Chondromalacia of the patella is frequently encountered in patients with anterior knee pain. Arthroscopic chondroplasty with perforation of subchondral bone remains a popular treatment alternative in spite of the inferior mechanical properties of the fibrocartilaginous tissue that this procedure is designed to promote. We report a case of cystic degeneration of the patella as a previously unrec...

The retina shows atrophic changes in the ganglion cell and nerve fibre layers, and there is cystic degeneration at the ora serrata and periphery of the retina. 'The lamina cribrosa is displaoed backwards. Diagnosis.-Sclerosing keratitis profunda. Secondary glaucoma. Commentary.-Pathologically the corneal lesion has predominant chronic inflammatory characters, such degenerative changes as are pr...

Leiomyomas are the most common pelvic tumors in women. About 20-30% of women older than 35 are affected. Rare conditions of leiomyomas have extrauterine locations. Myxoid degeneration is a rare type of leiomyoma degeneration. We report a case of solid-cystic myxoid leiomyoma in a 53-year-old woman complained of constipation, urinary hesitation, and malodorous vaginal discharge with palpable 17 ...

Fifteen mature meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) were assigned to each of four diets: 1) basal; 2) basal + .001% pilocarpine (PLCN); 3) basal + .01% PLCN; 4) basal + .10% PLCN in a completely randomized design to measure the effect of PLCN on liver, kidney and parotid gland histopathology and feed intake. Meadow voles were fed each treatment for 14 d prior to euthanasia. Serum glutamic oxa...

BACKGROUND Parathyroid adenoma with cystic degeneration is a rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. The clinical and biochemical presentation may mimic parathyroid carcinoma. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 55 year old lady, who had longstanding history of depression and acid peptic disease. Serum calcium eight months prior to presentation was slightly high, but she was never wo...

OBJECTIVE MRI in vanishing white matter typically shows diffuse abnormality of the cerebral white matter, which becomes increasingly rarefied and cystic. We investigated the MRI characteristics preceding this stage. DESIGN In a retrospective observational study, we evaluated all available MRIs in our database of DNA-confirmed VWM patients and selected MRIs without diffuse cerebral white matte...

BACKGROUND A correlation between acquired renal cysts in the dialysed kidney and renal cancer has long been debated, but no changes in the physical properties of kidneys at the microscopic level have been reported. The purpose of the present study was to classify the physical properties of the kidneys of patients undergoing haemodialysis at several stages of pathology by use of the scanning aco...

The later neurodevelopmental progress of 15 babies who had neonatal periventricular echodensities or flares in the absence of any intraventricular bleeding or subsequent cystic degeneration was studied. At follow up four infants had neurological abnormalities, including spastic diplegia (n = 2). These findings suggest that transient flares may represent mild periventricular leucomalacia with co...

Malignant degeneration within epidermal cysts is very rare. However, these lesions may not be recognised clinically, and histological examination plays an important role in arriving at a correct diagnosis. Hence, we believe that benign-looking cystic lesions with a history of progressive growth should be surgically excised and submitted for histopathological assessment.

PURPOSE We differentiated renal cell carcinoma subtypes using multislice computerized tomography (CT). MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed the CT images of 87 patients with renal cell carcinoma. Three subtypes of renal cell carcinoma were noted, including clear cell in 37 cases, papillary in 26 and chromophobe in 24. Biphasic CT (unenhanced, corticomedullary and excretory phases) was done in al...