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Fistula* ; Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic* ; Renal Dialysis* ; Transplants*

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Allografts* ; Animals ; Blood Transfusion* ; Cyclosporine* ; Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed* ; Rats*

No abstract available.
Graft Survival* ; Kidney* ; Transplants*

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Graft Survival* ; Kidney* ; Transplants*

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Cyclosporine* ; Graft Survival* ; Kidney* ; Transplants*

Authors performed angio-CT(portal &/or arterial CT) in 35 patients with various hepatic masses. We obtained portal CT in 32 and arterial CT in 13 patients. The contrast material was injected into superior mesenteric artery for portal CT and into hepatic artery for arterial CT after transfemoral cathetrization of these arteries. We concluded that portal CT was superior to other imaging modalities highly sensitive in detecting hepatic masses, especially, early hepatocellular carcinomas, daughter nodules, and subclinical metastatic hepatic malignancy, With this method, detection rate of early hepatocelluar carcinomas improved 62% in number of patients and 90% in number of masses. Detection rate of subclinical hepatic metastases improve 60% each in number of patients and in number of masses. It was also useful for the detection of portal vein invasion. Arterial CT was useful in differential of masses and in defining the characteristics of entire or part of the masses because this method revealed hemodynamic patterns more definitely.
Arteries ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; Hemodynamics ; Hepatic Artery ; Humans ; Mesenteric Artery, Superior ; Methods ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Nuclear Family ; Portal Vein

Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare disease and its incidence has been reported to be 0.5-5% of all primary hyperparathyroidism cases. Compared to adenoma, parathyroid carcinoma shows higher levels of serum calcium and parathyroid hormone. When there is evidence of generalized bone disease along with the involvement of a neck mass in the hypercalcemic patient, parathyroid carcinoma should not be ruled out. The histological characteristics of malignant cells include nuclear pleomorphism, an increase in Nucleus/ Cytoplasm (N/C) ratio, hyperchromatism, abnormal mitosis and prominent nucleoli. Furthermore, malignat cases involve capsular and vascular invasion as well as metastasesis to the lungs, cervical lymph nodes and bones. The biological behavior of parathyroid carcinoma seems to be variable with a wide range of malignancy. Surgical excision is the first therapeutic option. In this paper, we report and review our experience in a case of parathyroid carcinoma in a 66- year-old female with hypercalcemia, ureteral stones and a neck mass.
Bone Diseases ; Calcium ; Cytoplasm ; Female ; Humans ; Hypercalcemia ; Hyperparathyroidism, Primary ; Incidence ; Lung ; Lymph Nodes ; Mitosis ; Neck ; Parathyroid Hormone ; Parathyroid Neoplasms* ; Rare Diseases ; Ureter

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Allografts* ; Kidney Transplantation* ; Kidney*

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Chickenpox* ; Herpes Simplex* ; Herpesvirus 3, Human* ; Simplexvirus* ; Transplantation*

No abstract available.
Transplantation* ; Tuberculosis*