background: invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva is primarily a disease of postmenopausal women and thus is rarely associated with pregnancy. case: we have reported on a young woman under 40 years old with vulvar carcinoma, which occurred during the pregnancy but optimal treatment was delayed to the postpartum period. this 37-year-old woman was diagnosed with 3x3 cm vulvar lesion, 2 we...

mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a neoplasm of salivary gland origin, and its laryngeal occurrence is extremely rare. this malignant tumor is composed of two distinct cell types, the epidermoid and mucus cells. prognosis is largely dependent on the histologic pattern. in this report, an extremely rare laryngeal cancer and its clinicopathologic features are described.

Two human small cell lung carcinoma cell lines, NCI-H69 and NCI-H128, were used as alternating sources of immunogen to generate monoclonal antibodies to small cell lung carcinoma-associated antigens. BALB/c mice were sensitized with seven injections of live tumor cells, four with NCI-H69 cells and three with NCI-H128 cells. Somatic cell hybridization was performed by fusion of the immune murine...

conclusions the incidence of ipa in allogeneic hsct and patients with hematological malignancies was relatively high and a. flavus was the most common cause of pa. as molecular methods had higher sensitivity, it may be useful as screening methods in hsct and patients with hematological malignancies, or to determine when empirical antifungal therapy can be withheld. results seven (15.2%) out of ...

INTRODUCTION Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Cervical cancer is treatable if detected timeously, yet only 20% of South African women have ever been for a Pap smear in their lifetime due to limited access to screening, transport or child care responsibilities. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the acceptability of self-collection for cervical cancer screening. ...

Lower respiratory tract infections are common in children. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid has long been established as the best biological sample for detecting infections; however, it is not easily collected Sputum may be used an alternative yet its diagnostic accuracy remains controversial. Therefore, this study sought to evaluate of sputum lower using metagenomic next-generation sequencing. Pai...

Objective. Our objective was to compare the results of a blind lavage vs a bronchoscopic-guided bronchoalveolar lavage for the etiologic diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Design. Prospective study in consecutive patients with high probability of VAP. Every patient underwent both procedures, in a formally randomized fashion. The interpretation of quantitative cultures was done ...

AIMS For the diagnosis of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis from bronchoalveolar lavage specimens it is normally necessary to make an ultrastructural examination. However, this is thought to be impractical for bronchoalveolar lavage specimens that have been routinely fixed in ethanol. In the present study, bronchoalveolar lavage cytology smears on slide glasses were examined directly ultrastructur...

Groups of dogs were immunized with sheep erythrocytes administered either directly into the lower respiratory tract (bronchoalveolar spaces) or intravenously. The hemolytic plaque-forming response (Jerne plaque assay) was studied in various canine lymphoid populations (bronchoalveolar cells, hilar lymph nodes, peripheral lymph nodes, and splenic and peripheral blood leukocytes) as a function of...

A previously healthy 30-year-old woman developed severe ARDS at the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 infection was suspected, but testing negative. Mycoplasma pneumoniae detected by PCR in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and blood. This case illustrates that M. can progress to septicemia with respiratory failure young adults.