(n.) A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin.
Example Sentences:
(1) A case is presented outlining the surgical correction of a palatal defect resulting from a gumma using a tongue flap.
(2) Case 1 The patient, a 9-year-old boy, had been suffering from headache and vomiting for 3 months prior to admission to the Neurosurgical Clinic, Gumma University Hospital.
(3) Roughly one third of patients with untreated syphilis develop severe late manifestations: 10.4% show cardiovascular involvement, 6.5% get neurosyphilis and 15.8% have a gumma.
(4) A case of focal cerebral syphilitic gumma of the right temporal lobe is reported.
(5) The differential diagnoses included duct ectasia, a foreign-body giant-cell reaction with fat necrosis, foreign material or an abscess, granulomatous mastitis, fungal mastitis, sarcoidosis and a syphilitic gumma.
(6) All other examined liver lesions (metastases, haemangiomas, lymphatic infiltrates, echinococcus cysts, FNH, gummae) showed greater signal intensity than the remaining organ at small angle excitation.
(7) We describe two human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with syphilitic cerebral gummas.
(8) Surgery was performed and the histopathological study revealed a tuberculoid, granuloma-forming gumma.
(9) A case is presented of tabes dorsalis with spinal gumma producing collapse of the L5 vertebra followed by paraplegia.
(10) Because of the radiological findings a malignant lymphoma was diagnosed and biopsy was performed, however, histological investigation confirmed the diagnosis of cerebral gumma.
(11) The clinical features, radiographic appearance, and response to therapy suggest that this lesion was a focal syphilitic inflammatory process, or gumma.
(12) For a patient in good general condition with a suspected gumma, medical treatment can be given initially, with follow-up by CT, neurosurgery being indicated only in case of failure of medical therapy.
(13) Gummas are the expression of localized meningovascular forms of neurosyphilis and their clinical symptoms and signs are similar to those of any other space-occupying intracranial lesion.
(14) Among his articles dealing with neurology are those dealing with luetic gumma of the brain, tabes cervicodorsalis, Aran-Duchenne muscular atrophy, bulbar paralysis, etc.
(15) A case of cerebral gumma in the left trigonal region is reported.
(16) In some cases a positive diagnosis can be made only by pathological examination after surgical ablation of the gumma.
(17) Cerebral gumma has been reported only rarely during the last few decades, and there are only a few descriptions of the neuroradiological characteristics of this disease.
(18) On the basis of brain biopsy, a convexity mass was diagnosed in the patient with syphilitic gumma.
(19) Surgical exploration by dorsal laminectomy showed a syphilitic gumma attached to the spinal cord.
(20) The patient reported here had multiple infections including one due to cytomegalovirus after ablation of the gumma, highly suggesting an immunity disorder.
Gummy
Definition:
(a.) Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
Example Sentences:
(1) Statistical tests were carried out on the results of chemical analysis for total mercury concentrations of replicate samples of muscle tissue of school shark Galeorhinus australis (Macleay) and gummy shark Mustelus antarcticus Guenther from six independent analytical laboratories.
(2) When he smiles, he looks as cute and gummy as a newborn.
(3) The BBMs between Bosch and Rodriguez include references to code names for numerous banned substances, such as: Gummies (troches containing testosterone); Pink Food or Pink Cream (a transdermal cream containing testosterone); Blue or PM Cream (a transdermal cream containing testosterone); Liquid Soup or Red Liquid (a melted or liquefied form of a troche containing testosterone); and Cojete or Rocket (a subcutaneous syringe containing, among other things IGF1, [insulin growth factor].
(4) system which incorporates a near vertical pull headgear, and its use in the management of severe 'gummy' Class II division 1 malocclusion.
(5) Four experimental groups included Group I (Control) which was administered 3% Gummi Alabicum (p.o.
(6) The gland probably secretes a gummy fluid for larval movements rather than a stinking odourous fluid for defense.
(7) TAc was found to contain at a level as high as 550 ppm in one domestic gummy candy.
(8) The cannabis-infused products include lollipops, gummy sweets, cookies, brownies, cartons of grape, mango and cherry juice, and chocolate bars in foil packets with exotic flavours such as banana and walnut.
(9) Materials used were a gummy shark (Mustelus manazo), a cloudy dogfish (Scyliorhinus torazame) and a skate (Raja porosa).
(10) Gummy pseudomonad residues from vacuum-evaporated broth cultures readily passed a G-25 Sephadex column.
(11) A 32-year-old female reacted with a contact urticaria syndrome after eating 'gummy bears' (fruit gums).
(12) A basic protein has been purified from the CNS myelin of the gummy shark (Mustelus antarticus).
(13) Fuelled on free chocolate, gummy bears and other snacks, they collectively made several thousand calls a day.
(14) Elastase-like enzymes were detected as zymogens in all of the pancreatic extracts from the gummy shark, bullhead shark, angel shark, smooth hammerhead, bestel, rainbow trout, carp, eel, Japanese mackerel, yellowtail, sea bass, parrotfish, bullfrog, chicken, bluewhite dolphin, hog, rat, cat, and dog.
(15) These “gummy candies” have names like Quirky, Cheeky, Silly and Flirty and last year the company shifted 1.3 million bags, with the expectation to double that in 2014.
(16) In the gummy shark, a pair of inferior hypothalamic arteries send several branches to the median eminence running along the anterolateral sides of the distal adenohypophysis.
(17) RAST measurements with allergen discs produced with gelatine and gelatine-containing products (among them 'gummy bears') demonstrated the presence of IgE antibodies in the serum of this patient.
(18) They were “hyperdiverse, spiritual rather than Religious-with-a-capital-R, educated, transnational – their family may be originally from Pakistan but now could be scattered across Canada, South Africa and the UK – they have a high disposable income, and the vast majority are English speakers.” A key subset of gummies was “mipsters” - Muslim hipsters, aged between 16 and 24, whose hallmarks were identity, image, fashion, friendship and education, he added.
(19) Now she is cowering bewildered in a corner, her legs crimped tight under her, her eyes gummy and masked.
(20) The qualitative and quantitative analytical methods were proposed for the simple and rapid determination of triacetin (TAc) in commercial gummy candies and other foodstuffs by gas chromatography (GC), thin layer chromatography (TLC) and infrared spectroscopy (IR).