic activity on three breast cancer cell li...

Tuberculosis (TB) infection is increasing all over the world especially among immunocompromised patients including end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Symptoms and signs are non-spesific and involvement is generally extra-pulmonary in ESRD patients. We presented ten ESRD patients with TB. Six of our cases presented with TB lymphadenitis, two with Pott’s disease, one with breast TB and one ...

A 41-year-old female presented with a 2 cm gastric submucosal tumor that was suspected to be a gastrointestinal stromal tumor or other malignancy, and local resection of the stomach was performed. However, histopathological examination showed granulomatous gastritis (GG) with a variety of chronic inflammatory cells and multinodular granulomas. Although she had a past history of tuberculosis and...

Erythema induratum of Bazin (EIB) is a chronic nodular eruption occurring on the lower legs of young and middleaged women which is considered the most common tuberculid. A 54-year-old woman, in treatment with chemotherapy for breast cancer, presented subcutaneous erythematous plaques and nodules on the lower limbs. She had been diagnosed with EIB 3 years earlier and diagnostic work-up showed at...

RESENTATION negative test result proved misleading in the case of a 1-year-old woman from Chihuahua, Mexico. During one f her frequent visits to a daughter in the United States, the oman presented with a 2-month history of intermittent emoptysis, weight loss, and night sweats. She had no istory of chest pain, dyspnea on exertion, fever, chills, ematemesis, melena, or epistaxis, and she denied u...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. PURPOSE To note the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) differences between pathologically proven cases of atypical spinal tuberculosis and spinal metastasis in 40 cases. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Spinal tuberculosis, or Pott's spine, constitutes less than 1% of all cases of tuberculosis and can be associated with a neurologic deficit. Breast, prostate and lung c...