Myocardial infarction without coronary artery atherosclerosis: pathological aspect
Myocardial infarction (MI) is a clinico-pathological condition resulted from an irreversible ischemic injury to cardiac myocytes. Myocardial infarction with normal coronary artery on angiogram (MINCA) is a widelyaccepted clinical term used to describe a group of patients presenting with the MI symptoms and signs but having a normal angiogram....
Comparison of α-smooth muscle actin expression between squamous cell carcinoma and pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia
To evaluate the usefulness of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) expression of reactive myofibroblastic cells within desmoplastic reaction tissue for distinction between invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia (PEH)....
Traumatic asphyxial death from two-wheel ‘walking behind’ tractor
A 41-year-old man was found suspended 15 cm above the floor, hanging from the long handle-bars of a twowheel ‘walking behind’ tractor. The floor was downward sloping and muddy, which caused the tractor to dig into the floor, raising the long handle bars under the arms of the victim, and pushing him against a pillar....