Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Presenting as the Budd-Chiari Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review by Joanna K Law, Jenny Davis, Anne Buckley, Baljinder Salh

“…Furthermore, biliary dysplasia, which can be a precursor to this cancer, was also noted within some of the bile ducts.…”
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Lens Extrusion from Laminin Alpha 1 Mutant Zebrafish by Mallika Pathania, Elena V. Semina, Melinda K. Duncan

“…Previous work revealed that this mutant has a shortened body axis and eye defects including a defective hyaloid vasculature, focal corneal dysplasia, and loss of the crystalline lens. While these studies highlight the importance of laminin α1 in lens development, a detailed analysis of the lens defects seen in these mutants was not reported. …”
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Primary Congenital Lymphedema Complicated by Hydrops Fetalis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Paul Singh, Matthew Connell

“…Rarely, however, widespread lymphatic dysplasia may occur, possibly resulting in nonimmune hydrops fetalis.…”
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MURCS Association with Partial Duplication of the Distal Long Chromosome 5 and Unilateral Ovarian Agenesis by Anna Dabkowska-Huc, Piotr Skalba, Antoni Pyrkosz

“…A combination of the congenital abnormalities, Müllerian duct aplasia, renal aplasia, and cervicothoracic somite dysplasia, is defined as the MURCS association. Various genetic defects have been described in the MURCS association so far, yet the unambiguous molecular basis of these disorders has not been established. …”
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Features of development and progression of colorectal cancer on a background of ulcerative colitis by I. L. Khalif, V. N. Kashnikov, A. V. Gusev, O. V. Golovenko, K. V. Bolikhov, L. L. Kapuller, A. N. Kuznetsov, A. V. Vasilchenko

“…In 7 (10,8%) cases of 65 the signs of dysplasia of intestinal epithelium were not revealed, in 24 (36,9%) dysplasia of moderate degree and in 34 (52,3%) – high degree was observed. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of HAPC in Barrett's Esophagus – A Multicenter Italian Prospective Study by Davide Massimi, Roberta Maselli, Silvia Pecere, Cristiano Spada, Gianluca Andrisani, Francesco Maria Di Matteo, Antonella La Terra, Franco Coppola, Antonio Capogreco, Roberto De Sire, Ludovico Alfarone, Maddalena Menini, Marco Spadaccini, Cesare Hassan, Alessandro Repici

“…Patients with BE C3M5 maximum extent, low- or high-grade dysplasia (LGD, HGD) or residual BE after endoscopic resection (ER) of visible lesions were included. …”
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Risk factors for and short-term prognosis of intrauterine infection in preterm infants by Xuemei Zhao, Yue Song, Liqun Lu

“…The infants with IUI showed higher incidences of respiratory distress syndrome, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, retinopathy of prematurity, and prolonged mechanical ventilation. …”
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Biliary Adenofibroma with Carcinoma In Situ: A Rare Case Report by N. Thao T. Nguyen, Theresa R. Harring, Laurie Holley, John A. Goss, Christine A. O’Mahony

“…Multiple foci of high-grade dysplasia/carcinoma in situ were found with a microscopic focus of invasive carcinoma in review of the pathology, making this only the second case reporting malignant transformation. …”
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Dysmorphic Short Stature: Radiological Diagnosis of Trichorhinophalangeal Syndrome by Corina Ramona Nicolescu, Laura Kasongo, Léon Rausin

“…Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome (TRPS), a type of skeletal dysplasia, is characterized by a triad of dysmorphic (bulbous nose and large ears); ectodermal (thin and sparse hair); and skeletal (short stature and cone-shaped epiphyses) findings, and this combination is helpful for early diagnosis and appropriate follow-up. …”
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Femoral Head Coverage Assessment in Healthy Children Younger than 6 Years by Suvorov Vasyl, Filipchuk Viktor, Zyablovskyi Evhen

“…Introduction. Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is one of the commonest hip joint pathologies in children; to treat it properly, hip surgeons should know the normal femoral head (FH) coverage by the acetabulum. …”
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The Domestic Cat as a Large Animal Model for Characterization of Disease and Therapeutic Intervention in Hereditary Retinal Blindness by Kristina Narfström, Koren Holland Deckman, Marilyn Menotti-Raymond

“…The second model addressed in this paper is the autosomal dominant early onset rod cone dysplasia, putatively caused by the mutation found in the CRX gene. …”
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Altered Expression of Cellular Bcl-2 in the Progression of Hamster Cholangiocarcinogenesis by Byung-suk Jeon, Byung-IL Yoon

“…Cytoplasmic staining, which reflects high-Bcl-2 immunoreactivity, was negative to very weak in normal and hyperplastic bile ducts without dysplastic changes, while hyperplastic bile ducts with dysplasia indicated heterogeneously strong expression. …”
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Limbal Pseudoepitheliomatous Hyperplasia Mimicking Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia in Palpebral Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis by Chintan Malhotra, Arun K. Jain, Bikram Thapa

“…An excision biopsy was performed, and the specimen sent for histopathologywhich revealed features of pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia with no evidence of dysplasia or malignant transformation. The subepithelium revealed a dense plasma-rich inflammation. …”
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Unveiling the uncommon: hypoplasia of external iliac artery–a case report and literature review by Yu Xu, Jingbin Yuan, Chao Li

“…Abstract The absence or dysplasia of the iliac artery(IA) is an exceedingly rare condition, with limited cases documented in the literature. …”
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Non-Helicobacter pylori Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia in Children: A Series of Cases and Review of the Literature by Sandra Mabel Camacho-Gomez, Anas Bernieh, Ali G. Saad, Neelesh Ajit Tipnis

“…The association of GIM and adenoma/dysplasia and carcinoma is rarely seen in children, primarily because the time required for these to develop takes the individual into adulthood. …”
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Autoimmune gastritis pathogenesis and risk factors of stomach malignant neoplasia by Ye. A. Losik, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Excessive amount of gastrin, in turn, stimulates ECL-cells and can result in their hyperplasia and dysplasia. Development of adenocarcinoma is preceded by structural mucosal changes: atrophy and metaplasia that result from inflammatory changes at autoimmune gastritis. …”
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Red Blood Cell Transfusion Independence Following the Initiation of Iron Chelation Therapy in Myelodysplastic Syndrome by Maha A. Badawi, Linda M. Vickars, Jocelyn M. Chase, Heather A. Leitch

“…A 76-year-old man with MDS type refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia, intermediate-1 IPSS risk, was referred when he became transfusion dependent. …”
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Premalignant Lesions in the Kidney by Ziva Kirkali, Kutsal Yorukoglu

“…Different lesions, such as dysplasia in the tubules adjacent to RCC, atypical hyperplasia in the cyst epithelium of von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, and adenoma have been described for a number of years as possible premalignant changes or precursor lesions of RCC. …”
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The Desmosomal Plaque Proteins of the Plakophilin Family by Steffen Neuber, Mario Mühmer, Denise Wratten, Peter J. Koch, Roland Moll, Ansgar Schmidt

“…Thus, loss of functional PKP 1 in humans leads to ectodermal dysplasia/skin fragility (EDSF) syndrome, a genodermatosis with severe blistering of the epidermis as well as abnormal keratinocytes differentiation. …”
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A Rare Case of Carotid Web Presenting with Ischemic Stroke in a Young Woman and a Brief Review of the Literature by Kyaw Kyaw, Htun Latt, Sammy San Myint Aung, Jay Babu, Rajesh Rangaswamy

“…It is histologically defined as atypical fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), with abnormal fibrosis and smooth muscle cell hyperplasia in the tunica intima. …”
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