Lichen striatus is a self-limiting dermatosis presenting with sudden eruption of lichenoid papules along the lines of Blaschko. A 5-year-old girl presented with asymptomatic hypopigmented linear lesions over both upper limbs. The histopathological examination revealed spongiosis, vacuolar alteration of the basal layer and lymphocytic exocytosis with a mild-to-moderate perivascular mononuclear i...

Introduction: Alteration of terminal sugars of Glycoconjugates is one of the important aspects of neoplasia. The aim of the present study was to identify GalNac and GlcNac containing glycoconjugates in different grades of neoplastic cells in adenocarcinoma of colon.  Methods: Histological sections prepared from paraffin blocks belong to 30 patient of colon adenocarcinoma obtained from Khatam...

AIM Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a common cause of hospital-acquired acute renal failure. Although it is so common, there has been no approved therapy yet. We aimed to investigate the effect of grape seed proanthocyanidin extract (GSPE) on preventing CIN. MATERIALS AND METHODS 24 rats were divided into four groups as control group, GSPE group, contrast medium (CM) group, and CM+GSPE ...

Nuvan (DDVP) is a member of organophosphorus compounds. It is extremely toxic to insects and is widely used as insecticides. Nuvan has been taken for the acute toxicity to a fresh water fish Channa punctatus LC50 value calculated for the acute toxicity, which were 0.024 ml/L. Histopathological study of kidney and liver after 24hr, 48hr, 72hr and 96hr exposure to acute toxicity of Nuvan. Treatme...

results the i/r group showed a significant increase in pycnotic (dying) neurons and pretreatment with wc at doses of 500 mg/kg and 1000 mg/kg significantly reduced pycnotic and tunel positive neurons, in a dose dependent manner in ischemic brain cortex. conclusions our findings indicated that wc has neuroprotective effects and is able to reduce histopathological alterations and apoptosis in bra...

background & objectives: oral submucous fibrosis (osmf) is a condition where excessive deposition of dense collagen fibers occurred in the connective tissue of oral mucosa. an alteration of collagen necessitates an in depth understanding of collagen in oral tissues as no breakthrough studies have been reported. therefore the aim was to correlate the clinical, functional and histopathologica...