OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to evaluate the protective effects of gadoli- num on pneumotoxic effects of styrene in rats as an experimental model. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this experimental study a total number of 40 adult male Sprague Dawley rats that weighed 200 ± 13 g were randomly divided into five groups: i. styrene (St, N=10), ii. styrene+gadolinium chloride (GdCl3, N=10),...

The pathogenesis of lobar consolidation and microscopic pathology of induced Type I pneumococcic pneumonia in a series of fourteen monkeys, killed at close intervals of time after infection, have been studied. The inflammatory process which resulted in consolidation was primarily intraalveolar and intrabronchial. The pneumococci spread within the air spaces as a result of the dissemination of t...

BACKGROUND The pathological hallmarks of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are inflammation of the small airways (bronchiolitis) and destruction of lung parenchyma (emphysema). These forms of disease arise from chronic prolonged infections, which are usually never present in the normal lung. Despite the fact that primary hygiene and defense of the airways presumably requires a well c...

The kinds of cells and the sequence in which they appeared in the inflammatory exudate were studied in a series of experimentally produced pneumonic lesions in dogs. There was a gradual and progressive change in the character of the exudate and the kinds of cells as the disease progressed. The microscopic findings could be more closely correlated with the age of the lesions than with their gros...

Lipoic acid is widely used as antioxidant that protects tissues against a range of oxidative stress. The present study was designed to determine the protective effect of lipoic acid against oxidative organ damage induced by lead intoxication and/or gamma-irradition. Rats were treated daily intrapritonealy (i. p.) with lipoic acid( 200mg/kg/b.w.) for 15 consecutive days before lead acetate injec...

The determination of the cause death in alleged snake bite deaths presents a great challenge for autopsy surgeons at autopsy. Unwitnessed bites, improper history, unavailable clinical records, and absent marks on external examination often impact assessment snakebite by surgeons. This is even more complicated when involves an unusual or obscure site, example, scalp. It encountered neurotoxic bi...

Bronchial tree casts were made from one or both lungs from nine children aged from five weeks to 17 years. The branches of the casts were ordered by the method of Strahler, and diameter ratio, length ratio, and branching ratio were determined. From five to 12 weeks the diameter ratio is about 1.35, but by 13 months it has risen to 1.45, indicating a faster rate of growth in the larger airways o...

ABSTRACT The present work aims to evaluate anticancer performance of Cassia alata methanolic leaf extracts (CMLE) in ethyl carbamate-stimulated lung adenocarcinoma (LAD) differentiation the function Cisplatin (CIPL). Rats were divided into four groups: (1) control (CONT), (2) lung-adenocarcinoma injected intra-peritoneally with 1g/kg carbamate once weekly for a month, (3) LAD+CMLE administered ...