Pathological processes

Articles

• necrosis
  9 November 2004

  tissular death

• cell injury
  28 January 2006

  cellular injury

• metastasis
  29 October 2003

  cancer metastasis, tumoral metastasis, metastases
  Definition: Metastasis can be viewed as an evolutionary process, culminating in the prevalence of rare tumour cells that overcame stringent physiological barriers as they separated from their original environment and developmental fate.
  Types
  lymphatic dissemination
  nodal metastasis
  carcinomatous lymphangitis
  Localization
  visceral metastasis
  pulmonary metastasis
  hepatic metastasis
  digestive metastasis
  cerebral metastasis (...)

• thyroid tumorigenesis
  19 May 2004

  Genic inactivations
  CTNNB1 exon 3 mutations in poorly differentiated (25%) and undifferentiated thyroid carcinomas (21.4%) (#11238046#)
  See also:
  thyroid tumors

• oligohydramnios
  17 May 2004

  Oligohydramnios is a severe and common complication of pregnancy. The finding of oligohydramnios can be associated with fetal anomalies, PROM, uteroplacental insufficiency (eg, growth retardation, postdatism, abruptio placenta, significant maternal illness), abnormalities of twinning, and idiopathic oligohydramnios.
  Synopsis
  oligohydramnios sequence
  Etiology
  rupture of amniotic membranes (ROM)
  preterm premature rupture of the fetal membranes
  chronic leakage of amniotic fluid (...)

• tumoral progression
  19 May 2004

  cancer progression, tumor progression, tumoral evolution

• protein misfolding
  20 April 2004

  misfolded proteins, protein misfolding diseases, protein misfolding disorders

• biliary obstruction
  8 December 2004

  Synopsis
  Cholestasis

• prostatic tumorigenesis
  5 July 2007

  prostate carcinogenesis

• neurofibrillary degeneration
  22 March 2005

  References
  Dickson DW. Apoptotic mechanisms in Alzheimer neurofibrillary degeneration: cause or effect? J Clin Invest. 2004 Jul;114(1):23-7. PMID: #15232608#

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