conclusions in cases of pontaneous pneumothorax, chest x ray and computerised tomographic scan have limitations. ct scan in combination with video assisted thoracoscopic surgery improves diagnostic accuracy and facilitates appropriate management of non-resolving spontaneous pneumothorax. objectives a 15 year old boy presented to the referring hospital with a right sided spontaneous pneumothorax...

mandibular defects may result from many conditions such as trauma, inflammatory diseases and tumors. there are rare cases reported in the literature that have demonstrated spontaneous bone regeneration after resection of the mandible. several factors such as age, preservation of the periosteum and genetics seem to influence spontaneous bone regeneration capacity in individuals. evaluation of th...

background: ascitic fluid infection is presumptively diagnosed when the fluid polymorph nuclear (pmn) concentration equals or exceeds 250 cells /mic,l. the leukocyte esterase (le) test has been shown to be a good predictor of the presence of pmns in urine and other body fluids. this study examines of value of multistix 8sg dipstick test for rapid diagnosis of infected ascitic fluid. materials a...

conclusions a lumbar hernia may, on rare occasions, become incarcerated or strangulated, with the consequent complication of mechanical bowel obstruction. we suggest that a patient with a flank mass should always raise suspicions of a lumbar hernia. case presentation a 76-year-old woman who had been diagnosed with a femoral intertrochanteric fracture was sent to our department. physical examina...

the aim of this study was to investigate the possible role of multiple inherited thrombophilic gene variations in women with unexplained spontaneous abortions. for this purpose, the factor v leiden (fvl) (rs6025), prothrombin g20210a (rs1799963), mthfr c677t (rs1801133), pai-1 4g/5g (rs1799889), ace i/d (rs1799752), enos e298d (rs1799983), and apo e e2/e3/e4 (rs429358) polymorphisms were genoty...

introduction: the majoritiy of abortion risk factors has been classified as environmental and vary from one place to another. this study aimed to explore the relationship between exposure to pesticides and spontaneous abortion among female pistachio farmers in rafsanjan, iran.   materials and methods: in this case-control study, 50 women with spontaneous abortion and 50 women without this histo...

Objective(s): Studies have indicated advantageous properties of [DOTA-DPhe1 , Tyr3 ] octreotide (DOTATOC) in tumor models and labeling with gallium. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality in women, and most of these cancers are often an adenocarcinoma. Due to the importance of target to non-target ratios in the efficacy of diagnosis, the pharmacokinetic of 68Ga-DOTATOC in...

spontaneous pneumothorax can be either primary due to the rupture of subpleural bleb or secondary due to underlying lung disease, usually bullous emphysema. 1 relatively little is known about the causative factors of spontaneous pneumothorax in arab countries. 1 this is the first study and the primary step towards understanding the risk factors and causes of spontaneous pneumothorax in syria. s...

ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (opa) was studied in the lungs of 15 naturally-affected sheep (9 with classical and 6 atypical lesions) by transmission electron microscopy. two lung samples from normal sheep were used to develop the ultrastructural criteria. pathologic lesions consisted of focal-multifocal to coalescent nodules or masses in the cranioventral or diaphragmatic lobes. ultrastructur...

introduction: lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer related deaths in the world. the incidence of lung cancer is increasing in india and there is a need to understand the natural history of this disease. aim of the study: to study the clinico- pathological- radiological profile of patients diagnosed with lung cancer from january 2013 to may 2015 at a tertiary care teaching hospital...