Ultrasound Biomicroscopy Detects Peters’ Anomaly and Rieger’s Anomaly in Infants by Wen-Si Chen, Dao-Man Xiang, Lan-Xiang Hu

“…Type IV: echoes of the DM and the endothelium are continuous, corneal stroma echo is enhanced, and an abnormal strand of peripheral iris extends to the prominent Schwalbe line, accompanied by iris stroma or pupil heteromorphism and a shallow or flat anterior chamber. …”
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Structural Changes in Thin Keratoconic Corneas Following Crosslinking with Hypotonic Riboflavin: Findings on In Vivo Confocal Microscopy by Aalia Rasool Sufi, M. Soundaram, Nilam Gohil, Jeremy D. Keenan, N. Venkatesh Prajna

“…Stromal keratocyte apoptosis was evident in the anterior stroma in all cases and extended to the posterior stroma in four eyes with gradual regeneration evident at three and six months. …”
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Corneal Opacity Induced by Antiglaucoma Agents Other Than Brimonidine Tartrate by Yuka Kasuya, Ichiya Sano, Shinji Makino, Hidetoshi Kawashima

“…Anterior-segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed marked corneal opacity and thickened corneal stroma. The topical drugs were discontinued and replaced with 0.1% betamethasone eye drops. …”
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Clinically relevant orthotopic pancreatic cancer models for adoptive T cell transfer therapy by Gregory B. Lesinski, Chrystal M. Paulos, Maggie Phillips, Jacklyn Hammons, Isaac Karpovsky, Zaid Mahdi, Natalie K. Horvat, Megan M. Wyatt, Margaret A. Hall, Cameron J. Herting, Richard A. Moffitt

“…Interestingly, we found that chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells redirected to recognize mesothelin on these tumors that signal via CD3ζ and 41BB (Meso-41BBζ-CAR T cells) infiltrated the tumors of mice bearing stroma-devoid KPC-Luc orthotopic tumors, but not MT-5 tumors.Conclusions Our data establish for the first time a reproducible and realistic clinical system useful for modeling stroma-rich and stroma-devoid PDAC tumors. …”
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Reorganization of Extracellular Matrix in Placentas from Women with Asymptomatic Chagas Disease: Mechanism of Parasite Invasion or Local Placental Defense? by Juan Duaso, Erika Yanez, Christian Castillo, Norbel Galanti, Gonzalo Cabrera, Gabriela Corral, Juan Diego Maya, Inés Zulantay, Werner Apt, Ulrike Kemmerling

“…T. cruzi-infected placentas present destruction of the syncytiotrophoblast and villous stroma, selective disorganization of the basal lamina, and disorganization of collagen I in villous stroma. …”
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Spatial transcriptomic analysis identifies epithelium-macrophage crosstalk in endometriotic lesions by Gregory W. Burns, Zhen Fu, Erin L. Vegter, Zachary B. Madaj, Erin Greaves, Idhaliz Flores, Asgerally T. Fazleabas

“…This study aimed to identify cell type-specific gene expression changes in superficial peritoneal endometriotic lesions and elucidate the crosstalk among the stroma, epithelium, and macrophages compared to patient-matched eutopic endometrium. …”
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts and their role in tumor progression by M. S. Ermakov, A. A. Nushtaeva, V. A. Richter, O. A. Koval

“…The structure of the tumor stroma includes connective tissue elements, blood vessels, nerves, and extracellular matrix (ECM). …”
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Biliary Adenofibroma: A Rare Liver Tumor with Transition to Invasive Carcinoma by Ayham Alshbib, Krzysztof Grzyb, Trygve Syversveen, Henrik Mikael Reims, Kristoffer Lassen, Sheraz Yaqub

“…It has a bile duct origin characterized by a complex tubulocystic biliary epithelium with fibrous stroma. MRI features may suggest this uncommon entity, and histological findings can be diagnostic. …”
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Intraosseous angioleiomyoma of the mandible- Report of a rare case by K.S. Gamal Abdul Nasser, S.G. Wasim Ahamed, Madhu Narayan

