Amyloidosis is an uncommon disease that results from the extracellular deposition of abnormal fibrillary protein. This paper reports a case of primary amyloidosis with predominant involvement of the gastrointestinal tract and heart as a mimicker of Crohn's disease in a sixty-seven years old man admitted with repeated diarrhea and fatigue. This patient poorly responded to 5-aminosalicylic acid a...

Arginine and Conjugated Linoleic Acid Reduce Fat Mass in Rats. (May 2008) Jennifer Lynn Nall, B.S., Texas A&M University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Stephen B. Smith This experiment tested the hypothesis that the combination of dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) plus arginine will decrease fat accumulation and increase muscle mass. Twenty-four male Sprague Dawley rats were assigned to ...

Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a rare cause of duodenal obstruction and its management is usually conservative with nasojejunal feeding. The pathophysiology entails the loss of the fat pad between the superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta. This reduces the angle between the two vessels to less than 20 degrees with the resultant compression of the third part of the duo...

Recent advances in medicine conjecture that certain body fat may have mechanical function in addition to its classical role of energy storage. In particular we aim to analyze if the intra-articular fat pad of Hoffa is merely a space holder or if it changes shape to provide cushioning for the knee bones. Towards this goal, 3D CT images of real knees, as well as a skeletal knee model with fat sim...

CONTEXT The infrapatellar fat pad (IFP) is in the anterior knee compartment and may be a major pain generator. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A PubMed database search using the terms Hoffas fat pad, anterior interval, and infrapatellar fat pad was performed from the years 1970 to 2015. STUDY DESIGN Clinical review. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level 5. RESULTS Limited research exists examining the role of t...

To clarify the function of the retrocalcaneal bursa the hindfoot was studied by magnetic resonance imaging at various positions of the ankle joint. In normal individuals a tongue-like extension of the retromalleolar fat pad entered the bursa during plantar flexion as the angle between Achilles tendon and calcaneus widened. The reverse occurred in dorsiflexion. In contrast, in a patient with spo...

Several reports demonstrate successful use of the buccal fat pad (BFP) as pedicled graft in reconstructing small to medium sized maxillary defects. BFP harvesting has so far been shown to be an easy, well-tolerated, and uncomplicated technique for oral reconstruction. This case report proposes the use of BFP for repairing of the perforated sinus membrane during sinus augmentation.