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Nidify


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Nidus


Definition:

  • (n.) A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a breeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or the germs of a disease effect lodgment or are developed.

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  • (1) The nidus was excised totally, then a gradual improvement of those symptoms followed.
  • (2) The roentgenographic appearance of most lesions consisted of a radiolucent central nidus encircled by sclerotic bone.
  • (3) It was suggested that the dorsum of the tongue may function as a nidus for periodontopathic micro-organisms.
  • (4) Osteoid osteomas were removed by CT-guided core drill excision of the nidus in 4 patients.
  • (5) The nidus was significantly reduced and total removal of the nidus was successfully done 28 days following the embolization.
  • (6) Angiograms obtained prior to treatment in 53 cases of deep-seated cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM's) were retrospectively analyzed with particular attention to the topography of the AVM nidus and the venous drainage.
  • (7) As kala-azar patients and dogs infected with visceral leishmaniasis are mostly in the area below 1,600 m sea level and the area above 2,000 m sea level is unpopulated, the natural infection of sandflies was thought, therefore, to come from wild animal hosts and the natural nidus of kala-azar there warrants further investigation.
  • (8) Slit-like cysts may result from old haemorrhage from the AVM nidus.
  • (9) MR angiograms were also helpful for further defining the nidus.
  • (10) Precipitation of calcium salts from bile is important in pigment gallstone formation and may serve as a nidus for cholesterol precipitation.
  • (11) Total extirpation of the nidus was successful in 32 cases, while no surgery was undertaken in 15.
  • (12) These ovoid bodies then appeared to serve as a nidus for further extensive basement membrane calcification.
  • (13) Because AP binds amyloid fibrils, codistribution of amyloid deposits and AP in amyloid elastosis strongly supports the theory that elastic fiber-associated AP may act as a nidus for amyloid deposition.
  • (14) An adhesion is considered as a nidus for segmental sclerosis; as the adhesion progresses, the related tuft regions turn into sclerosis.
  • (15) In pathological conditions, thrombogenic surfaces act as a nidus for platelet adherence and thrombus formation.
  • (16) Radiological investigation showed a typical feature for osteoblastoma of iliac bone, with two niduses.
  • (17) MR imaging was also inferior to angiography in determining the nidus and the exact nature of collateral vascular structures in arteriovenous malformations.
  • (18) The papilla of Vater, diminutive as it may be, forms the nidus for a variety of clinical disorders.
  • (19) If septic shock ensues, extirpation of the nidus of infection becomes a primary consideration.
  • (20) The relatively large nidus of the AVM was located mainly in the anterior portion of the corpus callosum, and there was a smaller nidus in the splenium.

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