BACKGROUND Fibrous dysplasia is a slowly progressive benign fibro-osseous disorder that involves one or multiple bones with a unilateral distribution in most cases. It is a lesion of unknown etiology, uncertain pathogenesis, and diverse histopathology. Temporal bone involvement is the least frequently reported type, especially in children. We reviewed available articles regarding fibrous dyspla...

BACKGROUND Trichophyton verrucosum is a zoophilic fungus with a worldwide distribution. Our aim was to investigate the proliferative effect of antigenic compounds of T. verrucosum on dermis fibro blasts and endothelial cells. METHODS T. verrucosum was cultured in SCC medium and was then transferred to a broth medium. Surface antigens of this fungus were separated using the freeze and thaw met...

Background: Health education is pointed out as the front line in non-pharmacological approaches fibromyalgia. Objectives: To develop an interdisciplinary educational program to promote health of individuals with fibromyalgia Brazil. Methods: This a qualitative study, through focus group, carried Basic Unit city São Paulo, SP. The guiding questions were about needs and demands exposed by patient...

Objective: the present report describes clinical, radiographic, and histopathological features of an ameloblastic fibro-odontoma (AFO) lesion. Case report: we a clinical case 14-year-old boy with asymptomatic edema. Panoramic radiography detected unilocular lesion defined margins located in posterior region mandible. The internal structure presented several degrees radiopacity involvement third...

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a heart muscle disorder characterized by fibro-fatty replacement of cardiomyocytes. The cardinal manifestations are arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, and seldom heart failure. Mutations in genes encoding desmosomal proteins and their interaction partners have been implicated in the pathogenesis of ARVC and it is now widely accepted that...

We have determined the chemotactic response of bovine aortic endothelial cells to fibronectin and to endothelial cell mitogens (endothelial cell growth supplement, tumor extract), using blind-well chemotaxis chambers. Fibronectin induced a chemotactic response in bovine aortic endothelial cells; at 100 jig/ml, chemotaxis increased by 440% above that observed in negative controls (p < 0.001). Th...

Ameloblastic fibro-odontoma (AFO) predominantly occurs in the jaw bones of children and young adults. Extraosseous AFO is extremely rare. We describe a peripheral ameloblastic fibro-odontoma in the maxillary gingiva of a 3-year-old girl. The clinical appearance resembled fiery red reactive gingival lesions. The histopathological examination of the excised lesion showed small islands and cords o...

The lumbosacral ligament (LSL), situated between the L5-vertebra and the sacrum, was studied in autopsy material. Twenty-eight cadaveric specimens from 12 black and 16 white persons aged 17-30 years were studied during routine forensic autopsies. The ligaments were measured and determined in situ. Thereafter, the ligaments were removed for histologic preparation. The ligament in the black subje...

Background and Aim: Simple non-invasive tests for liver fibrosis like APRI, BARD, NFS, FIB-4 are easy to perform, cheap. Studies showed that fibroscan has good sensitivity in detecting NAFLD, but it is not available widely [1, 2]. There paucity of data about these noninvasive prediction Indian NAFLD patients. Aim this study compare various scores (APRI, FIB-4) with fibro-scan biopsy predict Met...