introduction hemangioma is the most common benign tumor of the liver. most cases are asymptomatic and do not require treatment. a hemangioma can rarely be pedunculated; as a result, it may undergo torsion and infarction, which can make it symptomatic. case presentation we report the case of a 45-year-old woman with acute abdominal pain due to torsion of a giant pedunculated hepatic hemangioma a...

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acute bacterial meningitis (abm) is one of the most severe infectious diseases, causing neurologic sequel, and a case fatality rate of 20-30%. the aim of this paper was to summarize the main causes of abm in iran. we searched the data for relevant articles using meningitis, etiology, and iran as search terms. we found 23 papers for inclusion in the review that focused specifically on the abm, a...

background: the purpose of this study was to examine symptoms of acute coronary syndrom (acs) with resect to sex differences. methods: this comparative cross-sectional study was performed on patients older than 20 years with acs who were hospitalized at cardiac wards. sampling was performed through stratified sampling on the basis of sex. five hundred male and female patients met all eligiblity...

purpose: to report a case of acute myelogenous leukemia (aml) presenting with periorbital cellulitis and progressing to facial and neck cellulitis. case report: a 17 year old male patient presented with periorbital cellulitis which progressed to the right hemifacial and neck area. he did not respond to regular antibiotic therapy. peripheral blood smear showed leukocytosis with predominance of i...

purpose: to present a case of acute myopia secondary to usage of topiramate. patient and findings: a 26-year-old female presented with 6-diopter myopia after two weeks of using topiramate for migraine headache. she improved after 3 days of cessation of this medicine. conclusion: when a patient present with acute onset visual loss secondary to refractive error, history of drug usage can help for...

background: treatment of cancer patients using conventional chemotherapy causes serious side effects and, at best, merely extends the patient’s lifespan by a few years. the potential of alternative therapies may therefore be of great benefit in cancer control. the effect of trigonella foenum graecum seed extract has been previously reported on some neoplastic cells. here, its effect is evaluate...

introduction: acute leukemia covers a broad spectrum of hematological clonal diseases originating from the malignant transformation of stem cells. current chemotherapeutic methods result in an incomplete response to primary regimens in 30-40% of cases. methods: 20 patients who had been diagnosed with acute leukemia and who had displayed defined criteria in order to enter our study, were assesse...

hypercalcemia in children is a medical emergency and often manifests as nonspecific symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, weight loss, and anorexia. severe hypercalcemia is a rare complication of malignancy in children, while it can be seen in various types of malignant tumors. it is usually associated with significant morbidity and may be severe enough to threaten life. incidence of hypercalcemia...

how to cite this article: salehi omran mr, nooreddini h, baghdadi f. acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood; a case report. iran j child neurol. 2013 spring;7(2):51-54.   abstract acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood (anec) is an atypical disease followed by respiratory or gastrointestinal infection, high fever, which is accompanied with rapid alteration of consciousness and sei...