purpose : to report a rare case of large vascularized astrocytoma on optic disc. case report : a 12-year-old boy with history of decreased vision in the left eye since 5-6 months ago was referred to the ocular oncology service at rassoul akram hospital with provisional diagnosis of retinoblastoma. on examination, visual acuity was counting fingers at 50 cm, and a 3+ relative afferent pupillary ...

background: heart disease is the main cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with beta thalassemia, rendering its early diagnosis vital. we studied and compared echocardiographic findings in patients with beta thalassemia major, patients with beta thalassemia intermedia, and a control group. methods: eighty asymptomatic patients with thalassemia major and 22 asymptomatic cases with thalas...

bilateral spontaneous tubal ectopic pregnancy is the rarest form of extra uterine pregnancy. the diagnosis is usually made intraoperatively and levels of serum bhcg and ultrasound has not been useful in the diagnosis of bilateral tubal ectopic pregnancy. a 33-year-old woman with 8 weeks amenorrhea and sever lower abdominal pain was admitted. a transvaginal pelvic ultrasound revealed left adnexa...

primary cardiac lymphoma is a rare disease which mainly found in elderly men. it is usually a b-cell non-hodgkin’s lymphoma which primarily located in the heart and may involve the pericardium. the common presentations include massive pericardial effusion and heart failure. clinical diagnosis is often delayed in these patients and prognosis is dismal. we report a case of a 70-year-old man prese...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa microsoftinternetexplorer4 jejunal diverticula have a prevalence of approximately 1% in the general population. perforation of jejunal diverticulum is a rare. clinically this diagnosis may be easily confused with other causes of an acute abdomen. in the article, we discuss a 74-year–old man with a 2-day history of constipation and left–sided abdominal ...