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A case of malignant Leydig cell tumor is reported. The best feature of malignancy of this rare tumor is the presence of vascular invasion. An immunohistochemical study is presented and the differential diagnosis is discussed.
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The case of a 17-year-young woman with Calcifying Fibrous Pseudotumor is reported. This observation emphasizes 1) A distinctive histologic appearance and the broad spectrum of this entity, 2) The differential diagnosis to consider, 3) The excellent prognostic and the low risk of local recurrence.
The presence of renin, angiotensin I-converting enzyme and angiotensin II detected by immunocytochemistry in the adult male rat anterior pituitary has suggested the existence of a pituitary renin-angiotensin system. To establish another mammalian experimental model we have investigated the presence of renin, angiotensinogen, angiotensin I-converting enzyme, and angiotensin II II in five normal lamb anterior pituitaries by immunocytochemistry after cryoultramicrotomy. Renin, angiotensinogen and angiotensin II immunoreactivities were observed only in cytoplasmic granules of lactotrophs, and the three proteins were found co-localized with prolactin in the same granules by double immunolabelling. No immunoreactive angiotensin I-converting enzyme was observed. These results suggest an activation of renin in the cytoplasmic granules of lactotrophs leading to a local synthesis of angiotensin II. Thus, the lamb anterior pituitary may provide a good experimental model for investigating the possible autocrine action of a local renin-angiotensin system on prolactin release in the human pituitary.
We report a case of temporal arteritis associated with anicteric cholestasis. Serial sections of a transthoracic needle biopsy of the liver revealed giant-cell arteritis in medium-sized hepatic arteries and cholangitis in adjacent bile ducts. The literature reveals that similar pathologic features have only exceptionally been observed in liver biopsies. These lesions may account for liver function disturbances commonly seen in temporal arteritis or polymyalgia rheumatica.