Longitudinal cancer spread is very important for staging of resectability in bile duct cancer. We verified the difference in methylene blue staining properties between cancerous and noncancerous epithelia that are usually observed by cholangioscopy. We obtained 45 biopsy specimens from the common bile duct of 20 patients with bile duct disease using percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy (PTC...

Background and Objective: Spermatogenesis and oogenesis stress is a primary epigenetic element that can cause lifelong modifications in neural system functions. This study was designed to elucidate whether preconceptional stress during spermatogenesis and oogenesis affects the seizure behaviors and body weight of the offspring later in life. Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, 1...

Background: Varicocele has been repeatedly implicated as a cause of infertility in selected men. Previous studies have showed high levels of seminal oxidative stress, as evidenced by increased levels of ROS and reduced total antioxidant capacity in varicocele men, suggesting that sperm dysfunction in varicocele patients may be partly related to oxidative stress. Thus current study was designed ...

Sea-blue histiocytosis is a rare disorder seen in patients with lipid metabolic or ceroid storage diseases. Sea-blue histiocytes are ceroid-laden macrophages detectable by May-Giemsa staining. We report a case of a 28-year-old woman diagnosed with Niemann-Pick disease at 2 or 3 years of age. To confirm this diagnosis, we examined her bone marrow, which revealed scattered foci containing aggrega...