fennel (foeniculum vulgare mill.) benefits from a lot of useful medicinal properties. iran is known as one of the main producers of fennel. in spite of high medicinal values, fennel’s cultivation is not economically feasible, mainly due to its low yield. it grows wild in different areas in iran from where diverse ecotypes have evolved. genetic variance and heritability estimates of traits in a ...

Castleman’s disease is an uncommon disease with poorly understood etiopathogenesis. It was described by Benjamin Castleman in 1954. It commonly occurs in the mediastinal nodes. Virtually any lymphnodal area can be affected. Extranodal involvement is rare and occurs in the lung, pancreas, breast, adrenals, and muscle. Castleman’s disease rarely occurs in the pelvic cavity and only 18 such cases ...

MARCHESANI (1939) first described the syndrome which is named after him, and since the appearance of his report cases have been described in European and American literature. The characteristic features of this syndrome are: (1) Brachycephaly, small stature, short limbs, brachydactyly, short squat fingers and toes with broad hands and feet, limitation of movement at the joints, and well-develop...

Broad ligament pregnancy also termed as interligamentous pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy. Incidence is reported as 1 in 300 ectopic pregnancies. A broad ligament pregnancy usually results from trophoblastic penetration of tubal pregnancy through the tubal serosa and into the mesosalpinx, with secondary implantation between the leaves of broad ligament. It can also occur if a uteri...

In 1937 Bietti reported a tapetoretinal degeneration with associated corneal deposits at the limbus. The hallmark of the disease was the crystalline characteristics of the retinal spots as well as those at the corneal limbus. Bagolini and Ioli-Spade in 1968 presented a 30 year follow-up on Bietti's cases and presented six additional cases. The present report delas with this entity in Orientals,...

inann (Monatschriftj. Geburtsh.n. Gyniik., February 181)5) believes that there is 110 truth in the current theory that papillomatous cysts of the ovary and broad ligaments are developed from the parovarium. He goes further than Whitridge Williams, who has stated his opinion that these cysts are sometimes developed from elements belonging to the Fallopian tube itself. Williams has detected tube-...

By C. H. Joubert, m. b., Lond,, f.r.c.s., Obstetric Physician, Medical College, Calcutta. During the year 1891, thirty abdominal operations were performed by me at the Eden Hospital of the following nature:? Ovariotomy including parovarian cysts 15 cases. 1 death. Hemorrhagic broad ligament cyst, probably a gestation cyst ... l case. 1 death. Removal of diseased uterine appendage 5 cases. 1 dea...