The word
"histopathologic" refers to the study or examination of body tissues to determine the causes and effects of diseases.
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The rabbits were euthanized, and the corneas were obtained
for histopathologic examination 14 days after surgery.
Malignant melanoma of the vulva in a nationwide, 25 - year study of 219 Swedish females: clinical observations and
histopathologic features.
Challenge of animals given prior influenza vaccine were infected and exhibited
histopathologic damage similar to animals given PBS earlier; neither group exhibited the eosinophil infiltrations seen in animals given a SARS - CoV vaccine.
I provide expertise in interpretation of
histopathologic changes in a variety of animal models of gastrointestinal diseases to basic scientists at Vanderbilt.
Fazel has been working collaboratively with the veterinary medicine team to perform comparative studies between
histopathologic characteristics and blood inflammatory biomarkers of FCGS and various chronic oral inflammatory conditions such as oral lichen planus, aphthous stomatitis and vesiculobullous diseases.
Urinalysis, Bacterial and Fungal Culture, Cytology, Ringworm Testing, Biopsy
with Histopathologic Analysis, Necropsy
Gross, T.L., Ihrke, P.J., Walder, E.J. & Affolter, V.K. Skin Diseases of the Dog and Cat: Clinical and
Histopathologic Diagnosis.
Additionally, one study (Esson et al) has theorized that uveitis is not present in GRPU, based
on histopathologic evaluation of eyes enucleated due to glaucoma.4 However, other authors believe that uveitis is indeed present, and that the eyes from the Esson study showed little evidence of uveitis because the eyes had been treated with anti-inflammatory medication prior to their removal.
Methods for obtaining tissue for
histopathologic investigation include cystotomy (incision into the bladder), cystoscopy (It is a diagnostic procedure that is used to look at the bladder [lower urinary tract], collect urine samples, and examine the prostate gland) and traumatic catheterization.
If the results of cytology are inconclusive, it may be necessary to collect biopsy samples for
histopathologic analysis.
This test provides a helpful piece of information, but
histopathologic evaluation of the spinal cord is still the only way to reach a definitive diagnosis of DM.
Infection with Bb led to many
histopathologic findings in infected animals not treated with dexamethasone, such as leptomeningitis, vasculitis, focal inflammation in the brain and spinal cord, and necrotizing focal neurodegeneration and demyelination in the cervical spinal cord.
Histopathologic image of clear cell carcinoma of the kidney, nephrectomy specimen; source: KGH, Wikimedia Commons
Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare lymph node palpation to the appearance of the local lymph nodes on CT scan and a combined PET / CT scan to
histopathologic results to determine which method may be the most reliable for identification of metastatic (tumor filled) lymph nodes.
The term, «canine familial dermatomyositis» currently should be reserved for dogs with clinical and
histopathologic evidence of a juvenile onset heritable inflammatory disease affecting skin and muscle in a breed known to be at increased risk.
The immunoperoxidase test can diagnose FIP more accurately than
traditional histopathologic examination because it detects virus - infected cells in the tissue.
After shunt ligation, hepatic regeneration and an increase in liver blood flow result in liver enlargement and reversal of
histopathologic abnormalities.
All ischemic dermatopathies share both clinical and
histopathologic features that could result from cell - poor vasculitis leading to a long - term lack of cutaneous vascular sustenance.
Interestingly, in one study the amount of gross and
histopathologic damage in the shoulder joints was greater than radiographic changes, 5 so similar studies based on radiographic changes alone are not necessarily as reliable.
Canine TCC is almost identical to human invasive TCC (invasive urothelial carcinoma) in
histopathologic characteristics, molecular features studied to date, biologic behavior (sites and frequency of metastasis), and response to medical therapy.
In addition, I provide expertise in interpretation of
histopathologic changes and immunohistochemical findings in animal models of GI and pancreatic diseases and in human GI and pancreatic diseases to collaborative scientists at Vanderbilt.
Lungs of these animals revealed minimal or
no histopathologic damage (data not shown).
The histopathologic features of all ischemic dermatopathies are similar.
A histopathologic study of the tumor's cells can help determine the aggressiveness of the tumor.
Ischemic dermatopathy is a term used to group multiple vasculopathic syndromes unified by similar clinical and
histopathologic characteristics.
For more in depth cases, actual biopsy samples can be taken and sent to a pathologist for
histopathologic examination.
The best way to be sure the individual is not affected with pigmentary uveitis is to have
histopathologic (microscopic) examination performed of the eyes.
Histopathologic features are expansion of extracellular matrix with glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans; valvular interstitial cell alteration; and attenuation or loss of the collagen - laden fibrosa layer2.
Advanced metastasis and glandular differentiation (appearance in a carcinoma of glands and gland - like elements which, indicates some maturation) in
the histopathologic investigation at the time of diagnosis indicates poor prognosis.
Comparative analysis of canine dermatophytosis and superficial pemphigus for the prevalence of dermatophytes and acantholytic keratinocytes:
a histopathologic and clinical retrospective study.
Definitive diagnosis is based on
the histopathologic examination of a surgical biopsy of the mass.
Forman M. Prevalence and
Histopathologic Characteristics of Pancreatitis in Cats.
Histopathologic examination of muscle biopsies revealed multifocal areas of mixed mononuclear cell infiltration, myonecrosis and regeneration.
There was also no evidence of metastatic disease within the lungs or any abnormalities within the celomic cavity, therefore enucleation was recommended to achieve
a histopathologic diagnosis and prognosis, and to palliate the clinical signs.
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