Treatment of moyamoya syndrome associated with systemic lupus erythematosus and hypothyroidism in an adult by encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis: a case report.

A 54-year-old woman presented to our hospital with progressive motor weakness of the right arm. She had a medical history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and hypothyroidism. Magnetic resonance imaging indicated a watershed infarction of the left hemisphere.

Cell surface N-glycans mediated isolation of mouse neural stem cells.

The isolation of neural stem cells (NSCs) from the brain has been hampered by the lack of valid cell surface markers and the requirement for long-term in vitro cultivation that may lead to phenotype deterioration. However, few suitable specific cell surface antigens are available on NSCs that could be used for their prospective isolation. The present study demonstrated that the expression of complex type asparagine-linked oligosaccharide (N-glycans) was detected on brain cells dissociated from embryonic and adult brain using Phaseolus vulgaris erythroagglutinating lectin (E-PHA) which binds to biantennary complex type N-glycans, and demonstrated that E-PHA bound preferentially to purified NSCs, but not to neurons, microglia, or oligodendrocyte precursor cells.

Usefulness of silver intensification of immunostaining for cytologic diagnosis of primary melanoma of the female genital organs.

Objective: To improve the procedure for diagnosing vaginal melanoma with cytopathologic analysis of HMB-45.

Study Design: The study examined silver intensification of immunostaining of HMB-45 in nine cases of primary melanoma of the vagina and vulva using archival Papanicolaou-stained smears.

Results: All nine samples showed positive staining for HMB-45.