• The effects of the two macrolides on tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) release were also examined. (karger.com)
  • Cortical pseudolaminar necrosis, also known as cortical laminar necrosis and simply laminar necrosis, is the (uncontrolled) death of cells in the (cerebral) cortex of the brain in a band-like pattern, with a relative preservation of cells immediately adjacent to the meninges. (wikipedia.org)
  • Summary: We report three patients in whom neurologic symptoms and cortical laminar necrosis developed after immunosuppressive treatment (cyclosporin A and FK 506) and polychemotherapy (vincristine and methotrexate). (ajnr.org)
  • Follow-up studies showed cortical hyperintense lesions on T1-weighted MR images, consistent with cortical laminar necrosis. (ajnr.org)
  • In this article, we report three patients treated with immunosuppressive drugs and chemotherapy (vincristine, methotrexate) in whom cortical laminar necrosis developed. (ajnr.org)
  • He also coordinates a surveillance system for Maize Lethal Necrosis in Eastern and Southern Africa. (cimmyt.org)
  • New lines of CIMMYT-derived maize show increased resistance to maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease. (cimmyt.org)
  • His current projects in phenotyping and breeding focus on tolerance to drought, heat, tar spot disease and the maize lethal necrosis virus complex. (cimmyt.org)
  • Apoptosis was considered instrumental to development and other physiological functions, while necrosis was seen as a response to unfavorable conditions. (news-medical.net)
  • Apoptosis and necrosis are characterized by different mechanisms leading to cell death. (news-medical.net)
  • Apoptosis mainly occurs during embryogenesis, while necrosis is more common during disease states. (news-medical.net)
  • What is Necrosis vs What is Apoptosis? (news-medical.net)
  • However, apoptosis can be blocked by caspase inhibitors resulting in a "ballooning cell membrane", typical of necrosis. (news-medical.net)
  • We now show that during early apoptosis limited membrane permeabilization occurs in blebs and apoptotic bodies, which allows release of proteins that may affect the proximal microenvironment before the catastrophic loss of membrane integrity during secondary necrosis. (nature.com)
  • Therefore, the shift from apoptosis to secondary necrosis is more graded than a simple binary switch, with the membrane permeabilization of apoptotic bodies and consequent limited release of DAMPs contributing to the transition between these states. (nature.com)
  • 2 , 3 A key feature of apoptosis has been defined as the maintenance of an intact cellular membrane (detectable as exclusion of impermeable dyes such as propidium iodide, PI) throughout the apoptotic program to prevent intracellular protein release and subsequent immunological activation. (nature.com)
  • The antitumor effect of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) in gliomas has thus far only been thoroughly established in tumor cell lines. (aacrjournals.org)
  • Further, AMP-17 treatment resulted in an increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, depolarization of the mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), and changes in the cell cycle, leading to the apoptosis and necrosis, which ultimately contributed to the death of C. albicans cells. (researchsquare.com)
  • Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) can lead to uveitis, retinal detachment , and blindness. (medscape.com)
  • Acute retinal necrosis was first described in the Japanese literature in 1971 and termed Kirisawa uveitis. (medscape.com)
  • During the past 3 decades, acute retinal necrosis syndrome has been a source of fear, frustration, and fascination for many ophthalmologists. (medscape.com)
  • Acute retinal necrosis may be a result of dormant herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2), cytomegalovirus , or varicella-herpes zoster virus (VZV) viral reactivation in the retina. (medscape.com)
  • Acute retinal necrosis accounts for 5.5% of uveitis cases over a 10-year period. (medscape.com)
  • In Switzerland, acute retinal necrosis accounts for 1.7% of uveitic cases. (medscape.com)
  • Acute retinal necrosis is a disease of young healthy individuals aged 20-50 years. (medscape.com)
  • Acute retinal necrosis: a national population-based study to assess the incidence, methods of diagnosis, treatment strategies and outcomes in the UK. (medscape.com)
