It is assumed that the human heart is almost identical to domestic mammalian species, but with limited literature to support this. One such area that has been underinvestigated is that of the subvalvular apparatus level. The authors set out to examine the morphology of the subvalvular apparatus of the mammalian atrioventricular valves through gross dissection and microscopic analysis in a small...

To identify indications for external radiotherapy (EXT) and radioactive iodine (RAI) in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), we conducted a retrospective study of local and regional control in 1297 patients diagnosed with PTC in a tertiary referral center. Managed by surgery alone, patients with bilateral thyroidectomy had a lower rate of local relapse compared with lobectomy (P=0.02). EXT improv...

Aydogan, A. 98 INTRODUCTION Ameloblastic carcinoma (AC) is a malignant odontogenic epithelial tumor and combines the histologic features of the ameloblastoma. It is a rare tumor in humans and an extremely rare entity in domestic animals (1); the tumor has been reported in a horse and two dogs (2, 3, 4). It does not appear in the veterinary tumor classification and has malignant histopathologica...

PURPOSE Endoscopic submucosal dissection has recently been practiced on a differentiated type of early gastric cancer. However, there is no clear evidence for endoscopic treatments of signet ring cell carcinoma. The aim of this study is to identify the predictive clinicopathological factors for lymph node metastasis in signet ring cell carcinoma for assisting endoscopic submucosal dissection tr...

OBJECTIVES Our purpose was to clarify whether subjective symptoms of low-level formaldehyde (FA) exposure in medical students were transient or persistent and to investigate whether the allergy state changed as a result of exposure. METHODS We surveyed the prevalence of medical students' subjective symptoms and their allergy state before, during, and 6 months after completion of a gross anato...

TOPIC: Cardiothoracic Surgery TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Aortic dissection (AD) often presents as acute severe chest or back pain and hemodynamic compromise[1,2]. Early accurate diagnosis treatment are crucial for survival. Multiple imaging modalities can be used to demonstrate the dissection, including Computed Tomographic Angiography (CTA), Magnetic Resonance (M...

Anatomy is considered as a major subject not only in the preclinical years but also in the clinical years. Even in post graduate studies of surgical faculties, it is very helpful to revise the knowledge of gross anatomy as it provides visual positive corroboration in the learning process [1]. Dissection of cadavers is certainly the best mode of learning gross anatomy and it has played an import...

Knowledge of the variant vascular anatomy of the subhepatic region is important for hepatobiliary surgeons in limiting operative complications due to unexpected bleeding. The pattern of arterial blood supply of 102 gallbladders was studied by gross dissection. The cystic artery originated from the right hepatic artery in 92.2% of cases. The rest were aberrant and originated from the proper hepa...

A woman presented with a hard lump in the right breast and palpable nodes in the right axilla. Mammography and ultrasound disclosed a 4.5-cm, irregular, dense mass with lobulated borders in the upper outer quadrant of the right breast. Results of staging investigation, including chest radiographs and bone scans, were normal. The patient underwent a right modified radical mastectomy with axillar...