Fibrolipoma with Osseous and Cartilaginous Metaplasia of Hoffa's Fat Pad: A Case Report.

The most common benign tumors of the mesenchyme are the lipomas. Benign fatty tumors can arise in any location in which fat is present. Fibrolipomas are characterised by fat modules.

Abnormal location of papilla of Vater: a cadaveric study.

We report a case of a male cadaver aged 72 years with an ectopic location of the papilla of Vater. The ectopic papilla was situated at the supero-posterior border of the 3rd portion of the duodenum at a distance of 0.9 cm from the limit of the 2nd and 3rd portions of the duodenum.

The persistence of the sciatic artery.

The persistent sciatic artery (PSA) is a rare anatomical variant where the internal iliac artery and the axial artery of the embryo provide the major supply of the lower limb, the superficial femoral artery being usually poorly developed or absent. We describe an extremely large right PSA in a 79-year-old male cadaver during a medical gross anatomy course, with simultaneous existence of a hypoplastic superficial and deep femoral artery. The PSA, which was a continuation of the anterior division of the right internal iliac artery, entered the buttock through the greater sciatic foramen situated in the gluteal region laterally to the sciatic nerve and in the mid thigh medially to the same nerve, becoming in the popliteal fossa the popliteal artery.

Significant experimental decrease of the hepatocellular carcinoma incidence in C3H/Sy mice after long-term administration of EB1089, a vitamin D analogue.

EB1089, a vitamin D analogue without the acute side effects of 1alpha,25(OH)2D3, the physiologically active form of vitamin D, exerts strong antiproliferative activities in malignant cells, including hepatoma cells in vitro, and in experimental hepatomas in animals as well. It also induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in premalignant conditions, suggesting its application in chemopreventive trials. We examined the possible chemopreventive effect of EB1089 on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence in C3H/Sy virgin female mice, a strain developing an incidence of 58% spontaneous HCCs.

Lymphocyte activation by granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor in human bladder cancer.

Objectives: The goal of this study was to investigate the ablative or reductive activity of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) instillations on transitional cell carcinoma marker lesions as well as its ability to increase and/or activate lymphocyte population.

Methods: Eleven patients (pts) with newly diagnosed cancer pTa-pT1 were studied. A well-defined marker lesion (< or = 0.