Expression of orexin-A (hypocretin-A) in the hypothalamus after traumatic brain injury: A postmortem evaluation.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity. The key component of TBI pathophysiology is traumatic axonal injury (TAI), commonly referred to as diffuse axonal injury (DAI). Coma is a serious complication which can occur following traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Thyroid Gland as a Target of Secondary Malignancies - an Autopsy Study and Review Data.

Aim: Secondary malignancies of the thyroid gland are rarely diagnosed but their incidence at autopsy is not uncommon.

Materials And Methods: To investigate the clinicopathological features of patients with metastatic tumours of the thyroid gland, we reviewed autopsy records and pathological features of 36 cases with thyroidal secondary tumours from 266 cases of malignant neoplasias (excluding cases of primary thyroid cancer), over a 16-year period.

Results: There were 19 men and 17 women in the study, ranging in age from 37 to 95 years (mean 70.