inguinal mass is a common clinical finding or even symptom in childhood while the most common diagnosis is inguinal hernia that may proceed with prompt surgical but there are a vast variety of different entities that may manifest as an inguinal mass and in some instances, surgical approach is not indicated or may need further preoperative assessments to determine a correct therapeutic plan. in ...

the hematological malignancies associated with nephrotic syndrome are mainly hodgkin’s and non-hodgkin’s lymphomas and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. acute myelogenous leukemia (aml) has rarely been described in associated with nephritic syndrome. we report a rare case of acute myelogenous leukemia who presented with nephrotic syndrome. a previously healthy 62-year-old man was admitted in nephro...

bronchogenic cyst is a result of abnormal development   of the ventral foregut presents as a discrete mass. most commonly, it is appeared in the middle mediastinum and rarely is seen in adults. we report a 35-year-old woman who was asymptomatic and incidentally was found with a mass in chest radiograph.

intraosseous movement of an unerupted tooth across the midline of the jaw is known as dental transmigration. this infrequent event is mostly found in the mandibular canines. there are four new cases of mandibular canine transmigration presented here. the literature on this anomalous phenomenon is also reviewed.

the purpose of this research is to analyze differential adpositional case marking (dacm) in vafsi within ot framework by using the generalization of aissen’s (2003) differential object marking (dom) model. while bossong (1985) has traced dom in more than 300 languages, dacm has not been investigated typologically, yet. dacm, as a branch of differential case marking (dcm), questions the effect o...

conclusions although treatment of ec in the present study had considerable success in the short-term follow-up, it should be noted, due to the unknown of the exact cause, no specific treatment or protocol has still been identified. introduction exfoliative cheilitis (ec) is a rare chronic inflammatory condition affecting the vermillion border of the lips and characterized by excessive productio...

objectives: this study aimed to assess the self-reported knowledge and attitude of dentists towards fluoride prescription. materials and methods: a questionnaire survey was conducted at the national annual dental congress in 2010 in tehran-iran. dentists’ level of knowledge about the preventive effects of systemic and topical administration of fluoride was assessed as well as their attitudes to...

purpose: to present a case of chorioretinitis sclopetaria with attached retina in spite of performing deep vitrectomy without retinopexy. patient and findings: a 10-year-old boy was reffered due to air-gun injury to the left eye. right eye had visual acuity of 20/16, mg-, and normal slit lamp examination and fundoscopy. in the left eye, visual acuity was count fingers at 50 cm, mg+++, anterior ...

leiomyomas are benign tumors that originate from smooth muscle cells. leiomyomas are well known to be the commonest neoplasm arising from the uterus but leiomyomas originating from the scrotum is a rare entity. they originate from the subcutaneous tissue or tunica dartos and can be solitary or multiple. we present a case of solitary scrotal leiomyoma in a 75 years old male who presented with a ...