Properties of kaon at non-zero temperature and baryon chemical potential

We investigate the spectroscopic properties of the strange particle kaon in the framework of hot and dense QCD. To this end, first, we find the perturbative spectral density, which is connected with both the temperature $T$ and the baryon chemical potential $\mu_{B}$. We include the non-perturbative operators as functions of temperature and baryon chemical potential up to mass dimension five. We perform the calculations in momentum space and use the quark propagator in the hot and dense medium. The numerical results at non-zero temperature and baryon chemical potential demonstrate that the mass of the particle rises considerably by increasing the baryon chemical potential at a fixed temperature (for both the zero and non-zero temperatures) up to approximately $\mu_{B}=0.4$ GeV. After this point, it starts to fall by increasing the baryon chemical potential and it vanishes at $\mu_{B}=(1.03-1.15)$ GeV for finite temperatures: The vanishing point moves to lower baryon chemical potentials by increasing the temperature. At zero temperature, the mass reaches to roughly a fixed value at higher baryon chemical potentials. On the other hand, the decay constant decreases considerably with respect to baryon chemical potential up to roughly $\mu_{B}=0.4$ GeV, but after this point, it starts to increase in terms of the baryon chemical potential at finite temperatures. At $T=0$, the decay constant reaches to a fixed value at higher chemical potentials, as well. It is also seen that the obtained results for the mass and decay constant at $T=\mu_{B}=0$ are in good consistency with the existing experimental data. The observations are consistent with the QCD phase diagram in the $T-\mu_{B}$ plane.Comment: 12 Pages, 8 Figures and 3 Table

Xanthogranulomatous Endometritis: A Challenging Imitator of Endometrial Carcinoma

Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is a distinguished histopathological entity affecting several organs, predominantly the kidney and gallbladder. So far, only a small number of cases of xanthogranulomatous inflammation occurring in female genital tract have been described, most frequently affecting the endometrium and histologically characterized by replacement of endometrium by xanthogranulomatous inflammation composed of abundant foamy histiocytes, siderophages, giant cells, fibrosis, calcification and accompanying polymorphonuclear leucocytes, plasma cells and lymphocytes of polyclonal origin. We present a case of a 69-year-old female complained of post menopausal bleeding and weight loss. Clinical preliminary diagnoses were endometrial carcinoma or hyperplasia and ultrasound was supposed to be endometrial malignancy, hyperplasia or pyometra by radiologist. Histopathological examination of uterus revealed xanthogranulomatous endometritis. Since xanthogranulomatous endometritis may mimic endometrial malignancy clinically and pathologically as a result of the replacement of the endometrium and occasionally invasion of the myometrium by friable yellowish tissue composed of histiocytes, knowledge of this unusual inflammatory disease is needed for both clinicians and pathologists

Antegrade balloon dilatation as a treatment option for posttransplant ureteral strictures: Case series of 50 patients

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of antegrade balloon dilatation on ureteral strictures that developed after kidney transplant. Materials and Methods: The hospital databases of the Erasmus Medical Center (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) and the Academic Medical Center (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) were retrospectively screened for patients who underwent balloon dilatation after kidney transplant. Balloon dilatation was technically successful whenever it was able to pass the strictured segment with the guidewire followed by balloon inflation; the procedure was clinically successful if no further interventions (for example, surgical revision of the ureteroneocystostomy or prolonged double J placement) were necessary. Results: Fifty patients (2.4%) of 2075 kidney transplant recipients underwent antegrade balloon dilatation because of urinary outflow obstruction. Median time between transplant and balloon dilatation was 3 months (range, 0-139 mo). In 43 patients (86%), balloon dilatation was technically successful. In the remaining 7 patients (14%), it was impossible to pass the strictured segment with the guidewire. In 20 of 43 patients (47%) having a technically successful procedure, the procedure was also clinically successful, with median follow-up after balloon dilatation of 35.5 months (range, 0-102 mo). We did not identify any patient o