a retrospective review of 126 surgically-proven cases of hydatid cyst of the liver was performed. sixty percent of the patients were in the third and fourth decades of life. the most common presenting complaint was right upper abdominal pain and/or fullness sensation (92%). duration of symptoms was more than two months in 61 %. one third of the patients had more than one cyst in the liver. cyst...

Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma (PSC) is a rare malignant cancer composed of sarcoma and sarcoma-like elements with spindle or giant cell features. We report the case of a 60-year-old male with past medical history of right renal cell carcinoma 2 years earlier. Apulmonary nodule was detected in the left upper lobe, 23 months after nephrectomy. Systemic positron emission tomography-computerized ...

The coexistence of a cerebral and a spinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) together is extremely rare. We present a 31-year-old woman, who suffered from severe root pains in the left upper extremity. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed the abnormal vessels in the left occipital lobe and upper cervical segment of spinal cord. Cerebral angiography and spinal angiogram revealed two AVMs: On...

A retrospective review of 126 surgically-proven cases of hydatid cyst of the liver was performed. Sixty percent of the patients were in the third and fourth decades of life. The most common presenting complaint was right upper abdominal pain and/or fullness sensation (92%). Duration of symptoms was more than two months in 61 %. One third of the patients had more than one cyst in the liver....

Introduction: Surgical approaches for the management of pulmonary aspergilloma have been accompanied with high levels of morbidity and mortality. However, these therapeutic options are still favored over other approaches for the treatment of Pulmonary Aspergilloma. In this study, we aimed to describe the characteristics of 30 patients with aspergilloma who referred to  Ghaem hospital between 20...

DOI: 10.5935/abc.20140045 Clinical data: Surgical correction of pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and aortopulmonary collateral arteries was performed in three steps. The first one, with 19 months, with the unification of major collateral artery in the right upper lobe (8 mm) to the right pulmonary artery (RPA), which nurtured the right lower lobe, and Blalock-Taussig anastomosis...

abstract aim and background: evaluation of cognition is fundamental for every comprehensive epilepsy program. we sought to conduct this study to assess memory state of patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy before decision for epilepsy surgery. method and materials: in a case-control study, 20 patients with right temporal lobe epilepsy and 20 patients with left temporal lobe epilepsy w...

A patient is described with a synchronous intraluminal squamous cell carcinoma of the left upper lobe carina. He refused photodynamic therapy after sleeve lobectomy of the right upper lobe. The intraluminal tumor was treated with fiberoptic bronchoscopic electrosurgery. Complete remission was achieved, at the moment already for 36 months.