Publications by authors named "Mahsa Farhadi"
Article Synopsis
- Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection typically presenting as a chronic skin infection, but gastrointestinal cases, like the one reported in a 31-year-old woman, can occur and are harder to diagnose.
- The patient's symptoms developed after bariatric surgery, leading to a misdiagnosis of ulcerative colitis; extensive surgical intervention revealed granulomatous inflammation indicative of basidiobolomycosis.
- The case emphasizes the need for healthcare providers to be vigilant for basidiobolomycosis in patients with ulcerative lesions, especially if accompanied by eosinophilia and abdominal masses.
Background: In spite of the scientific evidence supporting health advantages of mushrooms, some of them are seriously poisonous. The clinical picture of mushroom intoxication ranges from minor gastrointestinal symptoms to organ failure, such as liver failure and death.
Method: We provided demographics, clinicopathological characteristics, applied treatments, and outcomes of mushroom poisoning by Lepiota species in a series of 18 cases that were referred from Kermanshah and Lorestan provinces to Abu-Ali-Sina Hospital, Shiraz, Iran.
Background: The concept of critical value is not evident in surgical pathology, and there is no established protocol for determining, reporting, and documenting these results.
Materials And Methods: A questionnaire was designed regarding critical value in surgical pathology, and all pathologists and some clinicians from five laboratories were asked to participate through an invitation link. The most important items were selected, and all pathologists were instructed to follow a standard operating procedure to deal with critical results for a year.
Background: Although the automation of instruments has reduced the variability of results and errors of analysis, in some laboratories, repeating a test to confirm its accuracy is still performed for critical and noncritical results. However, the importance of repeat testing is not well established yet, and there are no clear criteria for repeating a test.
Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all repeated tests for 26 biochemical analytes (i.