We present an interesting case of focal amyloidosis of the left breast which was intermixed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). On subsequent staging bilateral breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the patient was found to have an additional suspicious enhancing mass with spiculated borders within the left breast. This mass was biopsy proven to represent pleomorphic invasive lobular carcin...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Inferior alveolar nerve block injection is one of the common intra oral anesthetic techniques, with a failure rate of 15-20%. The aim of this study was to evaluate the position of the lingula as an index for this injection. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty eight panoramic radiographs of 7-11 year old patients were analyzed and the distance between the lingula index and occlusa...

Rounded atelectasis is an atelectasis of a peripheral part of the lung due to pleural adhesions and fibrosis causing deformation of the lung and bending of some small bronchi. From 1970 to 1986, some 74 patients with rounded atelectasis have been seen at the Lung Department. Sixty-four of these patients had been exposed to asbestos. The lesion was secondary to a benign asbestos pleurisy in nine...

In molluscs, two homeobox genes, engrailed (en) and distal-less (dlx), are transcription factors that are expressed in correlation with shell development. They are expressed in the regions between shell-forming and non-shell-forming cells, likely defining the boundaries of shell-forming fields. Here we investigate the expression of two transcription factors in the brachiopod Lingula anatina We ...

INTRODUCTION Spontaneous pulmonary torsion is an extremely rare event and is known to occur as a complication of thoracic surgery and traumatic injuries. PRESENTATION OF CASE An 18-year-old man presented to our hospital with pain in the left back region. Clinical examination, computed tomography and bronchoscopy are crucial for diagnosis of pulmonary torsion. During thoracotomy, the lingula s...