OBJECTIVE: To find out whether the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) using
standardized patients allows the same evaluation of students as the traditional oral clinical …

Background Whereas 40 % to 70 % of papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) are characterized
by a BRAF mutation (BRAF mut ), unified biomarkers for the genetically heterogeneous …

Rectal cancer is one of the most common malignancies in the West. The incidence in the
developing countries is also increasing. There are various reasons for this escalation, including …

Objectives: To determine the age, sex and relative frequencies of various gastrointestinal
malignancies in patients registered with the National Cancer Registry from the Western Region …

Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common malignancy among males and the 7th among
female patients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This is due to the endemicity of hepatitis B …

The ability of the fetal pancreatic islet cells to multiply rendered them a potential tissue for
transplantation studies to cure diabetes. A bank of fetal islets could be created with proper …

Discussion Infectious mononucleosis (Pfeiffer's disease, Kissing disease) is a common
benign. acute infective disease due to Epstein Barr (EB) virus affecting mainly teenagers and …

We present a case of traumatic diaphragmatic rupture that presented two years after the initial
thoracic injury. The patient presented with intestinal obstruction and colonic perforations. …

We are presenting a 65-year old patient with metastatic carcinoma of the penis which was
discovered 19 months after abdomino-perineal resection for rectal cancer (Duke A). There …

We present two cases that developed clinical, biochemical and radiological evidences of
primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism. In the first case the adenoma was removed …