The Urodele Limb Regeneration Blastema: The Cell Potential by Kenyon S. Tweedell

“…Many specialized cells, bone, cartilage, muscle, and Schwann cells, at the injury site undergo dedifferentiation to a progenitor state and maintain their cell lineage as they redifferentiate in the regenerate. …”
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Growth Hormone Deficiency in a Patient with Becker Muscular Dystrophy: A Pediatric Case Report by Valeria Calcaterra, Annachiara Malvezzi, Rossana Toglia, Angela Berardinelli, Elena Bozzola, Mauro Bozzola, Daniela Larizza

“…GH peak was evaluated after response to arginine and insulin. Bone age was evaluated according to Greulich and Pyle method. …”
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The Role of TGFβ Signaling in Squamous Cell Cancer: Lessons from Mouse Models by Adam B. Glick

“…TGFβ1 is a member of a large growth factor family including activins/inhibins and bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs) that have a potent growth regulatory and immunomodulatory functions in normal skin homeostasis, regulation of epidermal stem cells, extracellular matrix production, angiogenesis, and inflammation. …”
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B.P.F.C.® Bio-Plasma® with Pure Growth Factors (BioPlasma®) Used for the Treatment of a Persistent Great Periapical Lesion of an Endodontically Treated Tooth: A New Therapeutic Opt... by Raffaello Viganò, Mirko Disconzi, Edoardo Bertini, Luca Viganò, Cinzia Casu

“…The aim of this case report was to evaluate the efficacy of a new platelet-rich plasma preparation and its regenerative capacity of bone periapical tissue for the treatment of a very compromised endodontic treated tooth, with a periapical lesion of 1.5 cm in diameter, using a pure platelet concentrate. …”
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Cervical Ganglioneuroma. A Pediatric Case Presentation and Review of the Literature by Mányeles Brito Vázquez, Yamila Muga Baluja, José Miguel Alcalde Rojas

“…In the imaging studies performed, a heterogeneous solid lesion with punctate calcifications was diagnosed, compressing adjacent bone and vascular structures. To obtain histology, an ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy was performed, and the diagnosis of cervical ganglioneuroma was informed by pathological anatomy. …”
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Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Tissue-Specific Progenitor Cells: Their Role in Tissue Homeostasis by Aleksandra Klimczak, Urszula Kozlowska

“…This paper is presenting an overview of the current knowledge of biology of tissue-resident mesenchymal stromal and progenitor cells (originated from bone marrow, liver, skeletal muscle, skin, heart, and lung) associated with tissue regeneration and tissue homeostasis.…”
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Surgical Treatment of Jacob’s Disease: A Case Report Involving an Osteochondroma of the Coronoid Process by Dale E. Stringer, Kourt B. Chatelain, Rahul Tandon

“…Although it is one of the most common benign tumors of bone in the axial skeleton, the osteochondroma is relatively rare in the maxillofacial region. …”
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Erdheim-Chester Disease and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Collision Tumour Presenting as a Perirenal Mass by Antonio Maietta, Maryam Razmpoosh

“…Disease manifestation is variable often involving many different organs, mainly bone, retroperitoneum, the heart, and the central nervous system. …”
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Intraosseous Hemangioma of the Middle Turbinate Misdiagnosed As a Nasal Polyp by Tae Hoon Kim, Eun Jung Lim, Jun-Ki Lee, Jin Gul Lee, Man-Hoon Han

“…Intraosseous hemangiomas account for 1% of all bone tumors and primarily originate from the vertebral column and skull bones. …”
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End-stage ADPKD with a low-frequency PKD1 mosaic variant accelerated by chemoradiotherapy by Hiroaki Hanafusa, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Naoya Morisada, Ming Juan YE, Riki Matsumoto, Hiroaki Nagase, Kandai Nozu

“…We present the case of a 32 year-old male with chronic active Epstein–Barr virus who underwent bone marrow transplantation with chemoradiotherapy at age 9. …”
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Hypoxemic Bronchiolitis Related to Major Histocompatibility Class II Deficiency by S. Hammami, H. Besbès, S. Hadded, K. Lajmi, L. Ghédira, Ch. B. Meriem, M. N. Guediche

