Hyaline membrane disease of the newborn has been a subject of ever-growing interest to paediatricians and pathologists as it is the major cause of death in newborn babies, particularly premature ones. Much more is known of the clinical picture and physiological changes in hyaline membrane disease, or respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn (Avery, 1962; Curtis, 1957; James, 1959; Miller, 1...

Myxopapillary ependymomas (MPEs) are uncommon and account for ∼15% of all ependymomas. The current study presents a case of rare spinal MPE with abnormal hyaline degeneration. The patient was a 72-year-old male with a 10-month history of lower back pain. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mass involving the L4 and L5 vertebrae with local bone destruction. The tumor was completely resected. H...

Background. Hyaline fibromatosis syndrome is a rare, highly dramatic, autosomal recessive multisystem disorder. The basis of the disease abnormal diffuse deposition hyaline material in connective tissue and internal organs. Mutations CMG2 gene (also known as ANTXR2 gene) cause disease. encodes transmembrane protein involved endothelial development. involves two allelic diseases that have same p...

The sense organ for hearing in birds, the basilar papilla, is capable of replacing lost or damaged hair cells and supporting cells through regeneration. Potential candidates for precursor-cell populations include cells within the auditory receptor epithelium and nonsensory cells inferior to the sensory epithelium. Ultrastructural characteristics of hyaline cells, border cells, and vacuole cells...

Ultrastructural features of the liver in eight cases of Indian childhood cirrhosis, a fatal and elusive liver disease in India, have been described. Severe parenchymal damage, diffuse creeping fibrosis, and other light microscopic alterations, including the frequent presence of cytoplasmic hyaline, reported earlier are confirmed in the present study. The hyaline is predominantly comprised of ta...

Lesions of hyaline cartilage do not heal spontaneously, and represent a therapeutic challenge. In vitro engineering of articular cartilage using cells and biomaterials may prove to be the best solution. Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) may require tissue engineered cartilage therapy. Chondrocytes obtained from OA joints are thought to be involved in the disease process, and thus to be of insuf...