acquaintance with the different anatomical variations of the arterial supply of the gallbladder is of great importance in hepatobiliary surgical procedures. a rare variation of the hepatobiliary arterial system was found during anatomical dissection of a female iranian cadaver. two cystic arteries were present, the first arising directly from the right hepatic artery and the second from the gas...

conclusions regarding the findings of this study, it can be concluded that erα possibly cannot play an important role in the tumorigenesis and prognosis of the investigated malignant salivary gland tumors. results for acc, only one specimen expressed the er, and this was assessed as moderate. no specimens of mec expressed the er. the comparison of er expression between the two groups was not me...

for the present study, and follow-up of histochemical changes in estradiol valerate-induced polycysticovary syndrome (pcos), 48 virgin 90-day-old female rats were used. the rats were divided into thetreatment and control groups. for each rat of the treatment group, 4 mg estradiol valerate was injectedthrough intramuscular route for the induction of pcos. the control group was taken the same amo...

Background: Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipid antigens take part in pathogenicity of the bacterium but the response of monocytes/macrophages to these antigens in tubercu-losis is not well known. Objective: The aim of current investigation was to study the M. tuberculosis lipid antigens in tuberculosis pathogenesis. Methods: In the present study M. tuberculosis lipid antigens were extracted. Mono...

background:   uterine myomas are common pelvic masses during pregnancy. the pain and rapid growth of myomas are among the most common complications during pregnancy. we evaluate management of painful cystic degeneration of myomas during pregnancy case: a 27-year-old primigravida had a pelvic mass. we have managed a case in which the diagnosis of cystic degeneration of uterine myomas could not b...

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The measurement of antibodies against pathogens is mainly done for diagnostic purposes in order to detect the aetiology of infections or to confirm that protection following vaccination is present against a certain disease. In some diseases such as chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection in patients with cystic fibrosis antibodies induced by the infection obviously do not oVer any protect...

Objective The aim of this study is to identify risk factors intra-cystic hemorrhage in microwave ablation mixed solid and cystic s, design a preoperative nomogram predict the value intraoperative bleeding with goal individualizing surgical approach toward different types thyroid nodules. Methods A total 241 patients cystic-solid nodules who underwent ultrasound-guided percutaneous were retrospe...

mirizzi’s syndrome is a rare complication of gallstone disease , that gallbladder lumen can lie alongside the common hepatic duct, resulting in inflamation and resultan bile duct stricture . most cases are not indentified preoperatively. variations of the cystic duct and its point of :union: with the common hepatic duct are surgically important . here, we present an unusual case of type i miriz...