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{"title":"STATUS OF SERUM ZINC LEVELS IN FEMALES WITH THYROID DYSFUNCTION","authors":"S. Salih, Kajeen R. Hussen, D. Al-Timimi","doi":"10.31386/DMJ.2019.13.1.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31386/DMJ.2019.13.1.8","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Low serum zinc levels have been connected to thyroid function in more than one way, but to date there is still arguments about the association between zinc deficiency and thyroid disease, particularly in females. The aim of this study was to assess status of serum zinc levels in a sample of females with thyroid dysfunction in comparison with those of normal thyroid function and to ascertain its association with thyroid hormone levels. Patients and Methods: A case control study was conducted on 225 females referred to the Endocrine Unit for definitive diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction and 100 females with normal thyroid function, serves as a control group. Results: The results revealed that the serum zinc levels were significantly lower in Hypothyroid females(62.2±16.3μg/dl) as compared to hyperthyroid (80.5±13.9μg/dl) and controls (86.2±13.2 μg/dl) with p=0.001.The prevalence of severe zinc deficiency (<50 μg/dl) was found to be significantly higher in hypothyroid females (25.0%) as compared to hyperthyroid females (3.0%), p-value of 0.01, whereas none of the controls had severe zinc deficiency. In the hypothyroid group, positive correlations of zinc were observed with FreeT3 and FreeT4 (p=0.007, p<0.001, respectively) and a negative correlation was observed with thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), p<0.001.In the overall studied subjects, negative correlation was also found for zinc with TSH (p< 0.001).We did not observe a significant correlation ofFT3, FT4 and TSH with zinc in controls or in hyperthyroid group. Conclusions: Decreased serum zinc levels may lead to hypothyroidism in females. Efforts to increase zinc status in this group may help correct abnormal levels of thyroid hormones. Duhok Med J 2019; 13 (1):74-82.","PeriodicalId":432925,"journal":{"name":"Duhok Medical Journal","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129444490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"FREQUENCY OF HLA-DRB1/DQB1 ALLELES AMONG TYPE 1 DIABETES PATIENTS IN DUHOK, KURDISTAN REGION (IRAQ)","authors":"D. Al-Timimi, Salma S. Shafeeq, I. Ahmed, Rawand A.Al-Qadi","doi":"10.31386/DMJ.2019.13.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31386/DMJ.2019.13.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":432925,"journal":{"name":"Duhok Medical Journal","volume":"128 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126007705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"MULTIPLE DRUGS RESISTANCE AMONG URINARY TRACT INFECTION PATIENTS IN DUHOK CITY –KURDISTAN REGION –IRAQ","authors":"I. Abdullah","doi":"10.31386/DMJ.2019.13.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31386/DMJ.2019.13.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":432925,"journal":{"name":"Duhok Medical Journal","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114247052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF THYROID NODULES","authors":"Dildar H. Musa, Mahmoud Ali Abdi, Mowafak Masoud Bahaddin","doi":"10.31386/DMJ.2019.13.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31386/DMJ.2019.13.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":432925,"journal":{"name":"Duhok Medical Journal","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133029272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"CASE REPORT: MANAGEMENT OPTIONS OF MORBIDLY ADHERENT PLACENTA","authors":"Asema Mohammed Abdualmajeed","doi":"10.31386/dmj.uod.18.12.2.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31386/dmj.uod.18.12.2.10","url":null,"abstract":"In the currentstudy, two cases of abnormally adherent placenta were reported and presented. The first case was treated by the conservative method, oxytocic drugs and methotrexate medication helped to separate the placenta and preserve the uterus. In the second case, hysterectomy was done to save the patient’s life. Duhok Med J 2018; 12 (2): 112-118","PeriodicalId":432925,"journal":{"name":"Duhok Medical Journal","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134563776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"OXIDANT-ANTIOXIDANT STATUS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROTIC WOMEN IN DUHOK CITY","authors":"N. K. Issa, Fatima Mohammed Ahmed","doi":"10.31386/dmj.uod.18.12.2.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31386/dmj.uod.18.12.2.6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":432925,"journal":{"name":"Duhok Medical Journal","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133416691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"NEOPLASTIC ANDNON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS OF URINARY BLADDER SEVEN YEARS STUDY","authors":"H. S. Ahmed, Bashar A. Al-Hassawi, A. Abdulkareem","doi":"10.31386/dmj.uod.18.12.2.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31386/dmj.uod.18.12.2.8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":432925,"journal":{"name":"Duhok Medical Journal","volume":"25 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132087112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"HISTOPATHOLOGICALEVALUATION OF COLORECTAL CARCINOMA","authors":"K. H. Khalil, Bashar A. Al-Hassawi, J. Abdo","doi":"10.31386/dmj.uod.18.12.2.