Ancient schwannomas rarely found in the central nervous system and ancient change in an intracranial schwannoma (intracranial portion of the trigeminal nerve) is extremely rare. A seventy-year man presented with headache of 3 months duration and one episode of generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Imaging findings were suggestive of left temporal high grade lesion. During surgery there was well...

BACKGROUND Human papillomavirus (HPV) and HIV are each responsible for a considerable burden of disease. Interactions between these infections pose substantial public health challenges, especially where HIV prevalence is high and HPV vaccine coverage low. METHODS Between July 2005 and January 2006, a cross-sectional community-based survey in Mombasa, Kenya, enrolled female sex workers using s...

  This cross-sectional study planned to Investigate the prevalence of varicocele among students aged 14 to 17 years in Kerman. Six hundred students were chosen by multi-stage sampling and they were examined for presence of varicocele. The highest rate of prevalence was seen among 17 year old (13.33℅) and the lowest (6.67℅) in 14 year old students. 2.16℅ of the cases suffered from varicocele gr...

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate that transhiatal oesophagectomy should remain the gold standard treatment for patients with high-grade dysplasia. BACKGROUND The conventional management of high-grade dysplasia of the oesophagus is surgery. Perceived high incidence of operative morbidity and mortality associated with oesophagectomy has led some to advocate alternative less invasive treatments such as ...

conclusion according to the results of this study it is recommended that more attention be paid to improve mental health of students. results the mean age of participants was 16.5 (sd = 1.34) year. 50.2% of them were male. the mean ghq-score of all participants was 2.99 (sd = 2.5), and 35.4% of them obtained the cut of point score of ≥ 3.7. the mean ghq-scores of males and females were 3.27 (sd...

background endemic goiter is present in most parts of iran. iron deficiency adversely affects the physiology of thyroid. the initial steps of thyroid hormone synthesis are catalyzed by thyroperoxidases and are dependent on iron. in many developing countries, children are at high risk of both goiter and iron deficiency anemia. in addition, iron deficiency may alter central nervous system control...

ancient schwannomas rarely found in the central nervous system and ancient change in an intracranial schwannoma (intracranial portion of the trigeminal nerve) is extremely rare. a seventy-year man presented with headache of 3 months duration and one episode of generalized tonic-clonic seizures. imaging findings were suggestive of left temporal high grade lesion. during surgery there was well ca...