A 51‐year‐old woman with a diagnosis of intersti‐ tial lung disease within scleroderma was admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine, Connec‐ tive Tissue Disease and Geriatrics, Medical Univer‐ sity of Gdansk, Poland. The goal of this study was to compare monitoring of lung lesions in intersti‐ tial lung disease by transthoracic lung ultrasound (TLUS) to monitoring by high‐resolution comp...

Introduction: Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a genetically inherited disease characterized by recurrent bullae and erosions on the skin with numerous signs of dental caries poor oral hygiene. The aim this study was to investigate general clinical findings patients EB. Materials Methods: In prospective study, family history 26 cases EB were evaluated. type EB, gender, age, parental consanguinity,...

OBJECTIVES To describe the split orbicularis myomucosal flap and to review our center's experience with this technique for large defects of the lower lip. METHODS All patients presenting to the senior author (Y.D.) for lower lip reconstruction using this flap were reviewed in a retrospective fashion. RESULTS A total of 14 patients with a minimum follow-up of 6 months (mean, 3.4 years; range...

The purpose of this article was to review the biocompatibility, physical, and mechanical properties of the polyamide denture base materials. An electronic search of scientific papers from 1990-2014 was carried out using PubMed, Scopus and Wiley Inter Science engines using the search terms "nylon denture base" and "polyamide denture base". Searching the key words yielded a total of 82 articles. ...

In this paper we present the first case of prenatal diagnosis in a 20-week-old fetus, without apparent ultrasound abnormalities, of an interstitial “de novo” 6p 12.321.2 duplication with a size of 13 Mb. The chromosomal abnormality was discovered prenatally by karyotype and then characterized using SNP arrays in amniotic fluid cells. The clinical characteristics described for this type of alter...

Scleroderma is a disorder involving oral and facial tissues, with skin hardening, thin lips, deep wrinkles, xerostomia, tongue rigidity, and microstomia. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of oral manifestations and temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) patients compared with healthy people. Eighty patients (6 men, 74 women) fulfilling ACR/EULAR SSc ...

The Abbé-Estlander flap surgery is a cross-lip procedure that is valuable in repairing a defect on the lower lip using a full-thickness flap, consisting of the skin, muscle and mucosa, from the upper lip. As usefulness and practicality of the flap in reconstruction of lower lip surgical defects in Asian ethnicity have not been documented, the authors present a case of successful lower lip recon...

In progressive systemic sclerosis, sometimes referred to as generalized scleroderma, atrophic and sclerotic changes in the skin and internal organs are usually preceded by Raynaud's phenomenon. The disorder, which affects women more frequently than men, forms one of the socalled collagen vascular diseases and, although the aetiology is uncertain, there is evidence to suggest that auto-immune me...

The water used during handling and processing of milk products can be potential sources of microbial contamination with possible negative consequences on food safety. Especially, the water used in keeping the hygiene of milking and milk storage utensils is crucial to keep the quality and safety of the products. Therefore, the current study was designed to assess the bacteriological quality of w...

CATCH 22 syndrome is characterized by cardiac defects, abnormal facial features, thymic hypoplasia, cleft palate, and hypocalcemia. It is associated with a deletion within chromosome 22q11. This syndrome is not a simple disease. It includes DiGeorge syndrome, conotruncal anomaly face syndrome, and velocardiofacial syndrome. In DiGeorge’s original report, he focused on thymic hypoplasia and hypo...