A 37-year-old patient presented with B symptoms. On examination, hypodense liver lesions, multiple enlarged and partly confluent lymph nodes in the upper abdomen and retroperitoneum, as well as disseminated splenic and pulmonary foci were detected. Biopsies of a tumor in the coecum and the liver led to the diagnosis of an adenocarcinoma of the colon. In molecular pathology, microsatellite instability was detected. The post-neoadjuvant surgical specimen showed an unusual morphology and the question arose whether a second tumor should be considered.
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J Exp Zool A Ecol Integr Physiol
January 2025
Department of Biology, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, USA.
An animal's body mass is said to be indirectly related to its rate of heat loss; that is, smaller animals with higher surface area to volume tend to lose heat faster than larger animals. Thus, thermoregulation should be related to body size, however, generalizable patterns are still unclear. Domestic dogs are a diverse species of endothermic mammals, including a 44-fold difference in body size.
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January 2025
Centre for Integrative Anatomy, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
The mechanical properties of dietary items are known to influence skull morphology, either through evolution or by phenotypic plasticity. Here, we investigated the impact of supplementary feeding of peanuts on the morphology of red squirrels () from five populations in Britain (North Scotland, Borders, Jersey and two temporally distinct populations from Formby (Merseyside)). Stable isotope analysis confirmed dietary ecology in 58 specimens.
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January 2025
School of Computer Science and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
Whole slide imaging (WSI) provides tissue visualization at the cellular level, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of computer-aided diagnostic systems. High-precision autofocusing methods are essential for ensuring the quality of WSI. However, the accuracy of existing autofocusing techniques can be notably affected by variations in staining and sample heterogeneity, particularly without the addition of extra hardware.
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January 2025
Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Objectives: To evaluate the associations between sex, age, breed and collection site on platelet count and platelet clumping in feline blood samples.
Methods: Cats presenting to a primary care feline hospital from January 2016 to January 2017 were recruited. Any cat undergoing blood collection for a complete blood count was eligible.
J Morphol
January 2025
Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Although numerous studies have addressed some aspects of the cranial osteology of Nearctic dipsadid species, only the species within the genera Heterodon and Carphophis have a formal published description of their skull. Similarly, vertebral data on such species are extremely scarce, and most of the available literature is focused on fossils. Such group has a complex phylogenetic history, being recovered as monophyletic or nonmonophyletic depending on the approach.
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