Most agree that conservative management of Thorotrast granulomas is appropriate.8 Poor healing at the biopsy site is often noted, and although healing was slow in our patient, satisfactory results were eventually obtained. Radical neck surgery is advocated by some in an attempt to eradicate all local Thorium deposits, this has the disadvantage of a high incidence of fistula formation and does n...

To reveal the correlation between myoepithelial cell configuration and size/shape of glandular endpieces (acini), we observed postnatal developmental changes of myoepithelial cells in the lacrimal glands of mice. Glandular and myoepithelial cells were examined in paraffin sections and in isolated acini. In newborns, rudiments of acini showed no clear lumina and glandular cells had few secretory...

Multicellular glandular trichomes are epidermal outgrowths characterized by the presence of a head made of cells that have the ability to secrete or store large quantities of specialized metabolites. Our understanding of the transcriptional control of glandular trichome initiation and development is still in its infancy. This review points to some central questions that need to be addressed to ...

We sought to gain insights into the mechanism of resistance of glandular-haired alfalfa to the potato leafhopper, by testing the trichomes of proprietary genotypes for chemical versus morphological differences. Two-choice, noncontact tests were conducted using four glandular-haired and one glabrous genotype of alfalfa, representing a spectrum of resistance, to determine whether adult female lea...

One common side-effect of contraceptive use is that it often leads to disrupted endometrial bleeding patterns. This may be due to changes in endothelial density and vessel integrity. To investigate whether the level of endometrial immunoreactive vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), oestrogen receptor or progesterone receptor (PR) have any role in this, women were treated with either Mirce...

INTRODUCTION Many physiological changes of breast elasticity depend on the age, hormonal status, menstrual cycle and many others. The aim of this study was to evaluate viscoelastic properties of normal breast tissues in a large group of women and to search for factors which play a role in its mechanical properties. MATERIAL AND METHODS 101 women aged 18-74 years who underwent B-mode sonograph...