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31386/dmj.uod.18.12.2.5","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Colorectal cancer is the most common gastrointestinal tract cancer worldwide. In Iraq, colorectal cancer was the seventh top cancers, whereas in Kurdistan, it was the fourth most common cancer for both males and females. Although the methods of the diagnosis and therapy have been improved, only about 50% of the patients who resected the tumor died from disease within 5 years, due to distant metastasis. The study was carried out to determine the frequency of histopathological types of colorectal cancer, and to evaluate the correlation between colorectal cancer regarding the grade, stage, with different histological finding which include desmoplastic reaction, lymphocytic infiltration, foamy macrophages, necrosis, intraglandular necrosis, and calcification. Subject and Methods: This study includes (108) patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Cases were collected during the period January 2015 December 2017 from the histopathological department at Central Public Health Laboratory and other private labs in Duhok city. Clinical information were obtained from the available histopathological reports. Paraffin embedded blocks were sectioned and stained with immunohistochemistry markers; Ki67 and VEGF then processed automatically according to protocols supplied by the antibody manufacturer. Results: Patients age ranged from18-83 years with a mean of 54.42 years. The peak ages of the patients were between 60-69 years. Male: female ratio was 1.5:1. The commonest tumor location was (recto-sigmoidal region); rectum was (42.6 %) and sigmoid colon was(22.2%).Conventional adenocarcinoma was the predominant type 86(79.6%), majority of cases were moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma constituting85.2%. Stage III was the highest stage constituting 56(51.9%), followed by stage II which constitute 37(34.3%).The local invasion of the mucosa and other layers of colonic wall were associated with desmoplasia and collagen fiber remodeling. Infiltration of foamy macrophages decreased in number in relation to higher grade. Intraglandular necrosis showed significant correlation with tumor invasiveness, lymph node metastasis and grade. The frequency of both markers Ki67 and VEGF were 77 and 75 respectively. Ki67 immunoreactivity revealed significant relationship with tumor grade (P=0.014), whereas VEGF had significant relationship with TNM stage (P = 0.019), as well as the local invasion to the colorectal wall (P 0.009). Conclusions: Moderate differentiated adenocarcinoma (85.2%) and stage III (51.9%) were the most frequent diagnosed cases with colorectal cancer. Macrophages infiltration was conversely related with grading of colorectal cancer. Histopathological changes like desmoplastic reaction and intraglandular necrosis were common findings in colorectal cancer and they were in concordance correlation with stage and grade.Ki67 had relationship with tumor grade, whereas VEGF correlate with tumor invasion. Duhok Med J 2018; 12 (2): 45-67.","PeriodicalId":432925,"journal":{"name":"Duhok Medical Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122502295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF PEDIATRIC URETEROSCOPY IN THE TREATMENT OF URETERIC CALCULI IN CHILDREN","authors":"A. Abdulkareem, Saud Hussein Moussa","doi":"10.31386/dmj.uod.18.12.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31386/dmj.uod.18.12.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"Background:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of pediatric ureteroscopy and Holmium: YAG laser lithotripsy in the management of ureteric calculi in children. Patients and Methods:A Prospective study of 49 children (age ranged 2 ureteric calculi underwent ureteroscopy with a semi Holmium:YAG laser lithotripsy. The stone size ranged from 4 KUB, IVU and CT scan in some cases. All the procedures were done under general anaesthesia and on lithotomy position, and JJ stents inserted at the end of the procedure. Results:Of 49 patients, 43 patients were stone free after first ureteroscopic lithotripsy and after a second ureteroscopy in five patients, one patient developed ureteric injury and treated with open ureterolithotomy.Postcases with fever, 3 with gross hematuria and one with urinary extravasation due perforation. Conclusions:Ureteroscopy and Ho:YAG laser lithotripsy is an effective and relatively safe in the treatment of pediatric ureteric calculi.","PeriodicalId":432925,"journal":{"name":"Duhok Medical Journal","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128130126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"GRANULOMATOUS MASTITIS: PROBLEMS OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT","authors":"F. K. Sulayvani, Dildar H. Musa, Delman Younis Othman","doi":"10.31386/dmj.uod.18.12.2.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31386/dmj.uod.18.12.2.4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":432925,"journal":{"name":"Duhok Medical Journal","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114495349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}