articular cartilage, the load-bearing tissue of the joint, has limited repair and regeneration ability. the scarcity of treatment modalities for large chondral defects has motivated researchers to engineer cartilage tissue constructs that can meet the functional demands of this tissue in vivo. cartilage tissue engineering requires 3 components: cells, scaffold, and environment. owning to their ...

intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumor is a rare entity with a few reports worldwide. this tumor commonly occurs in children and adolescent and occurrence in adult age group is very rare. here, we describe an adult male with symptoms of intestinal obstruction due to abdominal mass, located in splenic flexure. after resection, the diagnosis of intra-abdominal desmoplastic small roun...

Diffuse normolipemic plane xanthoma is a rare disorder often seen as a para-neoplastic manifestation accompanied with gammopathies and hematologic disorders. In this report, a 44-year-old man is presented who was referred to us due to developing erythematous papules on the hands and yellow patches on different parts of the body. Based on cell blood count, peripheral blood smear and positive ant...