  • Acute retinal necrosis features, management, and outcomes. (medscape.com)
  • Viral causes of the acute retinal necrosis syndrome. (medscape.com)
  • Moesen I, Khemka S, Ayliffe W. Acute retinal necrosis secondary to herpes simplex virus type 2 with preexisting chorioretinal scarring. (medscape.com)
  • Visual outcome in acute retinal necrosis. (medscape.com)
  • Duker JS, Blumenkranz MS. Diagnosis and management of the acute retinal necrosis (ARN) syndrome. (medscape.com)
  • Standard diagnostic criteria for the acute retinal necrosis syndrome. (medscape.com)
  • Optic nerve involvement in the acute retinal necrosis syndrome. (medscape.com)
  • Blumenkranz MS, Culbertson WW, Clarkson JG, Dix R. Treatment of the acute retinal necrosis syndrome with intravenous acyclovir. (medscape.com)
  • Aizman A. Treatment of acute retinal necrosis syndrome. (medscape.com)
  • To determine the viral diagnosis and factors affecting the visual outcome of eyes with acute retinal necrosis. (qxmd.com)
  • A cohort of 22 human immunodeficiency virus-negative patients with acute retinal necrosis (ARN). (qxmd.com)
  • These results indicate that limited membrane permeabilization occurs in blebs and apoptotic bodies before secondary necrosis, leading to acute and localized release of immunomodulatory proteins during the early phase of active apoptotic membrane blebbing. (nature.com)
  • The first step in the management of acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is identification of patients at risk for it. (medscape.com)
  • Radiation necrosis, a focal structural lesion that usually occurs at the original tumor site, is a potential long-term central nervous system (CNS) complication of radiotherapy or radiosurgery. (medscape.com)
  • Edema and the presence of tumor render the CNS parenchyma in the tumor bed more susceptible to radiation necrosis. (medscape.com)
  • Radiation necrosis can occur when radiotherapy is used to treat primary CNS tumors, metastatic disease, or head and neck malignancies. (medscape.com)
  • In the clinical situation of a recurrent astrocytoma (postradiation therapy), radiation necrosis presents a diagnostic dilemma. (medscape.com)
  • Glioblastoma multiforme's hallmark histology of pseudopalisading necrosis makes it difficult to differentiate radiation necrosis from recurrent astrocytoma using MRI. (medscape.com)
  • Radiation necrosis is part of a series of clinical syndromes related to CNS complications of radiotherapy. (medscape.com)
  • While the term radiation necrosis is used to refer to radiation injury, pathology is not limited to necrosis and a spectrum of injury patterns may occur. (medscape.com)
  • This also may be an etiology for the changes seen with radiation necrosis. (medscape.com)
  • Radiation necrosis and diffuse cerebral atrophy are considered long-term complications of radiotherapy that occur from months to decades after radiation treatment. (medscape.com)
  • As opposed to the focal nature of radiation necrosis, diffuse cerebral atrophy is characterized by bihemispheric sulci enlargement, brain atrophy, and ventriculomegaly. (medscape.com)
  • They note that although radiation therapy can provide some palliation in such patients, it can also result in radiation necrosis and neurologic decline. (medscape.com)
  • In 1 child who continued to decline on bevacizumab, it was later determined that the patient had disease progression, not radiation necrosis. (medscape.com)
  • How Is Avascular Necrosis Treated? (checkbiotech.org)
  • Note: Since this article first appeared in the Journal of Prolotherapy in 2012, new research has continued to support the use of direct Bone Marrow injections in cases of avascular necrosis. (caringmedical.com)
  • Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the talus is a debilitating condition, often leading to arthritis and arthrosis of the subtalar and ankle joints . (caringmedical.com)
  • 1 There are three basic categories of cause for avascular necrosis. (caringmedical.com)
  • Approximately 10% of Avascular necrosis of the talus is considered idiopathic: 15% is medication-induced and 75% from trauma. (caringmedical.com)
  • 2, 3 The most feared complication of talar injuries is Avascular necrosis. (caringmedical.com)
  • The talus has several anatomic features that predispose it to avascular necrosis. (caringmedical.com)
  • Talar neck fractures represent 50% of all talar injuries and are responsible for 90% of all traumatic avascular necrosis. (caringmedical.com)
