Archive for March, 2009

Intramedullary epidermoid cyst presenting with abnormal urological manifestations

Study design: Report of an epidermoid cyst with intramedullary localization.
Objective: To describe an atypical presentation of intramedullary epidermoid cyst.
Summary of background data: Intramedullary epidermoid cysts are rare entities with a marked variability in the clinical presentation, essentially of neurological pertinence.

Ultraviolet Absorption in Epidermoid Cancer Cells

Ultraviolet Absorption in Epidermoid Cancer Cells
Abstract. The “excessive functional activity” of some cancer cells first found by Caspersson has been observed in fixed, stained smears of cervical epidermoid carcinomas from four patients. Preliminary results suggest that there may be a characteristic difference between the absorption profiles of some epidermoid can- cer cells and other cells [...]