Introduction: The role of the anatomical variations and severity of acute rhinosinusitis (ARS) in the development of ARS complications is still an unknown issue. Regarding this, the present study evaluated the relationship between the severity of ARS and anatomical nasal variations in pediatric patients with ARS-related orbital complications.   Materials and Methods: Thi...

background and objective: cytomegalovirus (cmv) infections are associated with severe morbidity and mortality in patients, especially pediatric renal transplantation patients. the use of immunosuppressive agents places these patients at the risk of viral infections. as cytomegalovirus infection influences the graft outcome, adopting useful strategies for limiting this virus after transplantatio...

background there are great variations in the incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel diseases (ibd) among different populations. epidemiologic studies mainly come from north america and europe. studies from iran are mostly data on the adult population from the northern region of the country. methods medical records of 37 pediatric patients (≤ 18 years of age) admitted in the pediatric ga...

purpose: to evaluate the clinical features, and functional and anatomical outcomes of surgical intervention for pediatric rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (rrd). methods: in this retrospective case series, pediatric patients with rrd who had undergone surgical intervention were included. cases were categorized into five main etiological groups: congenital or developmental (48 eyes), traumatic ...

Changes occurred in the patterns of utilization of emergency medical services during the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak. The purpose of this study was to analyze the patterns of adult and pediatric patients who visited the emergency department (ED) during the outbreak. This retrospective study was conducted by analyzing changes in the patterns of visits among adult and pediatr...

Background: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), a rare endocrine tumor, is typically aggressive in adult patients, while ACC inpediatric patients follows an unpredictable course which is poorly studied. This study examines a large cohort of adult and pediatric ACC patients in an effort to identify demographic, pathologic, and clinical factors which affect clinical outcomes. Methods: Data on 1,623 p...