Pilonidal sinus or sacrococcygeal fistula is a cyst or abscess near or on the natal cleft of the buttocks that often contains hair and skin debris. The sinus track goes in a vertical direction between the buttocks. Rarely, a pilonidal sinus occurs in other sites of the body. The exact cause is not clear. This report describes a 31-year-old man with pilonidal sinus who was complaining...

translation studies have become an accepted academic subject and books, journals and doctoral dissertations appear faster than one can read them all (bassnet and lefevere, 1990). but this field also brought with itself so many other issues which needed to be investigated more, in the heart of which, issues like ideology, ethics, culture, bilingualism and multilingualism. it is reported that ove...

    Introduction: Microcystic adnexal tumor is a rare sclerosing variant of ductal carcinoma of eccrine sweat gland which is deeply invasive. This tumor which is said to have high recurrence rate is often misdiagnosed as other benign or malignant skin lesions and improper treatment is administered. Case Report: We report herein a 59-year-old man who underwent incisional biopsy for a congenital ...

in this study reference as one of the five cohesive devices in the achievement of textuality in english and persian narrative/descripitive written texts is focused on and analysed . to do so , the theoretical framework elaborated by halliday and hasan (1976) and its version adapted by the writer to match the sub-types of reference in farsi are applied to the analysis of reference in english and...

muhammad ibn muhammad ibn numan, known as "shaykh mufid," one of the great imamiye theologians and jurists in the fourth and early fifth century , had comprehensive mastery of both rational and traditional topics and exerted his influence upon both his contemporary and future scholors. he is considered to be one of the top imamiye scholars who spent his lifetime teaching, learning and authorin...