Publications by authors named "R De Carlo"
Aggressive Prolactinoma with Progression to Pituitary Carcinoma: A Case Report.
Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets
July 2024
Adenomas of the pituitary gland, predominantly prolactinomas, can exhibit aggressive behavior. Aggressive prolactinomas are characterized by radiographic invasion, rapid growth, clinically significant progression despite standard therapies, and recurrence after surgery or radiotherapy. Pituitary carcinoma is rare (0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Mycotic carotid pseudoaneurysms represent a challenge for surgeons. They are rare and associated with high mortality and morbidity.
Methods: We reported a case of a 61-year-old man with a mycotic pseudoaneurysm of carotid bifurcation.
Article Synopsis
- Traits can have molecular mechanisms that link them, leading to trade-offs where improving one trait may hinder another, affecting evolution.
- * In garter snakes, resistance to tetrodotoxin (TTX), a toxin from their newt prey, is achieved through specific mutations in muscle sodium channels, but these mutations also compromise basic sodium functions.
- * These mutations result in reduced muscle performance in the snakes, demonstrating that adaptations for toxin resistance can come with significant costs, impacting their overall effectiveness and evolutionary success in the predator-prey dynamic.
In newborn humans, and up to approximately 2 y of age, calvarial bone defects can naturally regenerate. This remarkable regeneration potential is also found in newborn mice and is absent in adult mice. Since previous studies showed that the mouse calvarial sutures are reservoirs of calvarial skeletal stem cells (cSSCs), which are the cells responsible for calvarial bone regeneration, here we hypothesized that the regenerative potential of the newborn mouse calvaria is due to a significant amount of cSSCs present in the newborn expanding sutures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of the present study was to investigate how the organisation of healthcare activity during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic affected the timing of diagnosis of oral carcinoma in the Functional Head and Neck Department of Padua (Italy). This study gives an effective temporal dimension of the diagnostic delay that occurred during the pandemic, compared with data from the literature.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of the diagnostic path of a patient affected by oral cancer during COVID-19 pandemic was performed.