Comparison of the effects of shock waves versus radiofrequency on abdominal lipolysis: A randomized clinical trial.

Background: High levels of abdominal adiposity mean higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. Aerobic exercise per si reduces the risk of developing this type of diseases. Radiofrequency and shockwave therapy showed to be effective in the reduction of localized abdominal fat.

Clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical features of oral neurofibroma.

Objective: The purposes of this study were to assess clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical features of 22 oral neurofibromas (NFs) and discuss with previously described literature, addressing the main aspects regarding the differential diagnosis.

Materials And Methods: Immunohistochemical reactions included S-100, CD34, GLUT-1, EMA, Ki-67, p53 and Collagen IV and histochemical reactions for Alcian blue.

Results: Clinically, the preferential location was the maxillary bones, tongue and buccal mucosa.

Diagnostic implications of oral intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia.

This study examined the clinical, histological, and immunohistochemical features as well as the differential diagnoses of oral intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (IPEH) to aid clinicians and pathologists in its diagnosis. Clinical features of five oral IPEH cases were obtained from medical records, and all histopathological diagnoses were reviewed. Immunohistochemical reactions, including anti-CD-34, laminin, vimentin, estrogen receptor alpha, and Ki-67, were assessed.

Interleukin-1 beta and interleukin-8 in healthy and inflamed dental pulps.

Unlabelled: After aggression to the dental pulp, some cells produce cytokines in order to start and control the inflammatory process. Among these cytokines, interleukin-1 beta (IL-1beta) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) emerge as important ones.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the location, distribution and concentration of these cytokines in healthy and inflamed dental pulps.

The severity of epithelial dysplasia is associated with loss of maspin expression in actinic cheilitis.

Background: Prolonged exposure of the lip to sunlight may cause actinic cheilitis (AC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Maspin is a serpin with tumor suppressor functions. This work analyzed the presence and distribution of maspin in AC and lip SCC.

Pseudolipoma in an 18-month-old Caucasian girl: no trauma reported.

We report a pseudolipoma in an 18-month-old Caucasian girl without history of trauma. Clinical and histological findings are discussed and the literature is reviewed.