“…Prognosis is very poor when bone marrow transplantation cannot be performed. …”
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A Simple Technique to Locate the Nail Tip in a Buried Interlocking Nail in Femur while Extraction by Mugundhan Moongilpatti Sengodan, Yuganeswaran Marasamy

“…Technique: We have found a simple technique to locate the nail tip, thereby reducing the chance of damage to the bone and soft tissue. So far, we have used this technique in eight cases. …”
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Necrotizing Sialometaplasia of the Hard Palate in a Patient Treated with Topical Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug by Alessandro Gatti, Emanuele Broccardo, Giuseppe Poglio, Arnaldo Benech

“…After diagnosis, the patient underwent treatment with chlorhexidine gluconate and a full palatal acrylic guard to protect the exposed bone from food residues during meals. After the sixth week the lesion regressed.…”
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Metastatic Thymic Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma: The Diagnostic Challenges and Role of CRTC1/MAML2 Translocation in Accurate Diagnosis and Treatment by Toshiaki Takahashi, Daniel Graham, Evan Wu

“…This case report describes a 64‐year‐old female with a history of metastatic endometrial adenocarcinoma who presented to an oncology clinic with a thymic mass as well as multiple mass lesions in the liver, bone, and abdominal wall. Initially diagnosed as thymic ASC based on histopathology, further genomic profiling revealed a CRTC1/MAML2 translocation, leading to the diagnosis of metastatic MEC of the thymus. …”
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Endodontic Surgery of the Palatal Root of a Maxillary Molar Associated with Simultaneous Management of a Maxillary Sinus Lesion by Silvio Taschieri, Stefano Corbella, Luca Francetti, Alice Alberti, Benedetta Morandi

“…The patient agreed to solve both problems in one surgical step: endodontic surgery of the palatine root with palatal access with the simultaneous asportation of a lesion from the maxillary sinus floor. Complete bone healing of the periapical area and the maxillary sinus was visualized on intra-oral radiographs, and CBCT was taken one year after the treatment. …”
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Evaluation of SAR Distribution in Six-Layer Human Head Model by Asma Lak, Homayoon Oraizi

“…The six layers are skin, fat, bone, dura (the outer membrane of brain and spinal cord), CSF (colony stimulating factor), and brain. …”
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A Case of Metastatic Adamantinoma That Responded Well to Sunitinib by Andrew D. Liman, Agnes K. Liman, Jenna Shields, Becky Englert, Rashmikant Shah

“…Adamantinoma is a rare low-grade malignant bone tumor of epithelial origin. Metastatic adamantinoma has been reported to be resistant to chemotherapy. …”
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Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia and Pure Red Cell Aplasia in Thymoma by Sumit Dahal, Eliza Sharma, Suyash Dahal, Binav Shrestha, Bikash Bhattarai

“…He was found to have severe normocytic normochromic anemia and thrombocytopenia that did not improve with intravenous steroids or multiple transfusions of red cells and platelets. Subsequent bone marrow biopsy showed severely depleted megakaryocytes and erythroid precursor cells with relative myeloid hyperplasia suggestive of amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia and red cell aplasia. …”
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Clinical Biology and Potential Use of Thrombopoietin by Russell Basser

“…They have also been shown to enhance platelet recovery after chemotherapy, but early results from trials investigating their ability to prevent severe thrombocytopenia associated with the treatment of leukemia and bone marrow transplantation have been disappointing. …”
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Total Metacarpal Reconstruction with Fascia-Wrapped Fibular Graft Following Ewing Tumor Resection in a Growing Patient by Samer Abdel Al, MD, Muhamad A. Al-Qawasmi, MD, Muntaser Abu Shokor, MD, Hamza M. Khalaf, MD, Mohammad A. Alattar, PT

“…Ewing tumor, a rare bone tumor, exceptionally affects the hand. We report a unique case of this tumor in the fourth metacarpal of a young patient. …”
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