(n.) A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
(n.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.
(n.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus (Vc), the collaterals of one half of the periodontium afferent fibers terminated mainly in lamina V at the rostral and middle levels of Vc.
(2) It appears that the effects of monocular lid suture upon MIN are in most respects similar to the effects of monocular lid suture previously reported for the A laminae.
(3) In contrast to this, adrenalectomy decreased ANP levels markedly in the organum vasculosum laminae terminalis and preoptic periventricular nucleus, which are reportedly involved in the central regulation of salt and water homeostasis.
(4) Light microscopy of both apneics and snorers revealed mucous gland hypertrophy with ductal dilation and focal squamous metaplasia, disruption of muscle bundles by infiltrating mucous glands, focal atrophy of muscle fibers, and extensive edema of the lamina propria with vascular dilation.
(5) The surface phenotypes of bovine intestinal leukocytes isolated from the intraepithelium (IEL), lamina propria (LPL) and Peyer's patches (PPL) of the small intestinal mucosa of normal adult cows were determined using monoclonal antibodies (mAb) specific to adult bovine peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL).
(6) Glycogen, lipid, basal lamina, and canaliculi were present in all cases.
(7) A complete review of the literature was made which shows that most chondrosarcomas occur in middle-aged males originating most often from the posterior cricoid lamina, next from the thyroid cartilage.
(8) Based on their localisation and histology these are classified into three types (Epstein's pearls, Bohn's nodules, Dental lamina cysts).
(9) These laminae included the dentate hilus and strata oriens, pyramidale and lacunosum-moleculare of CA1.
(10) This method has also been successfully used in humans and rabbits to demonstrate specific antibody production by single lamina propria plasma cells.
(11) CD8 positive cells were detected randomly in all regions of the mucosa, whereas CD4 positive cells tended to be clustered in the superficial portion of the lamina propria.
(12) Of particular interest was the presence of dense-core vesicles in some of the glial cells, and that of a basal lamina underlying the perivascular glial cells.
(13) The total height of the lamina mucosa decreased from 700 to 275 microns.
(14) Injections with extensive spread of horseradish peroxidase show that many cells of lamina 4B and the large pyramidal neurons of upper lamina 6 also project extrinsically but their terminal sites have not been identified.
(15) At surgery, upon incision of the paravertebral muscle fascia, viscous pale fluid was encountered emanating from a foramen in the thoracic lamina.
(16) The sucker, covered with basal lamina, has a constant volume; its layer of muscles resists deformation and supports the stability of the arch.
(17) The development of the first molar was examined from the dental lamina stage through apposition.
(18) In both of these groups, the inoculated bacteria were recovered from the colon, and T hyodysenteriae was demonstrated in the colonic crypts, epithelium, and lamina propria.
(19) Although there was an increased concentration of angiotensin II binding sites in the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis, the median preoptic nucleus, and the paraventricular nucleus after dehydration, these changes did not reach statistical significance.
(20) FG or WGA-HRP labeled neurons were found mainly in laminae V and VII, in the lateral group of lamina IX, in Clarke's column (CC) and in the dorsal funiculus.
Phyllode
Definition:
(n.) Same as Phyllodium.
Example Sentences:
(1) A case report involving an oral lesion that was found to be histologically identical to the stromal component of malignant metastatic cystosarcoma phyllodes of the breast is described.
(2) An unusual multifocal cystosarcoma phyllodes is reported.
(3) Systemic metastases occurred in only one case of malignant cystosarcoma phyllodes.
(4) Histology of the phyllodes tumor disclosed remnant of fibroadenoma in one area, and it is believed that the latter gave rise to the malignant phyllodes tumor within the field of irradiation.
(5) The accuracy of MR imaging with Gd-DTPA enhancement was compared with mammography and ultrasonography in 52 patients with clinically palpable benign and malignant breast masses (36 carcinomas, 2 malignant phyllodes tumors, 7 fibroadenomas, 7 cysts).
(6) We studied the DNA histograms obtained by flow cytometry from a series of six giant fibroadenomas and ten phyllodes tumors to determine if the analysis of DNA ploidy would help to predict clinical behavior.
(7) On computerized tomographic imaging phyllodes type of atypical prostatic hyperplasia has a distinct appearance.
(8) A case of prostatic phyllodes tumor which developed in a 78-yr-old man is reported.
(9) A 47 year old woman presented with a rapidly growing recurrence in the chest wall following simple mastectomy for a malignant phyllodes tumour of the breast.
(10) A series of 59 phyllodes tumors of the breast was retrospectively reviewed (average follow-up = 3.9 years).
(11) Four of them had phyllodes tumour, one a malignant myoepithelioma and one a liposarcoma.
(12) There were only three malignant and six borderline phyllodes tumours out of 106 cases, and this incidence is far below that of many other studies in which the malignant cases are believed to constitute 23-27%.
(13) The distribution pattern of fibronectin in metaplastic carcinomas, stromal sarcomas, malignant cystosarcoma phyllodes tumours and histiocytic type lymphomas of the human female breast has been studied using the indirect immunoperoxidase technique on formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue.
(14) A case of cystosarcoma phyllodes with liposarcomatous stroma is presented.
(15) A unusually large tumor of the left breast diagnosed as a cystosarcoma phyllodes with multiple malignant sarcomatous changes of the stroma, consisting of liposarcoma, myxoid fibrosarcoma, anaplastic, and giant cell sarcoma is described.
(16) The features bear a strong resemblance to cystosarcoma phyllodes of the female breast and probably represent a comparable lesion.
(17) The present study indicates that a DNA content abnormality it is a reliable marker of malignancy in these neoplasms, and it may identify subsets of patients with variable biologic courses within the histopathologic spectrum of cystosarcoma phyllodes.
(18) Reports of 4 personal cases of breast sarcomas (3 cases of cystosarcoma phyllodes and 1 angiosarcoma), the authors review the literature concerning these rare tumors which account for less than 1% of malignant tumors of the breast.
(19) The clinico-pathological aspects of 19 cases of cystosarcoma phyllodes (CP) were reviewed with special attention to the occurrence of associated breast carcinoma (BC).
(20) Our data suggest that flow cytometric S fractions may be a useful predictor of clinical outcome in cystosarcoma phyllodes that can complement the traditional histologic analysis of these rare breast tumors.