  • While arthroscopy with or without core decompression is the standard of care for unresolved cases of avascular necrosis of the talus, we present a case of avascular necrosis of the talar dome where symptoms resolved satisfactorily with direct bone marrow injections into structures into and around the ankle. (caringmedical.com)
  • Avascular necrosis of the scaphoid also known as scaphoid necrosis or Kienbock's disease, is a condition where the blood supply to the scaphoid bone in the wrist is compromised, leading to bone death. (seekhealthz.com)
  • Avascular necrosis of the scaphoid is a common sequela to scaphoid fracture. (seekhealthz.com)
  • Second only to the hip in the incidence of avascular necrosis, the scaphoid is extremely susceptible to this disease because of the tenuous blood supply of the scaphoid, which enters the bone through its distal half. (seekhealthz.com)
  • What causes Avascular Necrosis of the Scaphoid? (seekhealthz.com)
  • A wrist injury, such as a fracture or a dislocation, can disrupt the blood supply to the scaphoid, increasing the risk of avascular necrosis. (seekhealthz.com)
  • Conditions that affect blood flow to the wrist, such as arterial disease or thrombosis (blood clot), can lead to avascular necrosis of the scaphoid. (seekhealthz.com)
  • Certain anatomical variations in the blood supply to the scaphoid can make it more susceptible to avascular necrosis. (seekhealthz.com)
  • Certain bone-related conditions, such as osteoporosis or osteonecrosis, can increase the risk of avascular necrosis in various bones, including the scaphoid. (seekhealthz.com)
  • Certain systemic diseases, such as sickle cell disease or systemic lupus erythematosus, can predispose individuals to avascular necrosis in various bones, including the scaphoid. (seekhealthz.com)
  • Prolonged use of high-dose steroids can disrupt the blood supply to bones and increase the risk of avascular necrosis. (seekhealthz.com)
  • A patient with avascular necrosis of the scaphoid reports unilateral wrist pain over the anatomical snuffbox that may radiate into the radial aspect of the forearm and decreasing range of motion of the wrist. (seekhealthz.com)
  • Physical examination of patients reports avascular necrosis of the scaphoid reveals pain on palpation of the anatomical snuffbox. (seekhealthz.com)
  • How is Avascular Necrosis of the Scaphoid diagnosed? (seekhealthz.com)
  • Plain radiographs are indicated in all patients who present with avascular necrosis of the scaphoid to rule out underlying occult bony pathological conditions and identify sclerosis and fragmentation of the scaphoid, although early in the course of the disease plain radiographs can be notoriously unreliable. (seekhealthz.com)
  • Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the wrist are indicated in all patients thought to have avascular necrosis of the scaphoid or if other causes of joint instability, infection, or tumor are suspected. (seekhealthz.com)
  • In necrosis, the nucleus stays intact and instead the membrane becomes balloon-like, resulting in leakage of cellular components. (news-medical.net)
  • Müllerian adenosarcomas are rare tumors with non-specific clinical features, and this forms a circumstance that poses significant challenges to the clinical practice or even delayed treatment when women presented with complaints of abdominal pain and irregular vaginal bleeding from the endometriosis postoperatively. (scirp.org)
  • These tumors may exhibit variable amounts of necrosis. (aao.org)
  • E-mail: [email protected] according to molecular and histological features of tumors. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Kidney Week 2023 mobile app features interactive maps, complete program, personalized scheduler, social media integration, and m. (asn-online.org)
  • In the kidneys, the most common finding is a pauci-immune crescentic focal glomerulonephritis with necrosis and thrombosis of individual loops or larger segments of the glomerulus. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Tickborne rickettsial diseases in humans often share similar clinical features yet are epidemiologically and etiologically distinct. (cdc.gov)
  • Chronic repetitive stress on the wrist, as seen in certain occupations or sports that involve repetitive use of the wrist, may lead to reduced blood flow and subsequent scaphoid necrosis. (seekhealthz.com)
  • Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (commonly known as TRAPS) is a condition characterized by recurrent episodes of fever. (medlineplus.gov)
  • None of these possibilities explains all the features of Waardenburg syndrome. (medscape.com)
  • Despite several evaluated the diagnostic value of immunohistochemical clinical descriptions of ATBF, the pathologic features of techniques by using a monoclonal antibody to R. africae . (cdc.gov)
  • The lungs are most likely to display the full spectrum of histopathologic abnormalities, but diagnostic features are not typically identified on the small tissue samples obtained by transbronchial biopsy. (msdmanuals.com)
  • No features of vascular differentiation, for example intracytoplasmic lumina or areas of conventional angiosarcoma, were observed. (medscape.com)
  • Clinically, renal papillary necrosis is a spectrum of disease, most common in patients with diabetes, analgesic nephropathy or sickle cell disease. (blogspot.com)
  • Renal sonography may be useful to diagnose papillary necrosis. (blogspot.com)
  • Because the nevus cells are so heavily pigmented, it is usually necessary to apply melanin bleaching techniques to sections to accurately study the cytologic features (see Chapter 15, Fig 15-12D). (aao.org)
  • CD68 positive cells were a prominent feature of granulomas at all time-points examined. (usda.gov)
  • Tumor cells were arranged in solid sheets [Fig. 2(A)]. Numerous mitosis and necrosis were observed. (medscape.com)
  • The pathological feature of adenosarcoma is called "cuffing structure", atypical hyperplasia of the cellular stromas that surround the glandular component, like dense periglandular cuffs. (scirp.org)
  • A reactive brain edema was seen around the mass on the axial T2 and coronal fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequences, which is not a typical feature of macroadenoma and could suggest, although rather nonspecific, an unusual lesion. (medscape.com)
  • Nerve tissue damage is the major pathologic feature of exposure to alkyl- mercury -compounds. (cdc.gov)
  • Eschars have been reported and their pathologic features by culture or association of positive PCR detection and have been described in other spotted fever rickettsioses positive serologic results. (cdc.gov)
  • Pathologic features of epithelioid angiosarcoma. (medscape.com)
  • This case shows that vascular markers should be done in front of an aggressive sellar lesion with unexpected histologic features. (medscape.com)
  • We describe histologic features and tious agent into the host and the first site of challenge immunodetection of R. africae in cutaneous inoculation between the infected human host and the bacterium. (cdc.gov)
  • The aim of this report is to analyze the histological features, diagnosis and treatments of the tumor. (scirp.org)
  • At last, the patient's histological features support the diagnosis of vaginal adenosarcoma. (scirp.org)
  • These entities can be distinguished based on a combination of histopathologic features, immunophenotyping, and molecular analysis. (cedars-sinai.edu)
  • What is the optimal timing for pancreatic debridement in patients with pancreatic necrosis, according to a clinical practice update from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute? (mdedge.com)
  • logical features of a new tick-borne disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Masculinization is a common feature of many adult cases, but there has been a case with precocious puberty as the presenting symptom [8,9], and it has been described during pregnancy [10]. (who.int)
  • The Dx was based on the US, so I assume radiologists can certainly tell with assurance, which is fat necrosis and which is likely cancer. (breastcancer.org)
  • I am also wondering about fat necrosis in my right breast which is my non cancer side that I had a reduction on. (breastcancer.org)
  • These histomorphologic features and the IHC profile lead to the diagnosis of an oral leiomyoma. (bvsalud.org)
  • The most common clinical aspects were persistent facial edema with necroses and pitted scars. (nih.gov)
  • Histopathological analyses revealed variably dense lymphoid infiltrates with common angiodestructive features. (nih.gov)
  • Feature papers represent the most advanced research with significant potential for high impact in the field. (mdpi.com)
  • Note the submucosal tumor mass with the classic features of central umbilication and ulceration. (medscape.com)