healing of skin wound is a multi-factorial and complex process. proper treatment of diabetic wounds is still a major clinical challenge. although diabetes mellitus can occur in ruminants, healing of wounds in diabetic ruminants has not yet been investigated. the aim of this study was to evaluate healing of ovine excisional diabetic wound model. eight 4-month-old iranian makoui wethers were equa...

AIMS To create clinically relevant normative flow cytometry data for understudied benign lymph nodes and characterise outliers. METHODS Clinical, histological and flow cytometry data were collected and distributions summarised for 380 benign lymph node excisional biopsies. Outliers for kappa:lambda light chain ratio, CD10:CD19 coexpression, CD5:CD19 coexpression, CD4:CD8 ratios and CD7 loss w...

Lacrimal gland tumors are common in middle age group individuals. Proptosis is one of their common presentations. Sometimes the tumors may undergo malignant changes which if neglected can be life threatening. Here we present a case of 49 years male with gradual painless protrusion and diminution of vision in his right eye for eight years and more since last 2 months, with restriction of ocular ...

Cutaneous delayed wounds are a challenging clinical problem, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) exhibit key roles in wound healing. Moist exposed burn ointment (MEBO), a Chinese burn ointment with a USA patented formulation, has been reported to promote chronic ischemic and neurogenic ulcer healing in patients; however, the underlying mechani...

Authors' conclusions The best available evidence suggests that breast symptoms are evaluated initially by clinical breast exam and imaging study, with supplemental studies when the diagnosis is unclear. There is no evidence to support modifying the workup of breast symptoms or mammographic abnormalities based on risk factors other than age. Strong evidence supports the necessity of performing e...

We report the case of a patient who showed spontaneous regression of bilateral conjunctival extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma). A 72-year-old man underwent excisional biopsy for salmon-pink lesions involving the whole circumference of the conjunctiva in the right eye and the lower fornix in the left eye. Histopathology and immunohistoch...