[Water in crisis: paths to sustainable water use]

Salutary water supply is one of the most important challenges in emergency conditions. Salutary water is main agent in human healthy; especially in emergency conditions and water may polluted in main source, after infiltration, during reservation in consumption site or between these processes. While water is easily contaminated, cleaning and safe drinking makes it very difficult. Adequate water supply and emergency water and monitor water quality

Evaluation the microbial and physio-chemical quality of drinking water in military units

Background: About 60% of body weight contains water. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of drinking water in military units. Materials and methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study on water specimen of military units. The specimen was sent to the quality for microbial and physio-chemical control lab related to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The result was compared with the ISIRI number 1503 and 1014. Results: Our findings indicated that total hardness, Mg, So4 and Po4 of some military units were over the standard. Only in one unit a solar desalination was used and all parameters were under the standards. Conclusion: It is needed to improve the quality of drinking water in some units

[Carney complex: a case report from Iran]

Carney Complex is an autosomal dominant syndrome that is defined with different tumors including myxoma in different organs, endocrine tumors and lentiginosis lesions. This is the first case report of this syndrome from Iran. Case: The patient is a 27 year old girl, referred with flank pain. Physical examination revealed hirsutism, truncal obesity, hyperpigmantasion and hypertension; Cushing's syndrome was suggested and confirmed with related classic biochemical tests. She had history of cardiac myxoma during her childhood and had been operated twice. Pituitary microadenoma and right adrenal adenoma were reported on MRI and CT-scan, respectively. Initially laparascopic right adrenalectomy was done; as expected, no remission in signs of Cushing's syndrome was observed after surgery. By laparoscopic adrenalectomy of the other site, Cushing's syndrome resolved. Pathologic report of 1st operation was adrenal adenoma with surrounding pigmented micronodular hyperplasia and of the 2nd one was just pigmented micronodular hyperplasia. Conclusion: We have reported a patient with Carney syndrome along with Cushing's syndrome due to bilateral adrenal hyperplasia and an adenoma in contralateral adrenal and microadenoma of the pituitary as an incidentaloma. This is a new presentation of Carney syndrome

Comparison of complications and recurrence of hernioplasty by open and laparoscopic methods

Inguinal hernia is a common disease specially in men. Hernias have major complications such as incarceration, bowel obstruction, strangulation and even life-threatening problems. Here, all hernias should be treted by surgical operation. Reparation of hernias has two methods: open hernioplasty and laparoscopic hernioplasty. The purpose of this study was to compare the complications and recurrence of hernias after operation by two methods of laparoscopic hernioplasty and open surgery. In this clinical trial conducted during one year, 80 patients were operated by two surgeons by two methods of laparoscopic and open surgery. Before the operation, the patient's data were documented in a questionnaire. Patients were visited by their surgeon 6 weeks and at mean 15 +/- 6 months after operation in clinic in order to assess the complications and recurrence after surgery. Data were analyzed by SPSS software ver 14 at P

Primary Kaposi's sarcoma of peris

Kaposi's sarcoma rarely involves penis and is usually accompanied by other cutaneous, mucous or visceral lesions. We report a case of Kaposi's sarcoma of penis. Although Kaposi's sarcoma is known to be associated with an altered immune status, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [AIDS] and other causes of immunodeficiency were not found in this case