A 40-year-old male patient with primary anetoderma is presented in whom antiphospholipid antibodies were detected while not fulfilling diagnostic criteria for antiphospholipid syndrome. The possible pathogenic role of antiphospholipid antibodies in the disease development is postulated.

BACKGROUND Follicular fluid contains substances involved in follicle activity, cell differentiation and oocyte maturation. Studies of its components may contribute to better understanding of the mechanisms underlying follicular development and oocyte quality. The canine species is characterized by several ovarian activity features that are not extensively described such as preovulatory luteiniz...

The three-dimensional vascular arrangement of the mammalian spleen was investigated by means of injection replica scanning electron microscopy. The vascular arrangement of the white pulp and marginal zone in the mammalian spleen was divided into two groups: (1) the rat and mouse type, and (2) the human and dog type. In the rat and mouse, (a) the central artery gave rise to numerous follicular c...

OBJECTIVE To determine follicular-fluid neurotrophin levels in women undergoing assisted reproductive techniques for different etiologies of infertility. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Academically affiliated assisted reproductive techniques unit. PATIENT(S) One hundred six patients undergoing an IVF cycle for different etiologies of infertility. INTERVENTION(S) Assessm...

BACKGROUND Comparisons of follicular development and hormonal profile in the same women during and after lactational amenorrhoea (LA) are scarce. We report follicular growth, pituitary and ovarian hormone serum levels in the same women during LA and in follicular phases after resumption of menstrual cyclicity. METHODS Serum samples were obtained from 10 women during LA between days 60 and 89 ...

BACKGROUND HBME-1 has been recognized as a useful marker for diagnosing thyroid carcinoma. In this study, we investigated whether it has a diagnostic value for discriminating follicular carcinoma from adenoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS We investigated HBME-1 expression in 138 follicular carcinomas, 155 follicular adenomas, 98 adenomatous nodules and 37 papillary carcinomas, using anti-HBME-1 mono...

To determine the content of thyroglobulin in oxyphilic cells of the thyroid, which have been considered as non-thyroglobulin producing cells, the degree of stainability of the various oxyphilic cells for thyroglobulin was compared with that of non-oxyphilic follicular cells in either same or different lesion. A total of 13 oxyphilic lesions, including three follicular adenomas containing oxyphi...

Follicular diameter is used as a guiding tool to predict ovulation in the mare. However, the great range in preovulatory follicular diameter makes prediction of optimal breeding time based on follicular diameter unreliable. Uterine edema pattern is also useful to determine the best time to breed, since intensity of edema tends to dissipate as ovulation approaches, however, not every mare follow...