Since the original description of Rift Valley fever in sheep, cattle and man in the Rift Valley in Kenya in 1931, very little has been published on the disease in cattle. This report deals with the macroscopic and microscopic pathology of field cases of Rift Valley fever in 22 adult cattle, 8 calves and 8 aborted foetuses. The microscopic liver lesions in 13 adult cattle were characterized by m...

The pathogenicity of Newcastle disease (ND) virus, isolated from ND outbreak in vaccinated chickens, was evaluated through experiments. The pathogenicity indexes (mean death time (MDT); 58 hr, intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI); 1.7 and intravenous pathogenicity index (IVPI); 2.51) indicated that the ND virus was velogenic. The ND virus caused lymphocytic necrosis in the spleen with fibri...

AIMS To assess which pathological features are associated with a sensitive marker of liver fibrogenesis and thus of the potential development of fibrosis in hepatitis C. METHODS The degree of liver fibrogenesis was evaluated by quantification of type I collagen mRNA and transforming growth factor (TGF) beta 1 mRNA (a major profibrogenic cytokine) in liver biopsy specimens from 28 patients wit...

Introduction: Phosphine poisoning occurs infrequently. As of 1984, 94 cases had been reported in the world literature, with 28 deaths, but its frequency has increased recently. Cases aluminum phosphide were first India 1980. Before then by was unknown. These are mostly suicidal.Material and Method: A 40 year old male resident Phulwari Sharif, Patna, INDIA consumed 3 tablets Aluminum phosphide. ...

Website : www.jphmr.com Quick Response Code : birth 4 months back. Her medical and gynecological history was otherwise uneventful. A large, well defined, solid, mobile mass measuring 20X20cm was noted on abdomen and pelvic examination. Borders of the mass were well made out except the lower border. Mass was bimanually ballotable. Sonographic evaluation demonstrated a well defined left adnexal m...

OBJECTIVE Cardiomyopathy, a popular diagnosis that always obscures more than it reveals, nevertheless has several characteristic histological features. These prominently include widespread focal myocardial fibrosis and associated hypertrophy of surviving cardiac myocyte. In fact, focal noninflammatory degeneration (not necrosis) has been demonstrated as a feature of many forms of cardiac hypert...

BACKGROUND This experimental study compared the hemostatic effects of calcium alginate and Anka-ferd Blood Stopper in hepatic parenchymal bleedings. MATERIAL AND METHOD The study comprised 39 male Wistar albino rats (weight 230±30 g). Laceration model was created in the left lateral lobe of the liver. Standard cotton gauze that was impregnated 0.9% NaCl solution and Calcium alginate cover was...

Reports on the histologic findings of chronic active hepatitis C (CAH-C) have been rare, and the characteristic histologic findings of CAH-C have been not yet determined. To compare the differences in the histologic findings between CAH-C and chronic active hepatitis B (CAH-B) group, we analyzed the histologic findings of 19 patients with CAH-C, who had positive tests for HCV-antibody by EIA, a...

In emphysematous hamsters the diaphragm is continuously exposed to an increased workload. Previous lightmicroscopical observations showed only minor changes in relatively young emphysematous hamsters. However, ageing affects the regenerating capacity of muscles. We hypothesised that the diaphragm of aged emphysematous hamsters shows an increase of ultrastructural alterations in comparison to ag...

BACKGROUND The March 2003 outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) resulted in significant morbidity and mortality. Muscle weakness and elevated serum creatine kinase levels are commonly encountered in patients with SARS. However, the nature and cause of myopathy associated with a SARS infection are unknown because, to our knowledge, there has been no report of histological or p...