High-resolution optical coherence tomography can be used noninvasively to evaluate vaginal morphologic features, including epithelial thickness, to assess this protective barrier in transmission of sexually transmitted infections and to monitor tissue response to topical medications and hormonal fluctuations.
Large HCCs (most commonly moderately or poorly differentiated) may exhibit a broad spectrum of morphologic features, including a mosaic pattern (Fig. 7), a tumour capsule, an intratumoural nodule ("nodule-in-nodule" appearance), and an extracapsular extension with the formation of satellite nodules.
Continued experience in evaluating quantitative measures in combination with morphologic features, including margin contour, internal architecture, and nodule size, will further aid in guiding crucial decisions pertaining to the use of CT surveillance vs more invasive approaches including biopsy and surgical resection.
This is reflected in their higher grade, and morphologic features including lymphocytic infiltrate, pushing margins and syncytial growth.
Additional morphologic features included a posterior vacuole and lamellar polaroplast consisting of tightly coiled membranes encircling the polar filament.
Apoptosis is characterized by distinct morphologic features, including chromatic condensation, cell and nuclear shrinkage, membrane blebbing, and oligonucleosomal DNA fragmentation.
By classifying tumors by their developmental lineage, useful morphologic features (including extent of differentation) can be applied without obscuring the class features that define the different tumor types.
A more recent study, by Hunter and colleagues [ 1], compared MRI and weight-bearing posteroanterior radiographs to explore the relative contribution of several morphologic features, including cartilage, meniscal damage, and position, to the radiographically detected JSN.
In our first patient, the larva was identified based on its morphologic features, including the number and size of cephalic hooks and the character and extent of spines on its body (2, 13 ).
The isolate was subsequently identified as M. haemophilum by using conventional biochemical profiles and assessment of morphologic features, including an optimal growth temperature of 30°C and a hemin requirement.
