We introduce a multimodal facial color imaging modality that provides a conventional color image, parallel and cross-polarization color images, and a fluorescent color image. We characterize the imaging modality and describe the image analysis methods for objective evaluation of skin lesions. The parallel and cross-polarization color images are useful for the analysis of skin texture, pigmentat...

BACKGROUND In recent years, numerous studies have considered endometriosis to be a subclinical, local inflammatory process in the pelvic peritoneum, the main symptom of which is pain. OBJECTIVES To assess pain intensity and pain-related stress in women with ovarian endometriomas versus teratomas. METHODS In total, 860 women (18 to 38 years of age) treated laparoscopically for lesions in the...

CONTEXT It has been shown that ovarian carcinoma subtypes are distinct pathologic entities with differing prognostic and therapeutic implications. Histotyping by pathologists has good reproducibility, but occasional cases are challenging and require immunohistochemistry and subspecialty consultation. Motivated by the need for more accurate and reproducible diagnoses and to facilitate pathologis...

Introduction: Early detection and treatment of thyroid nodules increase the cure rate and provide optimal treatment. Ultrasound is the chosen imaging technique for assessment of thyroid nodules. Confirmation of the diagnosis usually demands repeated fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). So, current management, has morbidity and non zero mortality. The goal of the present study ...

BACKGROUND By the time patients are diagnosed with ovarian carcinoma, peritoneal dissemination of the tumor often has occurred. The progressive growth and spread of ovarian carcinoma depend, in part, on the formation of an adequate blood supply. We determined whether the expression of genes that regulate distinct steps in angiogenesis (i.e., the formation of new blood vessels) was associated wi...

in order to distinguish between benign and malignant types of pigmented skin lesions, computerized procedures have been developed for images taken by different equipment that the most available one of them is conventional digital cameras. in this research, a new procedure to detect malignant melanoma from benign pigmented lesions using macroscopic images is presented. the images are taken by co...

Metastatic gastric cancer is extremely rare and gastric metastasis from ovarian adenocarcinoma has rarely been reported. All of the previously reported metastatic lesions presented as an ulcerative lesions. We report a case of 49-year-old woman in which gastric metastasis from ovarian adenocarcinoma presented as a submucosal tumor without ulceration on endoscopic examination. Gastrointestinal s...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance in ovarian tumors. STUDY DESIGN A quantitative systematic review was performed. Studies that compared magnetic resonance and paraffin sections within subjects for diagnosis of ovarian tumors were included. RESULTS Fifteen primary studies were analyzed, which included 1267 ovarian masses. For borderline or malignant ovarian ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) infiltration promotes the progression of various malignancies. This study was to investigate the influence of TAM infiltration on the survival and prognosis of patients with ovarian cancer. METHODS The expression of CD68, a TAM-specific marker, in 67 specimens of ovarian cancer and 22 specimens of benign ovarian lesion was detected by...

Inflammatory cells play important roles in progression of solid neoplasms including ovarian cancers. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) contribute to angiogenesis and immune suppression by modulating microenvironment. Ovarian cancer develops occasionally on the bases of endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory disease. We have recently demonstrated differential expressions of CXCR3 variants in en...