PURPOSE to describe the clinical signs and symptoms of patients with bone metaplasia and to assess the risk factors for changes in these symptoms after removal of the bone fragment. METHODS a cross-sectional study was conducted on 16 patients with a diagnosis of bone fragments in the uterine cavity during the period comprising July 2006 to January 2009. The inclusion criterion was the detecti...

BACKGROUND Polyps originating from the posterior septum with choanal extension, also known as "septochoanal polyps," are uncommon, and septochoanal polyps with central calcification are extremely rare. We report the second case of septochoanal polyps with central calcification in the English literature. CASE PRESENTATION A 55-year-old Thai woman presented with a progressive left-side nasal ob...

We describe here a 50-year-old Japanese man with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. He had been suffering from chronic renal insufficiency and had been treated with haemodialysis. He had undergone magnetic resonance angiography using gadodiamide 7 years previously. One month after magnetic resonance angiography, he noted swelling, hotness, induration and pain in his left arm. The same symptoms grad...

An 85 year old woman presented with a one month history of change in her bowel habits in the form of alternating diarrhoea and constipation. She also noted some rectal bleeding. Flexible sigmoidoscopy revealed a 1.5 cm polyp 30 cm from the anus. The polyp was removed during the sigmoidoscopy by electrocautery and sent for histological examination. The polyp was a tubular adenoma with mild dyspl...

A 60-year-old Japanese male with a chromophobe cell carcinoma of his left kidney is reported. The tumor, 18 x 27 mm in size, was incidentally found by abdominal ultrasonography. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a well-demarcated solid tumor arising from the lower pole of the left kidney. Histopathological examination of the surgically removed tumor revealed that i...

We report a case of Coats disease in a 9-year-old boy who had a profound visual deficit and increasing pain in his right eye. Funduscopic examination revealed a complex, exudative retinal detachment with a subretinal mass and peripheral retinal telangiectasis. B-scan ultrasonography revealed a heterogeneously echogenic subretinal mass with several highly reflective foci consistent with calcific...

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INTRODUCTION Endometrial ossification is an uncommon disease related to secondary infertility and its etiology and pathogenesis are controversial. More than 80% of reported cases occur after pregnancy. CASE PRESENTATION A 33-year-old Caucasian woman was admitted with a history of secondary infertility and with a regular menstrual cycle. She reported a miscarriage at 12 weeks of gestation 7 ye...

A 4-year-old, male, dachshund was referred to a certain local veterinary hospital because of a soft and fluctuant swelling in the left upper cervical region. The swelling was surgically removed and appeared to be filled with bloody mucus. Grossly, the swelling was identified as salivary mucocele and showed small multifocal whitish ossified tissue on its surface. Microscopically, the wall of sal...

First submission on 05/09/13; last submission on 06/11/13; accepted for publication on 06/11/13; published on 20/02/14 1. Post-doctorate in Cardiovascular Pathology from Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul; assistant professor of Histology and Pathology at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). 2. Master’s degree in Pathology from Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde ...