Volume 34 Issue 2

Published: 2025-06-25

Contents


Article
Risk factors of breast cancer in pre-menopausal women with social perspective

Nuha H. Al-Assaf, Dhafer B. AL-Youzbaki, Muzahim K. Al-Khyaat,

Objective: To investigate general and socio-economic conditions in the development of breast cancer in pre-menopausal women. Methods: Between1st March 2007 to 1st. October 2007, we conducted a...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.8874

Pages: 100-108
Thyroiditis in Mosul: a clinico-pathological study

Bedoor AK. Al-Irhayim, Ahmad F. Lazim,

Objective: To estimate the relative frequency, as well as specific pathological features of thyroiditis in thyroidectomy specimens in Mosul. Methods: One hundred (100) cases of histopathologically...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.8880

Pages: 167-175
Excision and cauterization of pterygium-a case series study

Amer Y. Rajab,

Aim: To review the different methods for treatment of pterygium.Methods: A case series study conducted at private and out patients clinic of Al Jamhoury teaching hospital in Mosul, during the...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.8881

Pages: 126-128
Repair of hypospadias in Mosul Paediatric Surgery Centre (analysis of 125 cases)

Abdulrahman A. Sulaiman,

Aim: A retrospective study of 125 cases with different types of hypospadias. Evaluation of the surgical procedure for each type to choose the suitable techniques for each problem.Patients &...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.8887

Pages: 109-117
Immunohistochemical evaluation of Her-2/neu overexpression in breast carcinoma in Mosul

Nadwa S. Mustafa, Mohammed S. Saeed, Shuaib H. Saleem,

Objective: To evaluate the overexpression of Her-2/neu in patients with breast cancer in Mosul (both invasive and intraductal) against other prognostic parameters of mammary carcinomas, such as...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.8882

Pages: 87-92
Effect of cotton dust on lung functions

Baybeen Kh. Alselevany, Mohammed Kh. Ibrahim,

Objectives: To assess the effect of cotton duston pulmonary function tests of workers in a cotton textile factory.Subjects and Methods: One hundred forty one male workers aged 21-60 years. Out of...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.8879

Pages: 141-147
Prevalence of red- green colour blindness in Nineveh governorate

Mohammed Kh. Abdullah,

Objective: To study the prevalence of red-green colour blindness among students; staff members and others working in Mosul college of medicine. Method: This cross sectional study was performed in...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.32305

Pages: 148-151
Profile of breast disease in patients with mastalgia audit of breast clinic in Mosul

Hisham A. Al-Atrakchi, Khalaf R. Jadoa, Karam K. Younis,

Objective: In the medical encyclopedia ;Mastodynia, mastalgia or mammalgia are names for a medical symptom that means - pain in the breast .This common problem seen in the west, finds little...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.8888

Pages: 93-99
Frequency of diabetic retinopathy in Mosul

Amer Y. Rajab,

Aim: To study the frequency of diabetic retinopathy in a population of patients and to evaluate the medical risk factors underlying its development.Methods: A case series study conducted at the out...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.8884

Pages: 129-134
Case report:Dedifferentiated liposarcoma of the perinephric fat

Muzahim Al-Khayatt, Ahmad F. Lazim, May N. Al-sakkal,

ABSTRACTA 55 years old female with dedifferentiated liposarcoma is described in which the diagnosis was unsuspected clinically and diagnosed histopathologically. The clinical and pathological...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.8873

Pages: 176-179
Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy: The outcome of 25 patients.

Ahlam A. Al-Ghani, Nazar N. Fadhil, Amer Y. Rajab, Basil M.N. Saeed,

Objective: To assess the outcome of endoscopic transnasal dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) as a new approach in our center( Al-Jamhori Teaching Hospital) in treating 25 patients complaining of epiphora...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.8876

Pages: 81-86
Soft tissue sarcomas in Mosul: a pathologic evaluation

Bedoor AK. Al-Irhayim, Ahmad F. Lazim,

Objective: Histochemical and immunohistochemical examination of soft tissue sarcomas(STS) in Mosul to assess the value of these techniques in verifying the primary diagnosis. Methods: Paraffin...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.32311

Pages: 152-160
Upper gastro-intestinal bleeding in Erbil Governorate

Nooraddin I. AIla Qoli,

Objectives: To define the aetiology, management, and outcome of upper gastro-intestinal bleeding, and to assess the role of endoscopy in the management. Also to assess the factors to improve the...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.8885

Pages: 135-140
Sero-bacteriological detection of bacteria in the gall bladder, blood and stool of patients having cholecystectomy

Zen Al-Abdeen Abdul-Allah, Ansaam M. Hamdoon,

Objectives: 1- To identify the bacteria from the gall bladder and stool samples taken during cholecystectomy of patients with acute, and chronic cholecystitis of calculus and acalculus types. 2- To...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.8883

Pages: 118-125
Symptomatic parauretheral cyst in female neonate case report and review of literature

Bassam K. Al-Abbasi,

ABSTRACTA female neonate with parauretheral cyst is rarely encountered in our surgical practice and uncommonly reported in literature. Nearly all these cases were asymptomatic.In this paper I...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.8877

Pages: 180-182
Breast feeding and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Mosul-a case control study

Zaid M. Yassen, Mazin M. Fawzi,

Context: leukemia is the most common malignancy in childhood; many studies were conducted to explore the probable protective effect of breast feeding on childhood leukemia.The aim of the present...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2008.8886

Pages: 161-166