Submandibular salivary gland involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Introduction Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is one of the forms of small vessel vasculitis. It is a rare condition that needs a high degree of suspicion to reach the diagnosis.
Mohamed F. Abdelghany+1 more
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Deprenyl, an old drug with new anticancer potential: Mini review [PDF]
The anticancer potential of monoamine oxidase (MAO) was observed in pre-clinical assays conducted with cell cultures and animals. L-Deprenyl (DEP) causes apoptosis in melanoma, leukemia and mammary cells. High-dose DEP has shown toxicity in mammary and pituitary cancers, as well as in monoblastic leukemia, in rats.
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Necrotizing fasciitis of the neck: case presentation [PDF]
Necrotizing fasciitis represents a severe and rare infectious disease, which is accompanied by extended necrosis of subcutaneous tissues and fascia layers, having as a result gangrene of the teguments.
Domuta, Maria+7 more
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Egg White Alginate as a Novel Scaffold Biomaterial for 3D Salivary Cell Culturing
Saliva production by salivary glands play a crucial role in oral health. The loss of salivary gland function could lead to xerostomia, a condition also known as dry mouth.
Hieu M. Pham+3 more
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IgG4-related autoimmune disease : imaging findings [PDF]
IgG4 autoimmune disease (or hyper IgG4 disease) is a relatively recently described systemic disease that is characterised by abundant infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells and lymphocytes with associated fibrosis leading to organ dysfunction ...
Vassallo, Pierre
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Extraoral surgical access for removal of intraparotid giant sialolith in young patient. A case report [PDF]
Sialolithiasis is one of the most common diseases of salivary glands. Sialoliths mainly develop in the submandibular gland with few cases described in the parotid and sublingual glands.
Amaral, Lysandro Fabris Almeida+3 more
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To pretrain or not to pretrain? A case study of domain-specific pretraining for semantic segmentation in histopathology [PDF]
Annotating medical imaging datasets is costly, so fine-tuning (or transfer learning) is the most effective method for digital pathology vision applications such as disease classification and semantic segmentation. However, due to texture bias in models trained on real-world images, transfer learning for histopathology applications might result in ...
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Expert Perspective: Diagnosis and Treatment of Castleman Disease
Summary Castleman disease (CD) is a major diagnostic challenge for Rheumatologists. Unicentric CD (UCD) involves one enlarged lymph node region whereas multicentric CD (MCD) involves multiple enlarged lymph node regions. Both UCD and MCD may exhibit a wide range of symptoms that overlap with other immune‐mediated conditions.
Luke Y.C. Chen+2 more
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Management of oral secretions in neurological disease. [PDF]
Sialorrhoea is a common and problematic symptom that arises from a range of neurological conditions associated with bulbar or facial muscle dysfunction.
Abdelnour-Mallet+54 more
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Diseases of Salivary Glands: Review [PDF]
The oral cavity is a moist environment, a film of fluid called saliva constantly coats its inner surfaces and occupies the space between the lining oral mucosa and the teeth.
Alhan D Al-Moula
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