The term large plaque type blue nevus with subcutaneous cellular nodules (LPTBN-SN) refers to a huge blue nevus, usually located on the trunk, that develops subcutaneous nodules many years after the lesion has appeared. The potential malignancy of an LPTBN-SN was only discovered in 2012. We report the case of a 56-year-old Caucasian man that developed a cutaneous melanoma on an LPTBN-SN of the ...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND We aimed to minimalize operative complications by spraying of methylene blue stain on thyroid glands and the perithyroidal area. MATERIAL AND METHODS The intra-operative methylene blue spraying technique was used prospectively on a total of 56 patients who had undergone primary (not recurrent) thyroid surgery for a variety of thyroid diseases. Bilateral total thyroide...

introduction: chronic liver disease and cirrhosis are the most important causes of growth failure, morbidity and mortality in children. cirrhosis consists of a variety of congenital, genetic, metabolic, and infectious causes in children. models for predicting of chronic liver disease severity, survival, and transplantation are useful for decision-making as well as medical interventions. the mos...

background : the reported rates of barrett’s esophagus (be) ranged from 2.6% to 23% in indian patients with gastro-esophageal reflux disease (gerd) symptoms. the role of methylene blue chromoendoscopy during endoscopy, either for the diagnosis of barrett’s esophagus or for the detection of dysplasia and early cancer, remains controversial. aim: our study was designed to find out the endoscopic ...