OBJECTIVES To explore the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with gadolinium enhancement as a noninvasive method to image the extent of ablation after minimally invasive treatment. Minimally invasive methods for ablating prostatic tissue have emerged as a viable option in the treatment of prostate disease. As these devices enter the mainstream of patient care, imaging methods that verify t...

Congenital cysts are typically unilocular and thin-walled to the point of translucency; careful histopathologic examination shows no evidence of inflammation. In contrast, acquired thymic cysts are usually multilocular, hence the commonly used term “multilocular thymic cyst (MTC).” These cysts have thick, fibrous walls, and histopathologic examination typically reveals significant inflammation ...

Background: Solitary trichoepithelioma is a rare benign tumor of hair follicle origin. Although has predilection for the face and neck, it not usually found on eyelids. It similar clinicopathological features to basal cell carcinoma. Surgical excision histopathologic analysis helpful correct diagnosis. Case Report: A 59-year-old Caucasian female presented with raised, reddish oval mass right lo...

In recent years, there have been published clinical reports dealing with cysts or tumors of the odontogenic character the extract of which revealed pathologic keratinizing or calcifying changes in the light of histopathologic examination Cl, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12). These pathologic changes are said to give quite different histopathologic findings from those of the radicular cyst, follicular cyst ...

PURPOSE To report the histopathologic features of corneal involvement in a patient with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP). CASE REPORT A 19-year-old man with XP presented with bilateral corneal leukoma and decreased visual acuity predominatly in his right eye. Penetrating keratoplasty was performed in the right eye due to severe corneal opacity, vascularization and lipid deposition. The corneal butt...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Histpathologic diagnosis of exophytic lesions is occasionally influenced by clinical and radiograph-ic diagnosis and even the surgeon's observation during biopsy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cases with failure in clinical diagnosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 73 patients with peripheral exophytic lesions were evaluated in Zahedan Faculty of Den-tistry i...

PURPOSE To investigate the correlations between clinical findings and histopathologic changes in eyes with pterygium. METHODS This prospective study included 70 eyes with primary pterygia undergoing surgical excision. Prior to surgery, clinical features of the pterygia including extension over the cornea, redness, fleshiness (based on obscuration of the underlying episcleral vessels), and obl...

Aim: The objective was to identify histopathologic findings of the chronic tonsillitis in the palatine tonsils. Methods: 480 palatine tonsillectomy specimens obtained from 240 patients were included in this study. 120 (66 males, 54 female) chronic tonsillitis patients and as control group 120 (60 males, 60 female) chronic adenotonsillar hypertrophy patients underwent bilateral tonsillectomy. Ei...

Sprue-like enteropathy associated with the angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) olmesartan was first described in 2012, and a number of cases have since been reported. This syndrome is characterized by severe diarrhea and sprue-like histopathologic findings in the intestine, often with increased subepithelial collagen. The incidence of this adverse drug reaction is not entirely clear, although...

We reported two cases of clinically typical melasma presenting with unusual histopathologic findings. In one case, the epidermal melanocytes were markedly increased in number and protruded into the dermis, and in the other case, increased epidermal pigmentation as well as dermal melanocytosis were found. We suggested that the various treatment modalities of melasma should be applied depend on i...