Volume 43 Issue 2

Published: 2025-06-25

Contents


Research Paper
Surgical Training of Undergraduate Students at Mosul College of Medicine: A Preliminary Evaluation

Mahmood Sulaiman, Khalaf Alluaizy, waleed ahmad, Abdulsalam Almasry

Background: There is an idea that the level of medical college graduates is less than the expected. The improvement of medical training level for the undergraduates in medical schools need a...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.130408.1095

Pages: 115-122
Frequency of Haemoglobinopathies in Premarital Screening in Nineveh Province

Professor Muna Abdulbasit Kashmoola, bassma adnan, Zainab Alhatem,

Background: Haemoglobinopathy is a large heterogeneous group of genetic abnormalities of haemoglobin. It is one of the most common inherited diseases worldwide. Aim of this study: This study aimed...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.130788.1101

Pages: 157-163
Dermatoscopic evaluation of alopecia areata

Qasim S. Al Chalabi, Anfal Al harbawi, Hala N. Al Salman,

Objective: to assess the dermoscopic characteristics of alopecia areata and their correlations with clinical variants, nail changes, and severity of the disease. Patients and methods: This is a...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.131614.1116

Pages: 144-151
Hydatid Cyst Among Patients Attending Al-Jamhoory Teaching Hospital in Mosul, Epidemiology and Clinical Profile

Dhafar Mahmood Omar, Zaid Yassen,

Background: Hydatid disease is a zoonosis induced by Echinococcus tapeworms. Humans are infected by ingestion of Echinococcus eggs by eating contaminated food. Objective: To Investigate the...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.130927.1104

Pages: 152-156
Capitonnage surgery is effective in all types of pulmonary hydatid cysts

Omer Mothafar Hammodat, Bassam Khalid Alhajjar, Ahmad Mothafar Hammodat, Okba F. Ahmed, Rabea Salim Abd Aljabbar,

Background: Hydatid cyst still has worldwide distribution with many cases discovered yearly in endemic areas. It has a predilection to involve the liver and the lung. Capitonnage has been practiced...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.129832.1085

Pages: 109-114
Clarification of Ki67 Expression in Association with the Histological Picture of Endometrium in Cases with Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Nineveh Province

Luma Al-Allaf, Sura Alnuaimy, Zahraa Marwan Al-Omar,

Background: Among the frequent daily challenges in the practice of gynecology are abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) beside the distinction of fundamental endometrial lesions that stand behind it...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.131088.1106

Pages: 176-190
Factors Influencing Outcome and Mortality of Brain Abscess in Mosul City

Ali Hikmat Azeez, Omar Khalid Agha, Nashwa Soleman,

Background: Brain abscess by definition is a crucial pus collection inside the brain, resulted from the infection by a variety of bacteria, fungi, and parasite. It can be single or multiple. The...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.130630.1097

Pages: 198-206
Endoscopic Findings in Adults with Nasal Obstruction: A case series study

Hassan Myasar Abdulwahid, Anmar Abdula Jassim, Islam Ghanim Mahmood, Raghdan Mohammed Dawood,

Background: The obstruction of the nasal is known as the most distinct disturbing complain of nasal disease and nasal sinus. The nasal obstruction could either be found unilateral (in one nasal...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.130671.1098

Pages: 123-131
Interleukin – 6 Serum Level and Single Nucleotide Gene -174 G/C promoter Polymorphism in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis / Iraq

Ruba Ahmed Ibrahim, Firas Al-Tae,

Objective: To 1) assess IL-6 levels in the serum of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). 2) study IL-6 promoter -174 G>C single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) as an imminent factor for the...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.131144.1108

Pages: 164-175
Outcome of treatment among chronic lymphocytic leukemia and its correlation to Rai staging system in Kurdistan region of Iraq

Ahmed K. Yassin, Zhala Ahmad, Kawa Hasan, Hisham Al-Rawi, Bryar Rashid, Tavan Mahmood, Zeki Mohamed, Nawsherwan Mohammed, Sana Jalal, Basil Abdulla, Dana Abdullah, Shokhan Mustafa, Shlan Mohammed, Lara Abdulrahman, Mrawa Karam, Ghanem Obaid, Rozhat Yousif, Ranan Polus, Rawand Shamoon,

Background: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is common adulthood leukemia with low incidence in Kurdistan region of Iraq. Staging of chronic lymphocytic leukemia is essential in treatment planning and...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.130017.1090

Pages: 100-108
The Association Of Body Mass Index And Prostatic Cancer Histopathological Grade

Marwa Muzahim, Adil Siwan AL- aqabi,

Background: Obesity, a global public health concern, has been repeatedly linked to the development of different cancers in epidemiologic and basic research studies, Prostate cancer is the most...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.130724.1099

Pages: 139-143
Case Report
A successful Laparoscopic surgery for multiple hydatid cysts (7 cysts) of liver : Case Report

Professor Samir Ibrahim Hasan AlSaffar,

Case report : To the best of our knowledge this could be the first report of a successfully performed laparoscopic surgery for female patient having had multiple liver hydatid cysts ( 7 in number)...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.131592.1114

Pages: 212-215
Review Paper
The Biochemical Changes in Bone Profile during Pregnancy

Awatif S. Hamdoon, Ehsan Hassan Aldabbagh, Akram J. Ahmad,

Background: Metabolic processes directly affect the bone skeleton in the human body; especially during pregnancy in females. A bone profile obtained from a blood test can reveal the changes on it....

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.130053.1091

Pages: 191-197
Knowledge , Attitude and Practice Toward COVID – 19 in Mosul City

Firas Husam Ali, Nagham Khalil, Redhaa Ghanim Rashed,

Backgroud: COVID-19 or the disease caused by the SARS Cov2 (sever acute respiratory syndrome caused by coronavirus 2 ). Coronavirus has caused a pandemic that has affected patients in more than...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.130314.1094

Pages: 132-138
Periconceptional folate supplementation for the prevention of congenital heart diseases: A review of literatures

Mazin Mahmoud Fawzi,

Background: Folate is essential for metabolism and development. So, folate metabolism abnormalities are common in infants with some congenital defects. An infant born to mothers with normal folate...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.130832.1102

Pages: 207-211
Propolis: biochemical and clinical evaluation

Maryam Hani Abduljalal, OMAR MOHAMMED Yaya, Imad A Thanoon, Maher Abdul satar Ibrahim,

Propolis is a glue-like substance which produced by honey bees, it is related to honey. It is also called bee glue as they use it to reconstruct their hives and for the hives maintenance. They make...

DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2021.132433.1126

Pages: 216-219