bone has a capability to repair itself when it is fractured. repair involves the generation of intermediatetissues, such as fibrous connective tissue, cartilage and woven bone, before final bone healing can occur. theprocess of cartilage-to-bone transition (cbt) is a key for the achievement of rigid bone healing duringfracture repair. we tested this potential for elastic cartilage using a long ...

Adrenal gland pseudocysts are not common conditions, and most of them are nonfunctional and asymptomatic. However, large pseudocysts may causes abdominal discomfort and have compressive effects on adjacent organs. They may rupture spontaneously or after trauma, and lead to retroperitoneal hemorrhage and surgical emergency. Herein, we report a case of 21-year-old female who presented with acute ...

Laparoscopy performed through a single incision has been increasingly reported as a novel technique implemented in a wide variety of surgical procedures. We report what we believe to be the first case of cystogastrostomy for treatment of a pancreatic pseudocyst using this technique. Patient developed pancreatic pseudocyst after severe biliary pancreatitis. The cyst was noted to increase in size...

METHODS: Patients with unilateral microtia, who underwent auricular reconstruction with MEDPOR® implant, were enrolled. Three-dimensional image of the patient’s head was captured by the 3dMDcranial® and virtual sculpture carried out using the Geomagic® Freeform® software and TouchTM X Haptic device for fabrication of the auricular template. Each template was tailored according to the patient’s ...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are solid tumours of the gastrointestinal tract, mostly found in the stomach and intestine. They rarely present as cystic lesions. A 74-year-old woman referred to the hepatopancreaticobiliary unit, with 3 months history of upper abdominal discomfort. Abdominal ultrasound scan showed a large cystic lesion in the epigastric region suggestive of a pancreati...

Microscopic examination of left auricular biopsy has been a routine procedure since the advent of mitral valve surgery. A "positive" auricular biopsy with the presence of so-called Aschoff lesions presumably indicating rheumatic activity, is frequently encountered under such circumstances even in the absence of clinical or routine laboratory criteria suggestive of active rheumatic carditis.'. A...

Conflicts of interests: none Financial support: none ABS TRACT Reconstructions of the auricular pavilion are complex, especially when there is a loss of cartilaginous support. A case of chondrocutaneous defect reconstruction, after the exeresis of a basal cell carcinoma in the upper third of the auricular pavilion, is reported. Silicone fiber was used to model and provide support for the ear. T...

We report the case of a 62-year-old man with chronic pancreatitis who presented with increasing abdominal pain. Sonography, magnetic resonance imaging, contrast-enhanced computed tomography, and ultimately catheter angiography demonstrated a pancreatic pseudocyst that had eroded into the splenoportal venous confluence, mimicking an arterial aneurysm. The diagnostic was confirmed at the time of ...

The recent literature on the intraabdominal pseudocyst emanated as single case reports from such diverse countries as UK, Taiwan, Turkey and USA. Therefore, aided by the establishment of a histopathology data pool, this study concerns 6 cases from the Ibo Ethnic Group in Nigeria. It spanned from 1970 to 1990; the age group was from 6 years to 60 years; and the submissions were by individual phy...