the case was an 18-year-old female with progressive crampy abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, initiated from 4 months ago, who had 4-5 kg weight loss in this period. in physical examination, an ill-defined mass with mild tenderness in periumblical region palpation was detected. in upper gi endoscopy, bulging folds with a necrotic mass in d2- d3 were detected. in small bowel series study, cut ...

conclusions primary extracranial meningiomas (pems) without intracranial origin are very rare and because of their slow growing nature are initially managed by primary care physicians. case presentation we report a case of slowly progressing extracranial meningioma that was presented in a young adult woman. the tumor was asymptomatic but large enough to cause cosmetic discomfort. patient underw...

we herein report a case of ventral side of tongue lipoma in a 60-year old man who referred to our department with a mass at the right ventral side of his tongue that had existed there for an unknown period of time. clinical examination revealed a yellowish nodular lesion measuring 1 cm in diameter. histological examination showed mature adipocytes and varying size vessels between lobules of the...

cancer is still one of the major causes of mortality in both developing and developed countries. at this time, in spite of intensive interventions, a large number of patients have poor prognosis. therefore, the effort for finding new anticancer agents with better efficacy and lesser side effects has continued. according to the traditional recommendations and experimental studies, numerous medic...

approximately 25% of all oral cavity carcinomas involve the lips, and the primary management of these lesions is complete surgical resection. loss of tissue in the lips after resection is treated with a variety of techniques, depending on the extension and location of the defect. here we review highly accepted techniques of lip reconstruction and some of new trials with significant clinical res...

background and objective: wilms’ tumor has been recognized as the most common primary malignancy of kidney at childhood, comprises 5-6% of tumors in this period, and manifests itself with various clinical symptoms. since there have been no sufficient studies in this field in iran, therefore, this study was conducted to investigate its histopathology and clinical symptoms. materials and methods:...

introduction: bombesin (bn), a 14-amino acid neuropeptide, shows high affinity for the human grp (gastrin releasing peptide) receptors, which are overexpressed by a variety of cancers, including prostate, breast, pancreas, gastrointestinal, and small cell lung cancer. aim was to prepare [6-hydrazinopyridine-3-carboxylic acid (hynic0), d-tyr6, d-trp8] - bn [6-14] nh2 that could be easily labeled...

introduction paragangliomas are mostly localized in the adrenal medulla and they are usually pheochromocytomas, derived from the neural crest, but otherwise mesenteric paragangliomas are extremely rare tumors. case presentation in this article we represent a 59-year-old female with an abdominal mass and pain due to mesenteric paraganglioma. conclusions paragangliomas can occur as mesenteric tum...

osteosarcoma (os) is a malignant mesenchymal tumor, which rarely occurs in the maxilla. although variable histologic and radiographic features of os have been reported previously, in the majority of the cases painful swelling of the jaw is mentioned as the first clinical presentation. furthermore, early diagnosis and wide surgical resection of the tumor are the most important determinant factor...

purpose: to assess the relative frequencies of etiologies leading to eye removal in patients who referred to feiz hospital, isfahan, between 2011 and 2014. methods: this retrospective study was conducted on patients who underwent eye removal at feiz hospital. age, sex, eye laterality, underlying etiology, visual acuity, and surgical technique (enucleation, evisceration, or exenteration) were re...