Injuries to the hyaline cartilage of the knee joint are difficult to diagnose without invasive techniques. Even though these defects may be the most important prognostic factors in assessing knee joint injury, they are usually not diagnosed until arthrotomy or arthroscopy. Once injuries to hyaline cartilage are found and/or treated, no technique exists to follow these over time. Plain radiograp...

BACKGROUND Hyaline body myopathy (HBM) is a rare chronic nonprogressive congenital myopathy, with variable patterns of inheritance. METHODS We describe a patient with congenital HBM with progression of weakness and increasing muscle pain in adulthood. Three muscle biopsies, done at various times in her life, are reported. RESULTS Symptoms started during childhood; however, as an adult, foll...

HYALINE or glassy ridge formation on the posterior corneal surface appears to be a not uncommon phenomenon, the recognition of which may be missed without careful examination with the slit-lamp microscope. Normally, Descemet's membrane is secreted as a hyaline tissue by the endothelial corneal cells during intra-uterine life; the exact point of development at which it appears is not definitely ...

During the latter part of pregnancy, the foetal rat produces large quantities of histamine which may be concerned with the growth of the foetus (Kahlson and Rosengren, 1959). Kahlson (1960) reported increased formation of histamine by the human foetus as well: recently Davis (1961) suggested that the antagonism of such excess histamine might account for the beneficial effect of an antihistamine...