purpose: to report a case of isolated corneal squamous cell intraepithelial neoplasia in a patient with unilateral dry eye symptoms. case report: a 48 year old man presented with history of thermal corneal injury in his left eye two years ago, with decreased visual acuity and dry eye symptoms a short time thereafter. he was treated for dry eye with no improvement in symptoms. upon presentation,...

although the diagnostic category of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ascus) has been known since 1988, its use and appropriate clinical follow up and management still remains controversial. this study was carried out to evaluate the diagnostic value of ascus, using cytohistologic correlation. a retrospective review of archival materials in our cytology laboratory files was ...

role of the protein overexpression is very important in the pathogenesis, diagnosis and prognosis of neoplasia. cases of overexpression of p53 and ki67 proteins were investigated in 19 ocular squamous cell carcinomas (oscc) in dairy cows. microscopically, insix cases the tumors were carcinoma in situ (noninvasive carcinoma, g0), and in the remaining 13 cases the tumors were invasive carcinoma. ...

Synchronous ovarian and uterine cervix malignancies are extremely rare gynecologic neoplasia. In the meantime the presence of hepatic metastases originating from cervical cancer is another rare situation, the liver being more often a common site of metastases for ovarian malignancies. We present the case of a 63-year-old patient who was diagnosed with a moderately differentiated squamous cell c...

Introduction Papillomaviruses are a heterogeneous group of DNA viruses which occur predominantly in squamous epithelium, causing hyperplastic, papillomatous, and verrucous squamous epithelial lesions in man and in a wide range of animals. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection has been reported in several body sites, such as anogenital tract, urethra, skin, larynx, tracheobronchial mucosa, nasal ...