Opportunistic infection are defined as “infections with unusual frequency, microbial etiology or natural course, in a host with impaired normal defense mechanisms “. Incidence of these infections has substantially increased in recent years due to better survival of immunocompromized patients, increasing use of invasive devices, implants, transplants and immunosuppressive therapy etc., and better diagnostic facilities. [...]
Continue reading …T cell defect present with widest clinical spectrum, due to their role in activating almost all immunological components. Clinically, these patients usually present with a) fungal or intracellular infections e.g. mycobacteria, due to defective phagocytic activation, b) viral infections due to decreased NK cell activity, and c) opportunistic infections due to impaired B-cell activation and [...]
Continue reading …Types of adenoma - Adenoma is a form of cancer that grows as benign tumors from the cells of the various types of glandular tissues available in the human body. There are different types of it, depending on the type of gland where they have originated from. Some of the types of adenoma that are commonly found include [...]
Continue reading …Most of the Lipid rich adenoma are benign and are detected with CT scan technique. In the case of patients who have been affected with malignancy, the adenoma are non functioning adenomas. Some of the properties that differentiate the lipid rich adenoma from non adenomas cancer include the lipid composition which in the case of lipid adenoma is high [...]
Continue reading …Morphic Adenoma is a mixed tumor that commonly occurs in the salivary glands. They are referred to as pleiomorphic adenoma they are formed from two types of layers found in the major salivary glands. In very rare cases, they may also be found in the nasal cavity, pharynx or larynx. This type of adenoma is [...]
Continue reading …The tubular adenoma polyp is a kind of polyp adenoma that grows in the epithelial lining of the colon and various other points in the gastrointestinal tract. The adenoma is present in the benign form in the initial stages. The cells in the benign form of tubular adenoma polyp are inactive and are covered by a protective [...]
Continue reading …Syringomatous adenoma is also referred to with the short form SA and it is a benign form of tumor found in the breast. Adenomas are often associated with the glandular tissues of the various endocrine glands found in the human body. The adenoma is found in the mammary glands and occurs as benign cancerous growths. This [...]
Continue reading …Ceruminous adenoma – Adenoma is a benign form of tumor that grows on glandular tissue available in the human body. It is also found on cells that are secretive in nature. Ceruminous glands are derived from apocrine glands that produce secretion into the hair follicle. When the cells in the lining of the ceruminous glands [...]
Continue reading …Ductal adenoma is described as a neoplasm that represents a benign form of tumor. This adenoma is found to have a circumscribed proliferation of the glandular cells, from where it has originated. The ductal adenoma looks like a proliferation of the ducts in the mammary glands and it may grow in size and also compress adjacent structures. [...]
Continue reading …Lipid poor adenoma is a silent disease, and the adrenal masses that are found with the imaging tests, indicate that about one to five percent of cases that were tested for a CT scan in the United States of America, showed signs of the development of the lipid poor adenoma. The adenoma has been found in [...]
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