A Rare Presentation of Polypoid Endometriosis of the Douglas Pouch: Case Report.

A case is reported of a 46-year-old woman referred to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for menometrorrhagia. MRI revealed a mass lesion lateral to the uterus fundus, suspicious of an ovarian granulosa cell tumor. Extensive surgery was performed.

Role of cellular effectors in the emergence of ventilation defects during allergic bronchoconstriction.

It is not known whether local factors within the airway wall or parenchyma may influence the emergence and spatial distribution of ventilation defects (VDs), thereby modulating the dynamic system behavior of the lung during bronchoconstriction. We assessed the relationship between the distribution of cellular effectors and the emergence of defects in regional ventilation distribution following allergen challenge. We performed high-resolution K-edge subtraction (KES) synchrotron imaging during xenon inhalation and measured the forced oscillatory input impedance in ovalbumin (OVA)-sensitized Brown-Norway rats (n = 12) at baseline and repeatedly following OVA challenge.

Does use of a metallic colon stent as a bridge to surgery modify the pathology data in patients with colonic obstruction? A case-matched study.

Background: In a recent propensity score study, we established that overall- and disease-free survival were worse after use of a colonic stent (CS) than after emergency surgery for colonic obstruction. The present study sought to explain the association between CS use and poor survival by analyzing pathological specimens.

Methods: From January 1998 to December 2011, all patients with left obstructive colon cancer and having been operated on with curative intent were included in the study.

[Effectiveness of histopathologic examination in a series of 400 forensic autopsies].

Objectives: To assess the usefulness of histopathologic examination in forensic autopsies.

Material And Methods: All consecutive pathological reports and slides from forensic autopsies performed in our department since 2006 have been reviewed.

Results: Four hundred forensic necropsies were reviewed.

Assessment of pathology reports on hilar cholangiocarcinoma: the results of a nationwide, multicenter survey performed by the AFC-HC-2009 study group.

Background & Aims: To assess the accuracy of pathology reports in patients operated on for hilar cholangiocarcinoma.

Methods: Pathology reports for 263 patients operated on in 22 tertiary hepatobiliary centers were reviewed. The report format, turnaround time, tissue specimens, intraoperative consultations, macroscopic and microscopic descriptions, and conclusions were assessed.

BAD, a proapoptotic member of the BCL2 family, is a potential therapeutic target in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Proteins of the BCL2 family are key regulators of apoptosis. Their expression levels are frequently altered in cancers, enabling tumor cells to survive. To gain insight into the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), we performed a comprehensive survey of the expression of the members of the BCL2 family in samples obtained from surgically resected HCCs.