INTRODUCTION Despite being more prevalent in developing countries, tuberculosis (TB) remains an important health problem in Canada. Long diagnosis delays of respiratory tuberculosis are associated with adverse consequences for the patient but also for the community. From a public health perspective, identification of factors associated with long delays of diagnosis could help reduce these delay...

Three children are described with severe Silver-Russell syndrome. Major medical problems occurred in the first two years of life in all three. Silver-Russell syndrome should be considered in the differential diagnosis of children with severe pre- and postnatal growth deficiency.

introduction: extranodal natural killer (nk)/t-cell lymphoma (nktcl) nasal type is a rare but well-known disease with poor prognosis. nktcl is more prevalent in asia and comprises about 7-10% of all non-hodgkin lymphoma cases in this region. the characteristic clinical pattern of nktcl is the destruction of the midline structures of the mid-face. case report: the present study examines a case o...

background: anorectal melanoma is one of the rare but significant malignancies of the anorectal area. this malignancy currently accounts for 1% of all types of melanoma and less than 1% of all the anorectal area malignancies. very rare cases of this disease have been reported worldwide. anorectal melanoma is mostly diagnosed while treating other benign conditions of this area such as hemorrhoid...