AIM OF THE WORK This prospective study was carried out at the National Cancer Institute, Cairo University. The aim of this study is to evaluate the use of the ileocecal segment as a vaginal substitute in young female patients undergoing vaginal resection for malignant pelvic tumors. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study included eleven patients with different pelvic malignancies undergoing vaginal r...

BACKGROUND Fatal asthma is characterised by enlargement of bronchial mucous glands and tenacious plugs of mucus in the airway lumen. Myoepithelial cells, located within the mucous glands, contain contractile proteins which provide structural support to mucous cells and actively facilitate glandular secretion. OBJECTIVES To determine if myoepithelial cells are increased in the bronchial submuc...

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted virus, carrying a lifetime risk for women of 75%. This DNA virus causes lesions of the skin and of mucous membranes (1). HPV infection is known to predispose patients to cancers of the penis, anus, vagina, vulva, cervical, oesophagus, skin and oral pharynx, accounting for 5% of all global cancer incidences. Of these, cervica...

The research of degree of incidence of genomic changes (of micronuclei) in mucous cells of gastric superficial-foveolar epithelium in contaminated and not contaminated mucous of stomach was made. Histopathological research of micronuclei and helicobacter was made in gastric biopsy specimen of patients with diagnosis-chronical gastritis (ICD-10K29.3) in group of patients who lived in radiation c...

The ectocervix is the part of uterus which plunges into apex vagina. A stratified squamous epithelium covers it. endocervical canal, establishes communication between vagina and endometrial cavity, paved with a mucous secreting glandular epithelium. Because acidity vagina, these two epithelia undergo metaplasia. Some oncogenic factors do ignite instead dysplasia. CIN1, CIN2, CIN3 correspond to ...

BACKGROUND A ranula is a mucocele arising in the floor of the mouth, secondary to the obstruction of the salivary ducts of the sublingual glands. “Plunging” ranulas present as masses involving the submandibular triangle or other neck spaces, secondary to herniation of a portion of the sublingual gland through dehiscences in the mylohyoid muscle. The cervical component of a ranula is a pseudocys...

Environmental toxins, infection, and allergens lead to a transient mucous cell hyperplasia (MCH) in airway epithelia; however, the mechanisms for reducing mucous cell numbers during recovery are largely unknown. This study investigated Bcl-2 expression in mucous cells induced by a neutrophilic or eosinophilic inflammatory response. Brown Norway rats intratracheally instilled with lipopolysaccha...

The incidence of mucous and ciliated cells in epithelial linings was examined among odontogenic inflammatory cysts (radicular cysts) and developmental cysts (dentigerous and primordial cysts). Mucous cells were found in 20.8% of all cysts examined, while ciliated cells were found in 11.4%; however, ciliated cells were always accompanied by mucous cells. The incidence of mucous cells in radicula...