Publications by authors named "Mahsan Assadi"

Purpose: To report a very rare eyelid mass confirmed to be a metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma.

Methods: A 68-year-old man had a two-month history of a large nodule in the right upper eyelid. He was a known case of lung adenocarcinoma since 2 years without a history of systemic metastasis.

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Background: Ramadan fasting may alter a variety of physiological parameters which by themselves influence ocular system. Here, we review the effects of Ramadan fasting on the health and function of the eye.

Materials And Methods: Literature records in PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science, EMBASE, Google Scholar, and Iran Medex databases as well as proceedings of related meetings from January 1986 to March 2014 were systematically reviewed.

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Purpose: Although the data are promising from limited studies with technetium-99m ubiquicidin (Tc-UBI) scintigraphy in detection of infection in humans, these studies have had a limited sample size. This study was conducted to provide a systematic review and meta-analysis of the reported diagnostic accuracy of Tc-UBI scintigraphy in detection of an infectious process.

Materials And Methods: The PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science, EMBASE, and Google Scholar literature databases were systematically searched to find the relevant human studies on Tc-UBI scintigraphy.

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