304 research outputs found
Quantitative anatomy of the posterior cricoid region
The anatomy of the posterior cricoid cartilage region was examined to obtain
a better quantitative understanding of this region. The mean height and width
of the posterior cricoid cartilage in the midline measured 24.5 mm and 25 mm
respectively. The mean distance between the fibres for the left and right posterior
cricoarytenoid muscles was 5 mm at the midpoint of the posterior cricoid
cartilage. The height of these muscles averaged 19 mm for left sides and 20 mm
for right sides. The mean distances from the midpoint and superior midline of
the posterior cricoid cartilage to the inferior laryngeal nerve were 14 mm and
15 mm respectively for left sides and 17 mm and 18 mm respectively for right
sides. It is hoped that these data will be of use to clinicians performing invasive
procedures in this area
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the spermatic cord: a case report and review of the literature
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is a morphologically ill-defined tumour of
the soft tissues and may involve nearly every organ of the body. MFH of the
spermatic cord represents an extremely rare entity and reports of it in the literature
are limited. We report a 69-year-old man found to have a left spermatic
cord MFH and retroperitoneal and mediastinal lymphadenopathy, who was treated
with radical orchiectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy. The morphological
findings of the spermatic tumour are presented and the literature is reviewed to
clarify the potential diagnostic/therapeutic approaches and the prognosis related
to spermatic cord MFH
The results of compression forces applied to the isolated human calvaria
Data for the force necessary to fracture the isolated calvaria (skull cap) are not
available in the extant literature. Twenty dry adult calvaria were tested to failure
quasistatically at the vertex using a 15-kN load cell. The forces necessary to
fracture or cause diastasis of calvarial sutures were then documented and gross
examination of the specimens made. Failure forces had a mean measurement of
2772 N. Initial fractures did not cross suture lines. Prior to complete destruction
of the calvaria there were 7 specimens in which all sutures of the calvaria became
diastatic, 6 specimens in which the calvaria became diastatic along only
the coronal sutures, 2 specimens in which the calvaria became diastatic along
only the sagittal suture and 5 specimens in which there were diagonal linear
parietal bone fractures. Our hopes are that these data may contribute to the
structural design of more safer protective devices for use in our society, assist in
predicting injury and aid in the construction of treatment paradigms
Does a third head of the rectus femoris muscle exist?
Current anatomical texts describe only two tendinous origins of the rectus femoris
muscle. The authors identified one older reference in which a third head of
the rectus femoris muscle was briefly described. In order to confirm the existence
of this head, 48 adult cadavers (96 sides) underwent detailed dissection of
the proximal attachments of the rectus femoris muscle. Of these sides 83%
were found to harbour a recognised third head of the rectus femoris muscle.
This additional head was found to attach deeply to the iliofemoral ligament and
superficially with the tendon of the gluteus minimus muscle as it attached into
the femur. This tendon attached to the anterior aspect of the greater trochanter
in an inferolateral direction compared to the straight head. The mean length
and width of the third head was 2 cm and 4 cm, respectively. The mean thickness
was found to be 3 mm. Most commonly this third head was bilaterally
absent or bilaterally present. However, 4.2% were found only on left sides and
5.2% were found only on right sides. The angle created between the reflected
and third heads was approximately 60 degrees. Two sides (both left sides with
one female and one male specimen) were found to have third heads that were
bilaminar. These bilaminar third heads had a distinct layer attaching to the underlying
iliofemoral ligament and a superficial layer blending with the gluteus
minimus tendon to insert onto the greater trochanter. Although the function of
such an attachment is speculative, the clinician may wish to consider this structure
in the interpretation of imaging or in surgical procedures in this region, as
in our study it was present on the majority of sides
Hormone-sensing cells require Wip1 for paracrine stimulation in normal and premalignant mammary epithelium
10.1186/bcr3381Breast Cancer Research15
Coexistence of Chiari 2 malformation and moyamoya syndrome in a 17-year-old girl.
