statement of problem: failure of endodontic treatment is determined on the basis of radiographic findings and clinical signs and/ or symptoms of the treated teeth. purpose: the purpose of this study was to determine endodontic treatment failure in relation to various factors influencing it in teeth with periapical lesions (clinically and radiographically). materials and methods: teeth which had...

introduction: chronic sclerosing sialadenitis is a relatively uncommon disorder of the salivary gland. because of its clinical similarity to a salivary gland neoplasm, this condition has been known as kuttner tumor and is classified as a tumorlike lesion. case report: this is the first reported case of bilateral kuttner tumor of the submandibular glands in iran. it was initially diagnosed as a ...

Widely varying pupillary abnormalities are in clinical practice often grouped under the heading of the Holmes-Adie syndrome. Adie (1932) described the complete form of the disorder as comprising the typical tonic pupil, with its characteristic delayed reaction to convergence and the loss of some of the tendon reflexes, whereas in the incomplete form he included those cases in which the reflexes...

purpose: to report a case of metastatic tumor to the right upper eyelid originating from a lung adenocarcinoma without any systemic signs. case report: a 68-year-old man had a two-month history of painless swelling in the right upper eyelid. the tumor slowly grew. two years before his presentation, he had received chemotherapy for lung cancer for one year. systemic and ocular examinations were ...

trauma is the most common reason in 1-34 years olds. in patient with multiple traumas, the head is the most common involved part. the importance of computed tomography (ct scan) in diagnosis of brain trauma is well established and ct of the brain is a choice method. finding lesion in brain traumatic patient is very important so goal of this study is finding of brain ct scan in traumatic patient...

introduction: the aim of this study was to identify the reasons for failure in clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic diagnoses as well as their interactions with each other. methods: personal information and lesion characteristics of 51 patients with central or peripheral exophytic lesions were collected in mashhad dental school. specialists determined clinical and radiographic diagnoses ...

A 4-year-old Shih-Tzu, referred for an enlarged left carpus, was diagnosed with a unicameral bone cyst. A customized titanium device was inserted into cystic lesion and fixed by titanium screws. Sufficient strength of the affected bone with the device inserted to maintain limb function was established after resection of contents of cystic lesion. There was no deterioration of the lesion of bone...

CASE REPORT A 67-year-old white woman presented to the dermatology clinic for further assessment of a pigmented vulvar lesion near the urethral meatus that was discovered incidentally 4 months prior. The patient had been examined by 3 gynecologists since discovery of this lesion, which consisted of mostly black pigmentationwith some various shades of grey (Fig 1). A punch biopsy section taken b...

ibuprofen was positive in a residual lesion, while patch test with the same drug was negative in upper back. We were curious to know if our patient was sensitised to the rest of the propionic acid group, but due to the small area affected skin, we could not test these additional drugs. Therefore all propionic acid group drugs were forbidden. The patient tolerated acetylsalicylic acid, and then ...