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- Bartosik, Jacek, et al.
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Direct evidence for the cytomembrane derivation of Birbeck granules: the membrane-sandwich effect
- 1985
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Ingår i: Acta Dermato-Venereologica. - 1651-2057. ; 65:2, s. 157-160
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Digitonin, which is known to cause extensive damage to cytomembranes in general, was found to have a most remarkable effect on epidermal Langerhans' cells. Thus, it generates a membrane-sandwiching process resulting in the formation of large discs which except for the differences in size have the same morphology as ordinary Birbeck granules. This demonstrates that the cytomembrane of the Langerhans' cell has the inherent ability to superimpose upon itself, leaving little doubt that the normal Birbeck granules derive from the cytomembrane.
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- Bondeson, Lennart, et al.
(författare)
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Breast reductions: what to do with all the tissue specimens?
- 1985
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Ingår i: Histopathology. - : Wiley. - 0309-0167 .- 1365-2559. ; 9:3, s. 281-285
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In order to find some guidelines for adequate examination of the often very large amount of tissue removed at reduction mammoplasties, a thorough macro- and microscopic study of a total of 400 specimens from 200 consecutive cases of bilateral breast reductions was done. The majority of patients were younger than 30 years of age. In these cases no abnormalities were found and a thorough macroscopic examination performed by an experienced pathologist is believed to be sufficient in this age group. In older women we encountered diverse findings, the most noteworthy being lobular carcinoma in situ in 8% of patients in this series who were over 40 years of age. This indicates the need for generous histological sampling in this age group. The potential value of roentgenological examination is also discussed.
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- Meyer, Lennart, et al.
(författare)
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A prospective study of psychiatric and psychosocial sequelae of bilateral subcutaneous mastectomy
- 1986
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0036-5556. ; 20:1, s. 101-107
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Short- and long-term adaptation (two months and one year respectively) to bilateral subcutaneous mastectomy was studied in twenty-five consecutive patients operated upon at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Malmo, Sweden. The results were related to preoperative personality and psychosocial profiles. Postoperative difficulties in accepting the surgical result, sexual dysfunctions and mental reactions with depression and anxiety were observed. Such reactions proved to be associated with specific personality characteristics.
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- Meyer, Lennart, et al.
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Augmentation mammaplasty--psychiatric and psychosocial characteristics and outcome in a group of Swedish women
- 1987
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1651-2073 .- 0036-5556. ; 21:2, s. 199-208
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Thirty-eight women undergoing augmentation mammaplasty, consecutively operated on at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Malmo, Sweden, were studied preoperatively regarding medical history, personality, psychosocial and psychiatric characteristics. Thirty-six of these patients were interviewed one year postoperatively. Thirty-three age-matched women operated on with minor surgical out-patient procedures were used as a contrast group. The mammaplasty patients generally came from insecure homes with conflicts between parents and unsatisfactory emotional relations to both parents. Their educational as well as income level was significantly lower than the contrast group and they were socially isolated. Their sexual adaptation seemed to have been hampered by their sensitivity reactions towards their breasts but nonetheless most of them lived in stable heterosexual relations. Generally the augmentation mammaplasty patients were not psychiatrically abnormal apart from the negative evaluation of their physical attractiveness. The great majority of the women, 86%, were satisfied with the results of surgery. Postoperatively the patients changed their style of dressing, extended their leisure time activities and social contacts, improved their sexual life and relations to their spouse. Postoperative increase of nervous symptoms was reported by 39% of the patients, but about as many patients, 36%, reported decreased nervous symptoms. Difficulties in accepting the surgical result, sexual dysfunctions and negative mental reactions proved to be associated with specific personality characteristics. Various factors have previously been proposed as being usable in the prediction of adverse reactions after augmentation mammaplasty. None of these factors, however, proved in this study to correlate with postoperative maladaptation. A need for increased methodological stringency in predictor studies is indicated.
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- Ringberg, Anita, et al.
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Thermography after subcutaneous mastectomy and reconstruction with silicone gel prosthesis: a pilot study
- 1987
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Ingår i: Annals of Plastic Surgery. - 1536-3708. ; 19:4, s. 230-297
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Patients with subcutaneously placed silicone gel prostheses, for reconstruction after subcutaneous mastectomies, often complain of cold breasts as well as of slow regaining of warmth after cooling. We have used thermography in 7 such women and in 7 healthy women of the same age group as controls. Thermography has also been used in 3 women after repositioning of the subcutaneously placed prostheses to a submuscular position in order to study any possible changes in temperature. In 2 cases thermography also was found to aid in the diagnosis of a suspected subcutaneous displacement of a submuscular prosthesis; the technique has an advantage over mammographic examination, since thermography is a simple, less expensive, and safer method.
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