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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of oral pathology & medicine 26 (1997), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1600-0714
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Juvenile xanthogranuloma is commonly seen in the dermis, and only very rarely develops in the oral mucosa. Here we report a case that occurred in the anterior palate of a 9-year-old boy. The lesion appeared as a dark red and well-defined nodule measuring 12×14 mm. Histologically, it consisted of a proliferation of histiocytes and fibroblastic stroma intermingled with foamy cells. Many lipid droplets without limiting membrane were observed in the cytoplasm under electron microscopy, but no Langerhans' cell granules were observed. The proliferative histiocytes were positive for lysozyme and macrophage HAM56 under immunohistochemical observation, but not for S-100 protein. From these findings, the lesion was diagnosed as juvenile xanthogranuloma. The post-operative course, now amounting to 7 years, has been uneventful.
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    ISSN: 1600-0714
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 is expressed in osteoarthritic cartilage and synovial fluid and is thought to be involved in the degradation of cartilage extracellular matrix. However, MMP-2 expression and osteoarthritic changes in internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint are unknown. In the present study, we have examined the histological relationship between osteoarthritic changes on articular cartilage with or without articular disc perforation, and MMP-2 expression, in 85 mandibular condyles from cadavers. The expression and tissue immunolocalization of MMP-2 in fibrocartilages from these condyles was examined histochemically. The Mankin grade of histological criteria for specimens with disc perforation was significantly higher than that of specimens without perforation. MMP-2 immunostaining was positive in the cytoplasm of chondrocytes and in their surrounding matrix. There was a linear correlation between MMP-2-positive cell rates and Mankin grade. Our data suggest that MMP-2 plays an important role in fibrocartilage degradation in internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1600-0714
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background:  Although it is clear that dissemination via the blood system involves angiogenesis, it is uncertain whether tumors also induce lymphangiogenesis or simply invade existing peritumoral vessels. The purpose of this study was to elucidate changes in tumor blood and lymph vessels in cases involving the invasion of squamous cell carcinoma in the oral cavity, and its significance. Blood and lymph vessels densities in tongue carcinomas induced in hamsters were investigated.Methods:  Tongue cancer was induced by abrading the right margin of the tongue of each hamster with an endodontic barbed broach and subsequently applying 1.0% 9,10-dimenthl-1,2-benzanthracene (DMBA) dissolved in acetone, three times a week, at the same site. Fresh frozen sections were prepared and blood vessels stained blue by perfusion with Coomassie Brilliant Blue and lymph vessels stained brown for 5′-nucleotidase. The effects on the blood vessels and lymph vessels were observed.Results:  The results showed that blood and lymph vessel densities were greater in the advanced carcinoma tissues than in normal tissue. These were compared in terms of the mode of cancer invasion. As tumor invasion progressed, the blood vessel density decreased but lymph vessel density tended to be higher in high-degree tumor invasion than in low-degree tumor invasion. The expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-C was seen more frequently as tumor invasion progressed.Conclusions:  The present findings indicated that angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis are affected by cancerous invasion.
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    ISSN: 1600-0714
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in synovial fluid are helpful in the biochemical diagnosis of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder (TMD). We examined the synovial fluid from 38 TMD patients with disc displacement and 20 volunteers by gelatin zymography and immunoblotting analysis to clarify the involvement of the joint pathology from the viewpoint of expression of MMPs. Two gelatinolytic enzymes, MMP-2 and -9, were detected in the samples. The incidences of expression, except for pro-MMP-2, in anterior disc displacement (ADD) without reduction (ADD w/o R) were significantly higher than in ADD with reduction (ADD w R) (P〈0.05). Quantitative analysis showed that the degree of MMP-2 and -9 expression in ADD w/o R were higher than in ADD w R. These data suggest that the presence or absence of disc reduction is a major turning point in the process of joint destruction, and these MMPs are useful as biochemical markers for TMD diagnosis.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1573-7276
    Keywords: head and neck cancer ; nude mice ; occult metastasis ; orthotopic implantation model
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The presence of occult metastasis is the most important factor that influences the prognosis in patients with head and neck cancer. To reproduce occult metastasis of oral cancer cells, we serially resected the primary focus in an orthotopic implantation model to examine when metastasis of cancer cells occurs. Human squamous cell carcinoma was implanted into the tongue of nude mice divided into two groups, non-surgery and surgery groups. Mice in the non-surgery group were sacrificed, and the tongue cancer and cervical lymph nodes were resected simultaneously. In the surgery-group, resection of the tongue cancer was performed, and the cervical lymph nodes were resected on day 28. For the non-surgery-group, the incidences of metastasis were 0%, 9%, 36%, 91% and 100% on days 3, 7, 14, 21 and 28, respectively. For the surgery-group, resection of the tongue cancer was performed on days 3, 7 and 14, and the incidence of metastasis on day 28 was 0%, 82% and 91%, respectively. The occult metastasis was reproduced using resected primary cancer on day 7. This time-based model may be useful to clarify the mechanism of metastasis and to develop new treatments.
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