(1) Dysplastic naevus syndrome (DNS) is frequently observed in association with familial melanoma and xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), but the role of UV-light in the development of DNS has not been elucidated.
(2) This feature can be found in several dermatoses and particularly in lichen striatus and acantholytic linear naevus.
(3) Mean naevus numbers were greater in young than in older adults, and in females than in males.
(4) The mean total body naevus count was 115 in the cases and 67 in the controls.
(5) Analysing the cases according to Clark's levels and Breslow's index, a decrease in the naevus-melanoma association was seen with tumour progression, suggesting that advanced tumours may overgrow pre-existing nevus cells, appearing as de novo melanomas.
(6) A bone scan and red blood cell scan in the rare epidermal naevus syndrome, associated with multiple haemangiomas of the bone and hypophosphataemic osteomalacia in a 20-year-old man are reported.
(7) The activities of 27 enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism and the proportions of lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes were determined in epidermis, in superficial epitheliomas and in several solid tumours biopsied from a patient with basal-cell naevus syndrome.
(8) One of the causes of twenty nail dystrophy of childhood may be a localized tissue malformation, analogous to inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal naevus.
(9) This is particularly true for skin lesions related to the vascular system (e.g., livedo racemosa, spider naevus).
(10) Two hundred moles were examined histologically and the degree and type of epidermal change was recorded and correlated with the arrangement, density and type of naevus cells present and with the clinical presentation.
(11) The clinical, histological and histogenetic aspects of naevus follicularis keratosus (NFK) ("naevus comedonicus") are reported.
(12) Doubt is cast also upon the validity of the concepts of a dysplastic naevus and a dysplastic naevus syndrome.
(13) Secondly, a study in Canadian school children revealed significantly higher naevus counts in subjects with numerous or severe episodes of sunburn in the previous 5 years.
(14) There is some doubt as to whether naevus pilus is identical with naevus-on-naevus or lentiginous naevus en mottes.
(15) An immunohistological evaluation of the diagnosis of naevus-associated melanoma was also performed on the basis of specimens from 89 melanocytic lesions.
(16) The case of a 5-month-old black female child with a linear sebaceous naevus syndrome and multiple congenital anomalies is presented.
(17) We report on the clinical and pathological features of three patients (two girls and one boy aged 6, 12 and 11 years respectively) from the St Laurentius hospital (Roermond, Netherlands) with melanoma of the skin, in whom the lesions histologically resembled the more frequently occurring spindle and epithelioid cell naevus (SE naevus).
(18) The authors report a case of extensive verrucous epidermal naevus of the face in a 15 year old Senegalese boy.
(19) The patient had extensive cutaneous naevus involving the left side of the body and consisting of naevus flammeus, hemangioma cavernosum, and naevus verrucosus.
(20) The difference in naevus count between the exposed and the protected area was larger in patients than in controls, p less than 0.001.
Talpa
Definition:
(n.) A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole.
Example Sentences:
(1) The urine compositions of the European mole Talpa europaea and of the white rat Rattus norvegicus (albino) kept on a carnivore's diet were compared.
(2) Sporulated oocysts of C. talpae are ellipsoidal, 14.3 X 9.6 (12-19 X 6-13) microns with sporocysts ovoid, 9.4 X 5.7 (6-13 X 4-8) microns; it was found in 21 of the 33 (63.6%) sporulated samples.
(3) TBE virus was detected in samples prepared from suspensions of the mites H. nidi, H. hirsutus, Hirstionyssus talpae and A. fahrenholzi and the fleas Ct. assimilis collected in three localities: Laksárska Nová Ves, Stupava, Pernek.
(4) The completed life-cycle of Cyclospora talpae, an extra-intestinal coccidian (Apicomplexa) of the liver of the mole (Talpa europaea), is reported.
(5) The life-cycle of C. talpae and the ultrastructure of the gametogonic and merogonic stages are reported; the ultrastructure of the merozoites is reported as the first description of this stage for the genus Cyclospora.
(6) Seasonal changes in testicular histology and steroidogenesis were investigated in the mole (Talpa europaea).
(7) The discovery of T. talpae in Japan shows the wide distribution of this species from Japan to Europe.
(8) Tissue cytosols from Talpa europaea were examined for their glutathione S-transferase isoenzyme content by chromatofocusing, inhibition and immunological techniques and the results compared with data from adult human tissue cytosols.
(9) Grahaemella was found in Talpa europaea, Sorex araneus, Neomys fodiens, Neomys anomalus, Myotis emarginatus, Myotis myotis, Apodemus sylvaticus, Apodemus flavicollis, Apodemus microps, Apodemus agrarius, Mus musculus, Clethrionomys glareolus, Arvicola terrestris, Pitymys subterraneus, Microtus arvalis, Microtus agrestis, and Microtus oeconomus.
(10) Trypanosomes were found in Talpa europaea, Sorex alpinus, Crocidura suaveolens, Myotis myotis, Apodemus sylvaticus, Apodemus flavicollis, Mus musculus, Rattus norvegicus, Clethrionomys glareolus and Microtus agrestis.
(12) Two sets of glutathione S-transferase isoenzymes were found in liver cytosol of Talpa europaea, they demonstrated similar properties to human alpha and mu isoforms.
(13) The placentae of Talpa europaea, Condylura cristata, and Neurotrichus gibbsii are discoid and relatively much smaller, thicker and more complex in internal structure.
(14) Since the number of receptor cells in the olfactory epithelium of Tupaia glis and Talpa europaea is smaller than in the other species studied, a slight reduction of the sense of smell is suggested.
(15) The investigation includes the area of facialis in Erinaceus europaeus, Talpa europaea, Pachyura indica and Sorex araneus.
(16) The course of the frontal diploic vein in the mole Talpa and the tree shrew Tupaia is described and compared to the frontal diploic vein of other mammals.
(17) Actin in the sperm head of Talpa europaea was observed by immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy.
(18) The mole (Talpa europaea; Insectivora) and the mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi; Rodentia) both have degenerated eyes as a convergent adaptation to subterranean life.
(19) The following mammals are discussed: Sciurus vulgaris, Citellus citellus, Glis glis, Muscardinus avellanarius, Mus musculus, Micromys minutus, Apodemus flavicollis, A. sylvaticus, Microtus arvalis, Pitymys subterraneus, Clethrionomys glareolus, Arvicola terrestris, Sorex araneus, S. minutus, Neomys fodiens, N. anomalus, Crocidura suaveolens, C. leucodon, Erinaceus roumanicus and Talpa europaea.
(20) The epididymis of the European mole (Talpa europaea) was studied by light and electron microscopy.