A 78-year old man was diagnosed with a left bleeding renal cyst from CT scan results. Serial CT scans revealed the left kidney mass to be increasing in size and a new lesion in the liver. Renal cell carcinoma with liver metastasis was diagnosed and a radical nephrectomy performed. The initial pathological diagnosis was a benign chronic hematoma. However, the liver mass increased in size and mul...

An important consideration in interpreting indices of gene expression in human bone is relating mRNA levels to functional endpoints such as bone architecture. In the present study, a method was developed for quantitative measurement of gene expression and bone morphology in the same specimen. Three-dimensional images of iliac crest bone biopsies from healthy premenopausal women were obtained us...

OBJECTIVE Pulmonary lesions with focal ground-glass opacity (GGO) have been detected increasingly by low-dose helical computed tomography (CT). However, the strategy of treatment for focal pure GGO lesions is still undecided. This study evaluates clinicopathological characteristics of resected pulmonary nodules with focal pure ground-glass opacity. METHODS Between January 1997 and December 20...

We demonstrate how a classical taxonomic description of a new species can be enhanced by applying new generation molecular methods, and novel computing and imaging technologies. A cave-dwelling centipede, Eupolybothrus cavernicolus Komerički & Stoev sp. n. (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae), found in a remote karst region in Knin, Croatia, is the first eukaryotic species for which, in add...

PATIENT Female, 26. FINAL DIAGNOSIS Endosalpingiosis. SYMPTOMS Chronic pelvic pain. MEDICATION -. CLINICAL PROCEDURE Diagnostic laproscopy (conservative management). SPECIALTY Obstetrics and Gynecology. OBJECTIVE Challenging differential diagnosis. BACKGROUND Interesting and unusual case of endosalpingiosis mimicking ovarian malignancy presentation. CASE REPORT A 26-year-old G0P...

Lipomas are usually encapsulated benign tumors with slow growth (that begins in adipocytes. They occur mostly in adults, regardless of race or sex, with a slight female predominance in some studies. Lipoma is called giant lipoma when the resection specimen is greater than five centimeters. Cervical-dorsal cord lipoma are rare. We report the case of a 40-year old patient, presenting with cervica...

The investigation of form-function relationships requires a detailed understanding of anatomical systems. Here we document the 3-dimensional morphology of the cranial musculoskeletal anatomy in the Australian Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae, with a focus upon the geometry and attachments of the jaw muscles in this species. The head of a deceased specimen was CT scanned, and an accurate ...

Advances in optical imaging modalities, such as optical coherence tomography (OCT), enable us to observe tissue microstructure at high resolution and in real time. Currently, core-needle biopsies are guided by external imaging modalities such as ultrasound imaging and x-ray computed tomography (CT) for breast and lung masses, respectively. These image-guided procedures are frequently limited by...

In 100 recent CT-guided brain biopsies, the value of intraoperative histologic examination using frozen section technique was evaluated. In 87 of these cases, the biopsy was performed stereotactically. In the remaining 13 cases, a CT-guided free hand technique was used. Of the 100 biopsies performed, adequate tissue for histopathologic diagnosis was obtained in 97, and in three the biopsy was n...

An 82-year-old male was referred to our institution for evaluation and treatment of a protruding lesion in the stomach. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) showed a small protruding lesion and a large superficial elevated lesion on the lesser curvature of the stomach (macroscopic type: 0-I and 0-IIa, resp.). CT and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) visualized a small round lymph node (LN) 11 mm in ...