went screening colonoscopy after positive fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) during participation in the UK national bowel cancer screening program. Colonoscopy revealed clusters of sessile polypoid masses involving the rectum, sigmoid colon, cecum, and terminal ileum (●" Fig. 1, ●" Video 1). The largest lesion affected the cecum and measured about 7 cm across. Histopathological examination demo...

INTRODUCTION A solubilized 5% BPO gel has been developed to enhance the bioavailability, follicular penetration, and efficacy of BPO. METHODS Sixty-five patients with moderate facial acne vulgaris were randomly assigned to apply solubilized 5% BPO gel to one facial side and 5% BPO/1% clindamycin to the contralateral side, twice daily for four or 12 weeks. RESULTS The solubilized BPO gel res...

A 40-year-old man suffered from a repeatedly recurrent desmoplastic ameloblastoma in the right maxillary anterior and premolar regions. During the first visit, the patient was provisionally histopathologically diagnosed with a developmental cyst, and it was confirmed to be unicystic ameloblastoma and resected. Four years later, the lesion recurred, and was diagnosed as a desmoplastic type of am...

The adenomatoid odontogenic tumor (AOT) is a benign, non-invasive lesion with a slow but progressive growth. This tumor has three variants: follicular, extrafollicular, and peripheral. The extrafollicular type is an intraosseous lesion that is not associated with unerupted teeth. Radiographically, it appears as a well-defined, unilocular, round or ovoid radiolucency with multiple, small, irregu...

Objective: Nodular goiter is the commonest lesion of thyroid gland. This study was carried out to see histopathological pattern of thyroid enlargement. Methodology: All thyroid lesions received in the Department of Pathology, Basic Medical Sciences Institute, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi, over a period of five years were reviewed and relevant special stains were performed. Results...

Background: Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is the current standard for triaging patients with thyroid nodules into operative and nonoperative therapy. In 2007, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) held a Thyroid FNA State of the Science Conference, where a 6-tiered classification system was proposed to standardize reporting of thyroid FNA results. One category, designated "follicular lesion of und...

inverted follicular keratosis (ifk) a benign tumor of skin appendages which is mostly presented as a solitary nodule with keratotic or scaling surface on the face of a middle aged or old patients but it can develop in other parts of the body. different studies have lead to development of different theories about the role of human papillomavirus (hpv) in this kind of skin tumor. the purpose of t...