The radiologic features of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) of the omentum and mesentery have infrequently been reported in the literature. They are characterized as wellcircumscribed, large masses containing areas of hemorrhage, necrosis or cystic degeneration. We present a case of GIST of the omentum and mesentery with atypical imaging findings mimicking mesenteric carcinomatosis. The ...

Periventricular leukomalacia is an important complication of hypoperfusion of the brain in immature newborn infants. In a real-time ultrasound study with frequent scanning of 120 infants of birth weight less than 1,501 g, hemorrhagic periventricular leukomalacia was observed in nine (7.5%), and in five of these infants subsequent development of cystic degeneration was noted. The overall inciden...

A 64-year-old woman presented with a 6-month history of intermittent episodes of ataxia and dysarthria. She had been on metronidazole 1,500 mg daily for ulcerative colitis for 10 months. Cranial MRI 3 months before admission revealed hyperintensity in corpus callosum and bilateral dentate nuclei (figure 1, A–C). MRI on admission revealed cystic necrotic degeneration (figure 1, D and E) and cyto...

The aim of the present study was to examine the frequencies of cell proliferation and death of granulosa and theca interna layers during development of cystic follicles in order to understand the mechanisms of cystic follicle formation. Paraffin sections of cystic follicles were immunostained with antibodies against proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and cleaved caspase-3 in order to obs...

Closed rupture of the FDP tendon is rare. However, whenever they occur the most common site of rupture is the tendon-bone insertion, less frequent site is at the musculo-tendinous junction. Midsubstance ruptures are even more unique and are usually due to underlying pathology such as fracture, cystic degeneration, rheumatoid arthritis, or sequel following local steroid injection. This report de...

Uterine leiomyomas or fibroids are the most common neoplasm of the uterus. These are commonly encountered in middle aged women in the reproductive age group. Depending upon the location within the uterus and their size, fibroids can be symptomatic or asymptomatic. The common symptoms are of abnormal vaginal bleeding and pain. Fibroids can undergo secondary changes like hyaline, cystic or red de...

Intraosseous lipoma is a benign tumor that originates from proliferating mature lipocytes. It often occurs in the metaphysis of long bones of the lower extremity, and also in the calcaneus, humerus, mandible, sacrum and rib bones. Frequently, it involutes spontaneously through a process of infarction, calcification and cyst formation. It can either present as pain or be asymptomatic and only di...

RECS1 is a novel shear stress-responsive gene that encodes a protein putatively forming seven-span transmembrane domains. We reports here that mouse RECS1 (mRECS1) transcripts is detected in most tissues except for thymus, spleen and testis. The putative cytoplasmic N-terminus of mRECS1 has a high content of proline (23%) and glycine (12%) residues, contains one PPXY motif, multiple PXXP motifs...