In general, mucoactive drugs are classified into several groups. However, since many drugs have overlapping effects, it is difficult to classify the drugs into groups based on their major actions. It has been reported that many mucoactive drugs have antioxidant effects. It is reasonable to suggest that an anti-inflammatory property is crucial to demonstrate effectiveness in a clinical context. ...

The use of 5-aminolevulinic acid to induce endogenous porphyrins for the purpose of detection of epithelial cancers is being studied extensively in many centres around the world. The challenge is to prepare an efficacious formulation of 5-ALA for the purpose of cancer detection. In this study, we compared two formulations of topical 5-ALA applications with intravenous administration in NPC/CNE-...

Les carcinomes muco-épidermoïdes font partie d’un groupe rare de tumeurs pulmonaires malignes. Ces tumeurs sont le plus souvent retrouvées chez lessujets jeunes. La croissance de la tumeur est en général endo-bronchique et concerne les bronches de grande taille. L’aspect histo-pathologique révèle des cellules produisant du mucus, des cellules épithéliales et des cellules mixtes. Dans cet articl...

The relevant recurrence of rhinosinusal infections, which are often complicated by a local involvement (e.g. middle ear, pharynx) (1) and/or a distal one (e.g. lower respiratory tract) (2) may suggest a dysfunction of the muco-ciliary system, mainly in the absence of an evident etiology (anatomical malformations, allergy etc.) (3). However, a complex diagnostic pathway is needed to demonstrate ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major health problem worldwide. The objective of our study was to assess the histopathological (HP) and immunohistochemical (IHC) profile of mucins from signet ring (SR) and mucinous rectal carcinoma, while evaluating their value as a prognostic factor and muco-secretive ability. The HP study (76 cases) included 4 categories of patients: pure mucinous (PM), mixed mu...

we present here a 32-year-old male with advanced lately diagnosed, right sided retroperitoneal mass, which had been already treated due to progressive muco-cutaneous lesions clinically consistent with psoriasis, during recent four years. the advanced retroperitoneal mass resected surgically and reported as hyaline-vascular castleman disease with a dense focus of coarse calcification, on histopa...