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S Battaglia

Publications and source records attributed to S Battaglia.

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PubMed1988

[Dynamic ultrasonic hysteroscopy].

An attempt was made to establish Dynamic Echohysteroscopy (DEHS) diagnostic criteria for the study of female genital apparatus, as recently proposed. DEHS consists of a pelvic ultrasonography during and following an injection of physiological solution in the uterine cavity. Since this technique does not use X-rays, it has been proven useful to study female infertility. The authors have studied the normal and pathological aspects of 33 patients who underwent both DEHS and hysterosalpingography (HSG) (comparison diagnostic test). The results lead to the following conclusions: 1) DEHS can be considered a useful alternative to HSG, in the evaluation of uterine pathology; 2) in the evaluation of tubal pathology, DEHS has fewer diagnostic possibilities than HSG. Nevertheless, DEHS indirectly allows the patency of at least one tube.

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PubMed1985

Apoptotic amyloid: a study on prostatic amyloidosis with particular reference to corpora amylacea.

1 case of systemic immunocytic amyloid and 20 cases of apoptotic amyloid of the prostate are reported. The latter cases derive from apoptotic (dying) prostatic columnar cells with major protein fibrils identifiable with intermediate prekeratin filaments. The prostatic apoptotic amyloid is tryptophan-positive, permanganate-labile and pronase-resistant. The mean thickness of fibrils is 130 A.

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PubMed1985

Prostate cambial (stem)-zone and microcarcinoma: immunohistochemical and morphometric study approach.

30 surgically removed prostates were selected out of 200 for comparative histological, immunohistochemical and morphometric studies. The presence or the absence of keratin and the mean nuclear area of nuclear profiles are the main differential criteria in distinguishing atypical hyperplasia (cambial zone) from benign prostatic hyperplasia, microcarcinoma and other prostatic cancers.

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PubMed1983

Early (stage A) prostatic cancer. V. Stereotopography.

In 67 prostates, collected at autopsy, besides length, the following measures were taken or calculated (Leitz, ASM): width, thickness (antero-posterior axis) and correlative half-diameters, mean area and ratio area/perimeter. When prostatic microcarcinoma was present, the angle to the antero-posterior axis and the mean percent distance from the urethral barycentre were calculated; over 74% of all cancer foci were in the lateral sextants between iso-distances 50-90.

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PubMed1982

Early (stage A) prostatic cancer. VI. A critical look at the follow-up.

The 4 year follow-up of an original series of 100 patients treated by subtotal prostatectomy and analysed on histopathological grounds is presented. 87 out of 100 were traced and were in the following groups: 37/45 A1, 27/29 A2, 10/12 A3, 13/14 benign prostatic hyperplasia. No therapy was performed. All three patients who died of prostatic carcinoma fitted into substage A3, all three patients living with metastases fitted into A1. The progression observed is significant when related to the brief interval of time, the size of the prostatic microcarcinoma and the histological grade (well differentiated tubular carcinomas in 5 out of 6 cases). Prostatectomy with capsulectomy is strongly recommended in order to prevent progression.

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PubMed1979

Early (stage A) prostatic cancer. IV. Methodological criteria for histopathological diagnosis.

This study was performed in order to elucidate some of the problems of incidence, morphology and natural history concerned with Stage A prostatic cancer or prostatic microcarcinoma (PMC). The prostates of 100 patients, treated by subtotal prostatectomy for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), were studied by comparing both routine and step-section techniques. The incidence of PMC was 41% by the former and 86% by the latter technique. Assessment of the size of PMC, as measured by the sum of the two main diameters, resulted in three groups: A1, A2, A3. The last of these may represent a frankly malignant condition, judged by size and the histological appearance. Radical prostatectomy is strongly suggested as appropriate therapy for this group.

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PubMed1978

[Aortic amyloidosis in adult life (author's transl)].

Aortic amyloid deposits were found in 53% of adult subjects (mean age 47.5 years). They appeared to be localized mainly in the mediaintimal border zone and the internal third of the aortic media, and were not usually related to atherosclerotic lesions. The thoracic aorta was more extensively and frequently involved than the abdominal. It was concluded that aortic amyloidosis: 1. is progressive in its extent and distribution 2. does not seem to be related to atherosclerosis 3. should not be considered to be a form of senile amyloidosis, but rather a peculiar microfocal amyloidosis of the aorta.

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