“…The microscopy of incisional biopsy revealed loose fibrovascular stroma and wavy spindle-shaped cells suggestive of a spindle cell neoplasm with features of neurofibroma. …”
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Osteopontin at the Crossroads of Inflammation and Tumor Progression by Luigi Mario Castello, Davide Raineri, Livia Salmi, Nausicaa Clemente, Rosanna Vaschetto, Marco Quaglia, Massimiliano Garzaro, Sergio Gentilli, Paolo Navalesi, Vincenzo Cantaluppi, Umberto Dianzani, Anna Aspesi, Annalisa Chiocchetti

“…In this review, we will describe the role of systemic, tumor-derived, and stroma-derived OPN, highlighting its pivotal role at the crossroads of inflammation and tumor progression.…”
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Intracranial Gliofibroma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Patricia Gargano, Graciela Zuccaro, Fabiana Lubieniecki

“…These findings of a glial component with collagenous stroma were consistent with a desmoplastic glioma. …”
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Fatal Disruption of a Left Atrial Myxoma Associated with Trauma by Anthony Iacco, Nazneen Billimoria, Greg Howells

“…Cardiac myxomas are benign tumors composed of sparse stellate cells in an extensive mucoid stroma. The surface of these tumors is often friable and gelatinous. …”
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Superficial acral fibromyxoma on the palm: a case report by Chunli Yang, Bin Lu, Zheng Lin

“…The nodule was nearly round, exhibited distinct margins, featured slight surface keratosis, and displayed a collar-like alteration at its periphery. The stroma showed significant fibrous proliferation and a myxoid matrix. …”
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Corneal Backscatter Analysis by In Vivo Confocal Microscopy: Fellow Eye Comparison of Small Incision Lenticule Extraction and Femtosecond Laser-Assisted LASIK by Alper Agca, Engin Bilge Ozgurhan, Yusuf Yildirim, Kadir Ilker Cankaya, Nimet Burcu Guleryuz, Zeynep Alkin, Abdullah Ozkaya, Ahmet Demirok, Omer Faruk Yilmaz

“…To evaluate and compare corneal backscatter from anterior stroma between small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK (femto-LASIK). …”
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Mast Cell Interaction with Neutrophils in Human Gastric Carcinomas: Ultrastructural Observations by Antonio Ieni, Valeria Barresi, Giovanni Branca, Rosario Alberto Caruso, Giovanni Tuccari

“…Only cases showing both mast cells and neutrophils in the tumor stroma were considered in the analysis. Results. Only 9 GC (M : F = 5 : 4; age range: 50–82 years) showed both mast cells and neutrophils in the tumor stroma. …”
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Oral Neurothekeoma of the Right Buccal Mucosa by Alex C. Tham, Nandini L. Chilagondanahalli, Manish M. Bundele, Jeevendra Kanagalingam

“…Historically, this tumour has been subclassified as myxoid (classic), mixed, or the cellular type, depending on the amount of myxoid stroma and cellularity. We present a case of oral neurothekeoma (mixed type) of the buccal mucosa. …”
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The Controversial Role of Microglia in Malignant Gliomas by Jun Wei, Konrad Gabrusiewicz, Amy Heimberger

“…Malignant gliomas contain stroma and a variety of immune cells including abundant activated microglia/macrophages. …”
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Stromal Expression of CD10 in Invasive Breast Carcinoma and Its Correlation with ER, PR, HER2-neu, and Ki67 by Vandana Puri, Manjula Jain, Shaji Thomas

“…CD10 expression in tumour stroma is associated with biological aggressiveness of many epithelial malignancies. …”
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Mantle Cell Lymphoma Payudara, Suatu Kasus Jarang by Valencia Valencia, Aswiyanti Asri, Hera Novianti

“…Pemeriksaan histopatologi tampak potongan jaringan payudara dengan stroma jaringan ikat dan jaringan lemak mengandung proliferasi sel-sel limfoid berukuran kecil, monoton dan tersebar difus di antara stroma. …”
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In Vivo Confocal Microscopy and Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Analysis of the Microcystic Keratitis by Michał Dembski, Anna Nowińska, Klaudia Ulfik, Sławomir Teper, Edward Wylęgała

“…Basal epithelial cells and anterior stroma showed inflammatory changes. Posterior corneal stroma and endothelium presented normal morphology. …”
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