The present study introduces a rare case with secondary glaucoma due to anterior chamber lipoma and uveitis in a Pekingese dog in Iran. A four-year-old castrated male Pekingese dog was referred to the private clinic with impaired vision of the left eye, pain, rubbing the left eye onto carpet, presence of a milkycoloured mass into the anterior chamber, and loss of appetite. The clinical examinat...

Body mass index does not account for body mass distribution. This study tested the hypothesis that subcutaneous fat thickness is a better indicator than body mass index of the risk of surgical site infection in lumbar spine procedures performed through a midline posterior approach. Charts were reviewed for previously identified risk factors for surgical site infection (age, diabetes, smoking, o...

A five-year-old female African hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) was referred for a one month growing oral mass. The hedgehog was quiet, alert and responsive, with a 1.00 × 1.50 cm ulcerated lesion on the mandible. The patient was staged with total body radiographs, hematological and biochemical analyses and the mass was biopsied under anesthesia. The excised tissue was reported to be a ...

conclusions in surgery for facial nerve neuroma in the mastoid segment, it is better not to rely on imaging alone; all facial nerves from the geniculate ganglion to the styloid foramen become exposed for tumor removal. case presentation in this report, we describe a rare facial nerve neuroma in the mastoid portion in a 55-year-old man with a history of hypertension (htn) and diabetes mellitus (...

purpose : to report the outcome of a case of primary conjunctival rhabdomyosarcoma treated by surgical excision combined with chemotherapy case report : a 4-year-old boy presented with a visible recurrence of conjunctival mass in the left eye. the orbital magnetic resonance imaging (mri) showed the lesion was confined to the conjunctiva without orbital infiltration. histology and immunophenotyp...

introduction: pleomorphic adenoma is a rare benign salivary gland neoplasm in children, which can be treated by simple excision. this tumor is rarely included in the differential diagnosis of solid submandibular masses in children. in the neonates, congenital pleomorphic adenoma usually presents in the nasopharynx. surgical excision is the treatment of choice and recurrence is not expected. we ...

a 7-year-old castrated male german shepherd dog was presented with a 10-day history of intermittent lethargy, weakness and episodic seizures. laboratory findings after admission revealed hypoglycaemia and hyperinsulinaemia. provisional diagnosis of insulinoma was made based on the presence of concurrent hypoglycaemia and elevated insulin level. in exploratory laparotomy a small nodular mass was...

introduction hemangiopericytomas (hpcs) are rare neoplasms which account for approximately 1% of primary vascular tumors. case presentation we report a 73 years old woman with vague abdominal pain who did not have further significant symptoms and was diagnosed to have retroperitoneal hemangiopericytoma. discussion the tumor was initially diagnosed by ultrasound evaluation. mri showed a lobulate...

herein, we report on a 24-year-old woman with a large well- marginated gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (malt) lymphoma. she presented with dysphagia and epigastric pain. in esophago­gastro­duodeno­scopy there was a huge bulging submucosal mass with normal appearing mucosa in the cardia in addition to a grade b gastro-esophageal reflux disease. she was treated with a proton pump inhibi...