A Mallory - Weiss tear occurred as a complication of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography carried out in a 62-year-old man who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting. Left ventricular function was monitored in the transgastric short-axis view. Postoperative esophagogastroscopy revealed a Mallory - Weiss tear at the gastroesophageal junction and erosions in the cardia, presumably s...

Background: Alcoholic liver cirrhosis is a common indication for liver transplantation. Recurrence of alcohol use was retrospectively analyzed after liver transplantation. Methods: From X/1995 to II/2002, 42 out of 246 patients underwent liver transplantation for alcoholic liver cirrhosis. We administered a questionnaire to all patients surviving at least 1 year post liver transplantation for a...

Secretory meningioma is an infrequent histological subtype of benign, WHO grade I meningioma, that is characterized by focal epithelial and secretory transformation of meningothelial cells. The leading histopathological feature of neoplastic tissue is the presence of eosinophilic hyaline inclusions, defined as "pseudopsammoma bodies". These inclusions are mostly intracytoplasmic, different in s...

Simple epithelial keratins (SEKs) are found primarily in single-layered simple epithelia and include keratin 7 (K7), K8, K18-K20, and K23. Genetically engineered mice that lack SEKs or overexpress mutant SEKs have helped illuminate several keratin functions and served as important disease models. Insight into the contribution of SEKs to human disease has indicated that K8 and K18 are the major ...

The case of a 42-year-old woman with virilization, hirsutes, and a high level of circulating testosterone is described. A hilar cell tumour of the ovary was found, the histological features of which were typical, with the presence of crystalloids of Reinke, hyaline bodies, lipid, and lipofuscin. Some areas showed appearances similar to those seen in ;adrenocortical cell' tumours. In common with...

Synovial chondromatosis is a rare , benign joint disorder characterized by metaplasia of the synovium with the formation of numerous foci of cellular hyaline cartilage. These foci may detach from the synovium and become loose bodies within the joint space, and also may calcify. The disease is usually monoarticular, of unknown origin, and occurs most often in larger joints, such as the knee, sho...

A 14-year-old Italian Griffon and an 11-year-old mixed breed dog were presented to our clinic with monolateral testicular enlargement. In both dogs, a firm, nodular, and nonpainful mass was palpated, and ultrasonographic examination of testicular parenchyma showed a large and irregular nodular area with hyperechogenic features. Fine-needle aspirates of the masses were highly cellular and consis...

Bi, RONALD A. WELSH S INCE originally described in 1890 by \Villiam Russell,’ there has been a gradual accumulation of knowledge concerning Russell body formation by the plasma cell, and yet the exact meaning of these bodies is still not cxplained. Russell bodies can he found in the bone marrow of patients with plasmacytosis due to any cause and are seen often in large numbers within areas of c...