Publications by authors named "L J Clowry"
Cryotherapy is a novel treatment for benign and malignant breast lesions that is under evaluation. We assessed the acute and subacute outcomes of breast cryotherapy in normal goat teats using physical, microscopic, and imaging modalities. Eight goats were subjected to two freeze-thaw cycles of breast tissue producing a 2cm iceball and sacrificed either 2 or 7 weeks later.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo determine the diagnostic efficacy of thoracoscopic fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of solitary pulmonary nodules suspicious for lung cancer, we performed intraoperative thoracoscopic FNA for diagnostic purposes in 8 consecutive patients with peripheral solitary pulmonary nodules suspicious for lung cancer. Thoracoscopic FNA yielded an accurate diagnosis in all cases. There were 5 cases of non-small cell lung carcinoma, 1 small cell lung carcinoma, 1 renal carcinoma metastasis, and 1 inflammatory nodule.
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- The "hair collar" sign is a cutaneous indicator of neural tube closure defects of the scalp, characterized by a ring of coarse hair around a midline scalp nodule.
- A study of four children showed that all had scalp nodules and the hair collar sign, with two diagnosed with encephaloceles and one other showing potential brain tissue anomalies.
- The presence of the "hair collar" sign can signal pediatricians to look for possible ectopic neural tissue and associated central nervous system malformations.