BACKGROUND Malignant mesothelioma commonly arises from the pleura, but can also arise from the peritoneum, pericardium, and tunica vaginalis testis. However, malignant mesothelioma of the liver is extremely rare and coexistence with malignant mesothelioma of the greater omentum has not been described in the literature. In this case report, we present a case of multiple malignant mesothelioma of...

OBJECTIVE To determine the usefulness of pneumoesophagography, compared with that of survey radiography, for characterization of esophageal pathological changes in dogs with endoscopically confirmed intraluminal Spirocerca lupi nodules in the caudal portion of the esophagus. DESIGN Diagnostic test evaluation. ANIMALS 30 dogs with endoscopically confirmed spirocercosis. PROCEDURES Dorsoven...

This paper discusses visualisation of climate data. The possible use of an information mural for this purpose is explored as well as the potential of enhancing the visualisation with motion. It is investigated how these techniques help in the analysis of data distribution regarding different data dimensions such as temperature and precipitation. The work is accompanied by a presentation of the ...

discussion there are other causes of dilated cardiomyopathies which could be transient like peripartum cardiomyopathy. the development of biventricular mural thrombi is rare, and it mainly increases the risk of embolization in the systemic and pulmonary circulations. case presentation we present two case reports of post-myocardial infarction sequel leading to ischemic cardiomyopathy and peripar...

Signet-ring cell ependymoma is a rare variant of ependymoma with only seven cases described in literature. Biological behavior and prognosis of this entity are not well-known until now. We present a case of a 49-year-old female with a history of headache and gait instability. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an upper cervical tumor with cystic component and mural nodule. The patient underwent ...

Background. Biliary cystadenomas (BCAs) are rare, benign, potentially malignant cystic lesions of the liver, accounting for less than 5% of cystic liver tumours. We report the outcome following resection of biliary cystadenoma from a single tertiary centre. Methods. Data of patients who had resection of BCA between January 1993 and July 2014 were obtained from liver surgical database. Patient d...

Neovascularization depends on vascular cell proliferation and on the stabilization of vessels by association of vascular smooth muscle–like pericytes with ECs. Here we show that integrin α4β1 (VLA-4) and VCAM-1 promote close intercellular adhesion between ECs and pericytes and that this interaction is required for blood vessel formation. Integrin α4β1 is expressed by proliferating but not quies...

AIMS The aim of this study is to investigate how the myocardial bridge oppression affects the hoop stress of mural coronary artery. METHODS The "myocardial bridge - coronary artery" simulative device records the hoop stress which is changed by adjusting the external pressure of the simulated coronary artery and the oppression degree of the respectively. RESULTS Simulation experiment in vitr...

Mural thrombus in the internal carotid artery is a source of emboli to the retinal and cerebral arteries, causing transient or permanent blindness and hemiplegia (Gunning et al., 1946b); thrombi in subclavian arteries damaged by cervical ribs form emboli which lodge in the digital arteries, inducing ischaemia of the fingers and thickened intima (Gunning et al., 1964a). Emboli from mural thrombi...

Cerebral autosomal-dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a neurological syndrome characterized by small vessel disease (SVD), stroke, and vascular cognitive impairment and dementia caused by mutations in NOTCH3 No therapies are available for this condition. Loss of mural cells, which encompass pericytes and vascular smooth muscle cells, is a hallma...