Mucormycosis is an acute opportunistic infection which is caused by the most prevalent subgroup of mucoracae family, namely Rhizus oryazae. Mucormycosis infection could engage nose, paranasal sinuses, orbit and palate, as well as central nervous system. The fungi, when detected in the sinuses, could cause a wide range of diseases. The statistical population targeted in the present study includes the patients hospitalized during 2001 to 2016 in the ENT Department of Imam Khomeini Hospital (Ahvaz, Iran) who was diagnosed with mucormycosis of nose and sinus. This study is a review of hospital records containing patients' information such as age, sex, underlying disease, engaged sinuses, and extent to the neighbor structures. In this study, 48 patients were examined. The highest prevalence of the disease is associated with palate which was found in 22 patients (45.83 percent). The second highest extent of prevalence was associated with orbit as it was found in 16 patients (31.25 percent). The lowest level of involvement was associated with central nervous system as it was solely diagnosed in 10 patients (20.83 percent). The highest numbers of patients were within the age range 51-70 years were male patiants. Diabetes was found to be the most prevalent underlying disease.
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women contributing to about 18% of all cancers worldwide. There are many well-known risk factors for breast cancer, and identifying these risk factors will help to reduce the mortality rate. This study is aimed to compare risk factors and the frequencies in women with benign and malignant breast tumor. This case-control study, was done with 60 women with benign breast tumors as controls and 60 women with malignant breast tumors as case They were randomly selected and checklist was made. Based on the information in the forms of pathology or from medical records or patient contact, data was completed. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS-16 statistical software. The results showed that the mean age at diagnosis (p_value=0.033), the frequency of positive family history of cancer (p_value=0.028) and the mean age at menarche (p_value=0.01) in the two groups was statistically significant difference. However, the frequency of having an abortion (p_value=0.391), the mean age of first child birth (p_value=0.641), the mean months of breastfeeding (p_value=0.281) and the frequency of having a perfect pregnancy (p_value=0.58) did not show significant difference between the two groups. The mean age at diagnosis and the frequency of positive family history of tumors in the case group, and the mean age of menarche in the control group is higher implication?
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