We aimed to evaluate the subcutaneous tissue reaction to a newly developed adhesive silicone denture relining material, SG, (Neo Dental Chemical Products Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan). We embedded the experimental material SG and another existing control material, Roeko Seal (RS), in the dorsal area of 22 male ddY mice. One week and 12 weeks after the embedding, the tissues surrounding the embedded m...

basal cell carcinoma (bcc) is the most common cancer of the skin. definite diagnosis usually requires histological examination but recently it has been suggested that cytological examination of skin smear can be used as an alternative. to evaluate sensitivity and specificity of cytological examination, a total of 125 skin lesions, clinically suspected to be bcc were studied. cytological samples...

Abstract Background Breast carcinoma is uncommon in women under 25 and very rare in less than 20 years old. Only few cases of infiltrating breast carcinoma have been reported and among them there was no report of medullary subtype. The purpose of this report is to determine clinical, histopathological and sonographic findings of large mass in breast of young female patient that diagnosed as ...

Vulvar fibroadenoma is a rare entity presenting at an unusual location. Here we present case of 45-year-old female, with painless, well-defined mass in the left labia majora for one year. On radiological examination, ultrasonography showed rounded heterogeneously hypoechoic space occupying lesion. The was excised under local anesthesia. histopathological examination revealed vulvar fibroadenoma.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE To study the clinical, biochemical and histopathological changes in the liver of patients of Plasmodium falciparum malaria with jaundice. MATERIAL AND METHOD This study was conducted on 50 PBF confirmed cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria with jaundice. Detailed history, clinical examination, biochemical parameters for liver function test and blood for hepatitis B and C ...

AIM OF THE STUDY Aim of the study was to estimate the incidence of unexpected premalignant gynecological lesions in women undergoing vaginal hysterectomy for utero-vaginal prolapse. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eighty women with asymptomatic utero-vaginal prolapse were included in this prospective study for vaginal hysterectomy after preoperative preparation and after written informed consent. Women ...

OBJECTIVE This prospective study was carried out to assess the diagnostic value of in situ Polymerase Chain Reaction in leprosy, particularly in enhancing the histopathological diagnosis. METHOD Clinical examination of 20 patients (< 16 yr) was done and skin smear for AFB was prepared. Biopsy of lesion site was taken for histopathological examination and in situ PCR testing. RESULTS The his...

Background: Lucio phenomenon (LP) is a reaction occurring in lepromatous, non-nodular, diffuse leprosypatients who have not received multidrug therapy (MDT). The diagnosis of LP are based on clinical features and supported by histopathological examination. This report was conducted to establish byhistopathological examination, considering that cases pregnancy quite rare so clinicians can be mor...

granular cell tumor (gct) was first described by abrikossoff in 1926. gct is a rarely seen soft tissue tumor and is generally benign. while the tumor can be seen in all parts of the body it is generally located on the head and neck region, and especially on the tongue. gct is rarely seen in the anal-perianal region. in accordance with literature this case was reported because it was thought to ...

introduction: the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of photodynamic therapy in the treatment of experimental corneal neovascularization (nv) with benzoporphyrin derivative (bpd). methods: one group was considered as control (n=6 eyes) then, corneal nv was induced in 30 new zealand male rabbits (n=60 eyes) by placing 7.0 silk sutures at midstromal depth approximately1mm from th...