Widespread cutaneous and visceral calcification

Widespread tuberculous calcification.

We are reporting an unusual case of widespread abdominal calcifications, in the peri-colic mesentery, liver and spleen. The diagnostic laparoscopy showed multiple encapsulated calcified hard rounded masses of varying size and shape, with marked adhesions in and around the bowel and mesentery. Histopathology identified them as calcified lymph nodes, but was unable to highlight the pathogenesis o...

Cutaneous manifestations of visceral malignancy.

HEBRA (1868) was the first to suggest that pigmentation of the skin might indicate the presence of a visceral cancer. With gathering speed, more and more skin reactions which occur before or concurrently with malignant disease have been observed. Some suspected associations such as the presence of Campbell De Morgan angiomata, which were at one time considered harbingers of cancer, are now reco...

Cytokines and Their STATs in Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniasis

Cytokines play a critical role in shaping the host immune response to Leishmania infection and directing the development of protective and non-protective immunities during infection. Cytokines exert their biological activities through the activation and translocation of transcription factors into the nucleus whether they drive the expression of specific cytokine-responsive genes. Signal transdu...

Variations in Cutaneous and Visceral Pain Sensitivity in Normal Subjects.

Differentiation of visceral and cutaneous pain in the human brain.

The widespread convergence of information from visceral, cutaneous, and muscle tissues onto CNS neurons invites the question of how to identify pain as being from the viscera. Despite referral of visceral pain to cutaneous areas, individuals regularly distinguish cutaneous and visceral pain and commonly have contrasting behavioral reactions to each. Our study addresses this dilemma by directly ...