(n.) A very vascular superficial opacity of the cornea, usually caused by granulation of the eyelids.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tissue overgrowth (pannus) was seen in all but three prostheses.
(2) The contra-indications for them are: 1. a better visual acuity with spectacles than with contact lenses, 2. advanced cases (4th degree of Amsler) whose fitting is impossible, 3. unilateral keratoconus, 4. associated diseases such as trachomatous pannus, allergic kerato-conjunctivitis.
(3) In contrast to conventionally induced collagen arthritis (CIA), the inflammatory infiltrates, filling joint spaces and synovial tissue, were extensively dominated by polymorphonuclear cells, whereas macrophage-like cells expressing class II molecules and a few T cells were seen only in the periphery of the developing pannus.
(4) These mice also have circulating rheumatoid factor (RF) and develop histological changes in their joints characterized by pannus formation, cartilage and bone erosions.
(5) In articular cartilage covered by pannus, in three patients with seropositive RA, in one with seronegative RA and in the patient with JCA a few regions with variably dense PMN infiltrates were observed.
(6) A comparable reduction in cartilage erosion, incidence of pannus, and new bone formation was noted in the drug-treated group.
(7) Towards the end of the observation period erosions of cartilage, pannus formation and periarticular foci of purulent necrobiosis were found.
(8) In rheumatoid arthritis (RA) joint inflammation is due to two processes: 1) the underlying inflammatory process (UIP) characterized by a lymphoplasmacellular infiltration of the synovial tissue, as well as pannus formation, and 2) the detritogenic synovitis (DS), a synovial response to articular wear products from cartilage and bone (detritus) that induces a preferentially fibrinous inflammation.
(9) These findings support the concept that fibroblastic pannus is derived from the underlying articular cartilage rather than adjacent tissues.
(10) At surgery, dense adhesions were found within the joint, the articular cartilage was overgrown with pannus extending out to the lateral patella, and there was extensive deformity of the femoral condyle and tibial plateau.
(11) Qualitative examination of representative sections of polyurethane conduits demonstrated thick inner capsules with numerous small islands of graft material surrounded by macrophages and bands of mature fibrous tissue, in contrast to the thinner neointima and limited anastomotic pannus ingrowth observed in ePTFE grafts.
(12) She presented with massive necrosis of the skin and abdominal pannus on the sixth postoperative day after a cesarean section for severe preeclampsia and failed induction.
(13) Pannus developed, extending over the articular surfaces, and extensive erosion of cartilage and subchondral bone occurred.
(14) The evidence from this study suggests that the mechanisms for corneal pannus formation from the limbus are quite different from those for scarring of the conjunctiva.
(15) In order to functionally characterize the ECM of synovium, synovial extracellular matrix was purified from pannus removed at joint replacement surgery.
(16) Pannus, a vascular and fibrous granulation tissue arising from the perichondral synovial membrane, extends onto cartilage surfaces as a layer of morphologically quiescent fibroblastic mesenchymal cells.
(17) The remaining 20 patients (age 15 days to 57 years) had the following diagnosis: atypical follicles (eight), conjunctivitis with or without mucopurulent discharge (ten) innactive pannus only (one), and severe anemia (one).
(18) However, cartilage and bone erosions and pannus formation were rarely observed.
(19) In this study they were used to determine, at the ultrastructural level, using immunogold staining, type II collagen fibril cleavage in articular cartilages remote from synovium and pannus of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
(20) Review of the literature identified potential uses for this technique: (1) in the spine, for differentiation between scar tissue and recurrent disk herniation and for evaluation of epidural tumors; (2) in musculoskeletal tumors, for differentiation between tumor necrosis and peritumoral edema and for characterization and evaluation of tumors before and after treatment; (3) in the joints for delineation of cartilage and tendon tears, with intraarticular injection, and for differentiation between pannus and joint effusion, with IV injection; and (4) for delineation of infectious processes.
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.