49 results for “Reaction Department”, page 1 of 3
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Usefulness of Claudin 4 in the cytological diagnosis of serosal effusions
…peritoneum (6), were found to be positive. Claudin 4 was also extremely useful in detecting single-tumor cells dispersed among heavy inflammatory reaction. Because of its high sensitivity (99.1%) and specificity (100%), Claudin 4 might…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
Ultrastructural histochemistry of mesotheliomas and adenocarcinomas in malignant effusions
…along the outer surface of the cell aggregates, while carcinomas displayed a positive reaction either on the outer surface or on both inner and outer surfaces of the clusters. The diagnostic significance of the above-mentioned…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · November 11, 2020 · in the opinion
Olson v. Brenntag N. Am., Inc. (2020)
…present. And Ms. Olson's strong and immediate reaction to hearing about a possible connection between talcum powder and cancer suggests otherwise. The First Department decisions J&J cites are not to the contrary. In Sosna…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · June 8, 1982 · in the opinion
White v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
…June 1948 until June 1980). During those years he worked in various departments of Johns-Manville including the transite pipe plant where he was exposed to asbestos fibers and silica, the asbestos shingle plant where he…
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Asbestos type
Tremolite Asbestos: Talc, Vermiculite, and Libby
…materials (US Patent 3,916,062, 1975), Thiokol Corp Asbestos fiber and organic polymeric binder heat reaction products and method of forming same (US Patent 3,968,072, 1976), James Julius Barna Chemically opening chrysotile asbestos…
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Court case · Montana Workers' Comp. Court · May 5, 2014 · in the opinion
Baeth v. Liberty NW Ins. Corp. (2014)
…usually ten years, from the time of exposure to the time of evaluation; and (3) evidence of structural changes caused by a reaction to the asbestos fibers.\[40\] ¶ 31 Dr. Black further explained that getting an…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · November 18, 1993 · in the opinion
Srite v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1993)
…in physical pain. Mr. Ben had been employed at the Petrotex Refinery in the labor department as an insulator. He worked on a daily basis as a sandblaster throughout his tenure at Petrotex, from 1958 until…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Mineral-fluid interaction in the lungs: insights from reaction-path modeling
…from previous work described in the literature. Modeling of reaction paths in both closed and open systems confirms previous suggestions that chrysotile dissolves faster than tremolite in lung fluid, which offers an explanation for the apparent…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Tenascin expression and distribution in pleural inflammatory and fibrotic diseases
…as a marker of active pleural involvement. For this purpose we analyzed 71 histological samples of inflammatory and fibrotic pleura from patients with asbestos-induced pleural reaction (n = 6), postcardiac injury syndrome (n = 6…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Positive FDG-PET/CT of the pleura twenty years after talc pleurodesis: three cases of benign talcoma
…This inflammatory reaction could decrease with time, as in other inflammatory processes. Since talc is not metabolized by the body, the FDG-PET scan can remain positive, most likely because of a foreign-body granulomatous reaction…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Cytogenetic findings in an effusion secondary from pleural mesothelioma
…years earlier a similar episode had been diagnosed as tuberculous pleuritis. Routine examination of cells in the fluid showed only a nonspecific reaction of the lining cells, and a pleural biopsy found no signs of cancer…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Pleural granuloma mimicking malignancy 42 years after slurry talc injection for primary spontaneous pneumothorax
…malignant cells or asbestos fibers. Keyhole surgery was converted to open surgery and the pleura was removed. The pathologist diagnosed chronic granulomatous pleuritis caused by a foreign body reaction, likely talc. Only on detailed questioning did…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Chronic follicular pleuritis: a B cell-rich form of nonspecific pleuritis/fibrosis
…pleuritis/fibrosis (NSP) is rendered. The histology of this reaction has not been well described including a pattern of B cell lymphoid hyperplasia described as "chronic follicular pleuritis (CFP)". Thirty-two cases of NSP were studied…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Diseases associated with asbestos exposure. Diagnostic perspectives in forensic pathology
…and its numerous applications. Its biological effects, which include fibrogenesis and carcinogenesis, may be related to the cellular reaction, to its large specific surface, or to the size and shape of the fibers. Its oncogenic action…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Rat model demonstrates a high risk of tremolite but a low risk of anthophyllite for mesothelial carcinogenesis
…In half of the animals, repeated intraperitoneal injections of nitrilotriacetate (NTA), an iron chelator to promote Fenton reaction, were performed to evaluate the potential involvement of iron overload. Tremolite induced MM with a high incidence (96…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Railroad workers with pleural plaques: II. Small airway dysfunction among asbestos-exposed workers
…groups the VTG:TLC ratio was elevated compared with controls. Increased VTG is a sign of small airways dysfunction. In asbestos-exposed subjects, it might be caused by an early peribronchial reaction to inhaled asbestos fibers.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type arising in the pleura with pleural fibrous plaques in a lathe worker
…pleura and diffuse infiltration of small- to medium-sized B lymphocytes. Polymerase chain reaction-based analysis detected monoclonal rearrangement of immunoglobulin heavy-chain genes. Histologic diagnosis was extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 28, 2001 · in the opinion
Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
…asbestos fibers, once inhaled, remain in place in the lung, causing a tissue reaction that is slowly progressive and apparently irreversible. Even if no additional fibers are inhaled, tissue damage may continue undetected for decades. Furthermore…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
Microbe-Mineral Interactions between Asbestos and Thermophilic Chemolithoautotrophic Anaerobes
…structure of the asbestos mineral fibers. Further constraints on the relationships between elemental release rates, amount of starting asbestos, reaction volumes, and incubation times will be required to better compare asbestos dissolution treatments studied to date.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Comparison of Calidria chrysotile asbestos to pure tremolite: final results of the inhalation biopersistence and histopathology examination following short-term exposure
…L > 20 microm), histopathological examination revealed no evidence of any inflammatory reaction either after the cessation of the last exposure or at any time during the subsequent 12-mo period. This is in marked contrast…