A 17-year-old female with Chiari 2 malformation developed cerebral infarction with angiographically typical bilateral moyamoya vessels manifesting as sudden onset of moderate left hemiparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed multiple infarcts in the right frontal lobe, agenesis of the corpus callosum, upward herniation of the dorsal cerebellum, tectal beak of the midbrain, and downward herniation of the cerebellar vermis. Cerebral angiography demonstrated occlusion of the bilateral internal carotid arteries and basal moyamoya vessels. Single photon emission computed tomography showed significantly reduced regional cerebral blood flow in the right frontoparietal cortex. The cerebral vascular reactivity to acetazolamide was diminished in both cerebral hemispheres. She underwent superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery anastomosis combined with encephalo-myo-synangiosis on the right, and on the left 6 months later. Cerebral angiography performed 4 months after the second operation showed good patency of the bypasses and substantial collateral vessels in both cerebral hemispheres. This association may have happened by chance, and a common etiology is uncertain, but a currently undetermined genomic component might have contributed to the disease progression
Measurement of CP-violation asymmetries in D0 to Ks pi+ pi-
We report a measurement of time-integrated CP-violation asymmetries in the
resonant substructure of the three-body decay D0 to Ks pi+ pi- using CDF II
data corresponding to 6.0 invfb of integrated luminosity from Tevatron ppbar
collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV. The charm mesons used in this analysis come
from D*+(2010) to D0 pi+ and D*-(2010) to D0bar pi-, where the production
flavor of the charm meson is determined by the charge of the accompanying pion.
We apply a Dalitz-amplitude analysis for the description of the dynamic decay
structure and use two complementary approaches, namely a full Dalitz-plot fit
employing the isobar model for the contributing resonances and a
model-independent bin-by-bin comparison of the D0 and D0bar Dalitz plots. We
find no CP-violation effects and measure an asymmetry of ACP = (-0.05 +- 0.57
(stat) +- 0.54 (syst))% for the overall integrated CP-violation asymmetry,
consistent with the standard model prediction.Comment: 15 page
Measurement of the Forward-Backward Asymmetry in the B -> K(*) mu+ mu- Decay and First Observation of the Bs -> phi mu+ mu- Decay
We reconstruct the rare decays , , and in a data sample
corresponding to collected in collisions at
by the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron
Collider. Using and decays we report the branching ratios. In addition, we report
the measurement of the differential branching ratio and the muon
forward-backward asymmetry in the and decay modes, and the
longitudinal polarization in the decay mode with respect to the squared
dimuon mass. These are consistent with the theoretical prediction from the
standard model, and most recent determinations from other experiments and of
comparable accuracy. We also report the first observation of the {\mathcal{B}}(B^0_s \to
\phi\mu^+\mu^-) = [1.44 \pm 0.33 \pm 0.46] \times 10^{-6}27 \pm 6B^0_s$ decay observed.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables. Submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Measurement of the Bottom-Strange Meson Mixing Phase in the Full CDF Data Set
We report a measurement of the bottom-strange meson mixing phase \beta_s
using the time evolution of B0_s -> J/\psi (->\mu+\mu-) \phi (-> K+ K-) decays
in which the quark-flavor content of the bottom-strange meson is identified at
production. This measurement uses the full data set of proton-antiproton
collisions at sqrt(s)= 1.96 TeV collected by the Collider Detector experiment
at the Fermilab Tevatron, corresponding to 9.6 fb-1 of integrated luminosity.
We report confidence regions in the two-dimensional space of \beta_s and the
B0_s decay-width difference \Delta\Gamma_s, and measure \beta_s in [-\pi/2,
-1.51] U [-0.06, 0.30] U [1.26, \pi/2] at the 68% confidence level, in
agreement with the standard model expectation. Assuming the standard model
value of \beta_s, we also determine \Delta\Gamma_s = 0.068 +- 0.026 (stat) +-
0.009 (syst) ps-1 and the mean B0_s lifetime, \tau_s = 1.528 +- 0.019 (stat) +-
0.009 (syst) ps, which are consistent and competitive with determinations by
other experiments.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, Phys. Rev. Lett 109, 171802 (2012
Measurements of the properties of Lambda_c(2595), Lambda_c(2625), Sigma_c(2455), and Sigma_c(2520) baryons
We report measurements of the resonance properties of Lambda_c(2595)+ and
Lambda_c(2625)+ baryons in their decays to Lambda_c+ pi+ pi- as well as
Sigma_c(2455)++,0 and Sigma_c(2520)++,0 baryons in their decays to Lambda_c+
pi+/- final states. These measurements are performed using data corresponding
to 5.2/fb of integrated luminosity from ppbar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV,
collected with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. Exploiting the
largest available charmed baryon sample, we measure masses and decay widths
with uncertainties comparable to the world averages for Sigma_c states, and
significantly smaller uncertainties than the world averages for excited
Lambda_c+ states.Comment: added one reference and one table, changed order of figures, 17
pages, 15 figure
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