Therapeutic potentials of curcumin in the treatment of non-small-cell lung carcinoma.

Non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) is one of the most lethal malignancies that include more than 80% of lung cancer cases worldwide. During the past decades, plants and plant-derived products have attracted great interest in the treatment of various human diseases. Curcumin, the turmeric isolated natural phenolic compound, has shown a promising chemo-preventive and anticancer agent.

Pleural effusion as a rare manifestation of mediastinal teratoma: A case report.

Pleural effusion as one of the most common manifestations of pulmonary diseases is a rare symptom of anterior mediastinal teratoma that might mislead general physicians. In this study we report a rare case of pleural effusion and anterior mediastinal teratoma accompanying each other. The patient was a 21-year-old woman who suffered from dyspnea, cough, fever and manifestations of pleural effusion were obvious in chest X Ray (CXR).

COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF INTRAPLEURAL BUPIVACAINE AND MORPHINE ON POST-THORACOTOMY PAIN.

Background: Post-thoracotomy pain is the most severe types of postoperative pain. This study compares the effects of intrapleural bupivacaine and morphine on post-thoracotomy pain.

Methods: In a double blind clinical trial study, 30 patients candidate for unilateral thoracotomy were randomly divided into bupivacaine and morphine groups.

Spontaneous esophageal perforation presenting as a right-sided pleural effusion: a case report.

Spontaneous esophageal perforation or Boerhaave's syndrome is an uncommon condition that may occur following forceful vomiting and lead to mediastinitis. It is associated with high mortality and morbidity in absence of therapy. We present a case of spontaneous esophageal perforation in a 63 year-old man who developed a right-sided effusion, an unusual presentation.

Blunt traumatic hernia of diaphragm with late presentation.

Background: Diaphragmatic hernia after blunt trauma is an uncommon and often undiagnosed condition.

Objectives: We aimed to review patients who presented with delayed blunt traumatic hernia of diaphragm.

Patients And Methods: In this retrospective study, the medical records of six patients treated for blunt diaphragmatic hernias who were admitted to Kashan Shahid Beheshti hospital between June 2007 and June 2011 were analyzed.

Post splenectomy fatal pulmonary embolism in a patient with moderate hemophilia a.

Hemophilia A is a bleeding disorder caused by defective production of factor VIII. The main concern associated with the disease is bleeding, especially after trauma and surgeries. Factor VIII replacement therapy is associated with substantial decrease of bleeding events during surgery.