Background: Bacillus anthracis may usually cause three forms of anthrax: inhalation, gastrointestinal and cutaneous. The gastrointestinal (GI) anthrax develops after eating contaminated meat. Thus, in this paper were report 5 cases of intestinal anthrax. Case Presentation: We report a case series of intestinal anthrax, with history of consumption of raw or poorly cooked liver of sheep. One pati...

Background and Importance: Abscess of the hypophysis or pituitary adenoma is a very rare entity, and its preoperative diagnosis could be challenging. The clinical presentation is less specific, and despite the recent advancement in imaging, diagnosis before surgery is still difficult. Case Presentation: We reported two cases of pituitary abscesses in patients aged 38 and 42 years. The first ...

Renal transplantation is considered one of the best long-term therapies for chronic renal failure, but unfortunately the incidence of malignancy significantly increases in renal transplant recipients. We analyzed nine cases of malignancy in 200 renal transplant recipients occurring in a 12-year follow-up in Imam hospital of Tehran University, Tehran, Iran. According to this study, the organ...

Congenital Mullerian abnormalities, particularly the septate uterus, may result in recurrent abortion, premature labor and infertility. The purpose of this study is to report the surgical and reproductive outcome in two groups of patients who underwent hysteroscopic metroplasty (HMP). Between Aug. 1993 and March 1998,76 women underwent HMP in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences' affiliat...

55 cases of iron SUMMARY deficiency anemia were hos­This pitalized type at of anemia Bahrami was Hospital found in to be one the year. most Our frequent study cause showed of that anemia in in infants infants, in malnutri­Iran. tion older· was age the other main causes cause such of as anemia, GI while leeding,in ethiologie parasitosis of and the chronic disease. Most infection infants were wit...

Netherton syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive condition with variable expression. It comprises an ichthyosiform dermatitis and erythroderma of variable intensity associated with hair abnormalities and features of atopy. The pathognomic (required for diagnosis) feature is trichorrhexis invaginata identified by microscopic examination of hair shaft. Ichthyosis linearis circumflexa is ano...

Four cases of osteogenesis imperfecta along with clinical and laboratory studies were reported.  Autosomal dominant pattern of transmission was most pro - bable in the first case owing to the fact that all members of the family showed blue sebera,two third was affected with various fractures and one forth suffered with deafness.  Recessive abnormal trait probably due to new mutation was the c...

SUMMARY In a survey during a period of 3 years (1363 -1366), we have studied 15 Patients with diabetes insipidus due to accidents, measless and surgery. Finally, after this period we find that permanent diabetes insipid us was clear in (2 head. injury, 2 patients with head measle, and two after surgery for craniopharyngioma). In eight rest patients diabetes insipid us was temporary and subside...