Retroperitoneal liposarcoma constitutes an uncommon and locally aggressive malignancy. We performed a retrospective analysis of 10 patients (6 males; mean age: 63.2+/-11 years) with histologically proven retroperitoneal liposarcoma seen at our institution between 1999 and 2007. Presence of a palpable abdominal mass was the main symptom at diagnosis. All patients underwent complete surgical rese...

BACKGROUND Minimally invasive thyroidectomy (MIT) has gained popularity in the surgical management of benign and malignant pathology of the thyroid. One of the main benefits of utilizing this technique is the use of smaller incisions resulting in increased cosmetic satisfaction. Unfortunately, the retraction required for adequate exposure during MIT may lead to skin damage, impaired wound heali...

OBJECTIVE To clarify in vivo healing of eyelid skin after carbon dioxide (CO2) laser resurfacing. DESIGN Patients requesting upper eyelid blepharoplasty consented to undergo previous CO2 laser skin resurfacing of the upper eyelid skin segments to be excised at various time intervals. After blepharoplasty, the skin specimens were analyzed histopathologically by 2 masked pathologists. PATIENT...

Confocal endomicroscopy is a recently developed endoscopic technology that allows for histological analysis of tissue in vivo. Conventional endoscopy involves identifying lesions grossly followed by biopsy for histological analysis. Confocal endomicroscopy allows for the performance of real time biopsy during endoscopy by observation of the mucosal layer of the gastrointestinal tract at the cel...

Periodontal research involves the use of animal models to better understand the biological processes of periodontal diseases and the potential of new or existing therapies. Currently, ligature-induced periodontitis in rats is the main model used in periodontal research, in this model, alveolar bone loss (ABL) is the main parameter evaluated by radiographic, morphometric, and histological techni...

The aim of our work was to study the expression of apoptosis in the cephalic region in human embryonic and fetal material. Twelve human embryos and fetuses were processed by routine histological technique and then studied using the Boehringer-Mannheim Company kit for TUNNEL technique. Rich appearance of apoptotic cells was typical for mesenchyme and for tissues of the mesenchymal origin. Disper...

Background & objective: Regarding the importance of histologic examination of testicular biopsy for clinical planning of infertility, the current study was conducted to compare 2 separate histologic examination of testicular biopsy. Also, some cases with known fertility outcome were followed and their histological patterns were also compared with those of the outcome. ...

Backgrounds and Purpose—In indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma, histological transformation is a dramatic event which reduces the prognosis significantly. SUVmax values from FDG-PET/CT help differentiate between aggressive and indolent lymphomas, and transformed indolent lymphomas also show an increased FDG uptake. Possibly FDG uptake increases early in the clinical course and could predict histologi...

HYPOTHESIS Histological grade of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an important prognostic factor affecting patient survival after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING University-based teaching hospital. PATIENTS Of 952 OLTs performed between June 1991 and January 1999, 56 OLT recipients had histologically proven HCC in the explant liver. Of those...