What's the difference between dermoid and skin?

Dermoid


Definition:

  • (a.) Same as Dermatoid.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Eight cases of congenital dermoid cysts over the anterior fontanelle have been encountered in Chinese children at the Veterans' General Hospital, Taipei, in the past 4 years.
  • (2) In conclusion, management of unexpected SDT during OPU include the following therapeutic goals: (1) complete eradication of the tumor to eliminate the remote possibility of malignancy and recurrence; (2) performance of adequate peritoneal lavage to prevent chemical peritonitis; (3) conservation of the maximum amount of functional ovarian tissue; and (4) exclusion of the possibility of dermoid cyst in the contralateral ovary.
  • (3) Pathogenetic and etiologic points of view of the perforation of dermoid cysts of the small pelvis into adjacent hollow organs are discussed in short.
  • (4) The authors report on the clinical data, operating technique, postoperative complications, and late results in a series of 31 epidermoid and 21 dermoid cysts of the central nervous system.
  • (5) The inversion recovery sequence with short inversion time (STIR) will suppress signal from fat tissue and this is of particular value in differentiating dermoid from hemorrhagic cyst.
  • (6) A case of autoimmune haemolytic anaemia is described in which recovery, with disappearance of antibody, followed splenectomy and removal of an ovarian ;dermoid' cyst.
  • (7) A ruptured ovarian dermoid tumor was eventually diagnosed by computerized axial tomography.
  • (8) Utilizing a 0.6 T superconductive magnet an intramedullary cervical dermoid tumor was examined.
  • (9) Sites of occurrence are comparable with the dermoid type of cyst and the possibility must be considered of an embryological origin for pilomatrixoma.
  • (10) Dermoid and epidermoid cysts can be distinguished from each other by their topography (dermoid cysts are found more medially while epidermoid cysts occur on the base of the skull and in the pontocerebellar angle), by the presence or not of calcification (found almost exclusively in dermoid cysts), and by their computer tomography appearances.
  • (11) There were 25 cases of tethered cord, 6 of retethering at the site of myelomeningocele repair, 15 cases of diastematomyelia, 12 cases of lipomyelomeningocele, and 1 case each of dermal sinus, dermoid cyst and neurenteric cyst.
  • (12) The authors report a case of nasal dermal sinus and dermoid cyst with intrafalcial extension in a boy aged 1 year 4 month.
  • (13) In 1952, Goldenhar described a pair of monozygotic twins who were discordant for epibulbar dermoids, auricular appendages, malformations of the auricle, and hemifacial microsomia.
  • (14) The authors report on 13 cases of dermoid cysts over the anterior fontanelle in Czechoslovak children.
  • (15) We found that three factors greatly affected the sonographic appearance of ovarian teratomas: the size of the dermoid plug, the presence and location of calcified elements, and the histologic composition of the fatty component.
  • (16) We review the classification of dermoid cysts according to their embryogenesis and location to help avert diagnostic or therapeutic pitfalls.
  • (17) Of the cases subjected to both techniques, those who were deemed false positive were 39 in ultrasonography and 12 in CT. Ultrasonographic imagings of dermoid cyst and ovarian endometriosis were classified on the basis of their patterns.
  • (18) The most frequent histological diagnosis was "eosinophilic granuloma of bone" (found in 42% of cases), followed by hemangioma, osteoma, dermoid, epidermoid and malignant tumors, and fibrous dysplasia.
  • (19) The basic features of Goldenhar syndrome are preauricular appendices, epibulbar dermoids, vertebral and cardiac anomalies, and hypoplasia of the lungs.
  • (20) Three hundred fifty cases of immature teratoma of the ovary and 10 cases of ovarian dermoid cyst containing microscopic foci of immature tissue were analyzed to evaluate the relation between the two tumors.

Skin


Definition:

  • (n.) The external membranous integument of an animal.
  • (n.) The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat.
  • (n.) A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1.
  • (n.) The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants.
  • (n.) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
  • (n.) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
  • (v. t.) To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.
  • (v. t.) To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
  • (v. t.) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
  • (v. i.) To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
  • (v. i.) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The catheter must be meticulously fixed to the skin to avoid its movement.
  • (2) Elements in the skin therefore seemed to enhance nerve regeneration and function.
  • (3) This is a fascinating possibility for solving the skin shortage problem especially in burn cases.
  • (4) Blood flow decreased immediately after skin expansion in areas over the tissue expander on days 0 and 1 and returned to baseline levels within 24 hours.
  • (5) These findings suggest that clonidine transdermal disks lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients, but produce local skin lesions and general side effects.
  • (6) Currently, photodynamic therapy is under FDA-approved clinical investigational trials in the treatment of tumors of the skin, bronchus, esophagus, bladder, head and neck, and of gynecologic and ocular tumors.
  • (7) Immunofluorescent staining for HLA-DR showed dermal positivity in 12 of 13 involved- and 9 of 13 uninvolved-skin biopsy specimens from scleroderma patients, compared with only 1 of 10 controls.
  • (8) Blood flow was measured in leg and torso skin of conscious or anesthetized sheep by using 15-micron radioactive microspheres (Qm) and the 133Xe washout method (QXe).
  • (9) A similar interference colour appeared after incubating sections of rat skin with chymase.
  • (10) Peptides from this region bind to actin, act as mixed inhibitors of the actin-stimulated S1 Mg2(+)-ATPase, and influence the contractile force developed in skinned fibres, whereas peptides flanking this sequence are without effect in our test systems.
  • (11) This study was designed to examine the effect of the storage configuration of skin and the ratio of tissue-to-storage medium on the viability of skin stored under refrigeration.
  • (12) Somatostatin-like immunoreactivity has been found to occur in nerve terminals and fibres of the normal human skin using immunohistochemistry.
  • (13) We recommend analysing the urine for porphyrins in HIV-positive patients who have chronic photosensitivity of the skin.
  • (14) We investigated the incidence of skin cancer among patients who received high doses of PUVA to see whether such incidence increased.
  • (15) Attachment of the graft to the wound is similar with and without the addition of human basic fibroblast growth factor, a potent angiogenic agent, to the skin replacement before graft placement on wounds.
  • (16) In order to develop a sampling strategy and a method for analyzing the circadian body temperature pattern, we monitored estimates of the temperature in four ways using rectal, oral, axillary and deep body temperature from the skin surface every hour for 72 consecutive hours in 10 normal control subjects.
  • (17) It was shown that the antibiotic had low acute toxicity, did not cumulate and had no skin-irritating effect.
  • (18) Compliance during dehydration was 7.6 and 12.5% change in IFV per millimeter Hg fall in IFP (micropipettes) in skin and muscle, respectively, whereas compliance in subcutis based on perforated capsule pressure was 2.0% change in IFV per millimeter Hg.
  • (19) For the second propositus, a woman presenting with abdominal and psychiatric manifestations, the age of onset was 38 years; the acute attack had no recognizable cause; she had mild skin lesions and initially was incorrectly diagnosed as intermittent acute porphyria; the diagnosis of variegate porphyria was only established at the age of 50 years.
  • (20) 14 patients with painful neuroma, skin hyperesthesia or neuralgic rest pain were followed up (mean 20 months) after excision of skin and scar, neurolysis and coverage with pedicled or free flaps.

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