In bone marrow, mastocytosis mast cells may have cytoplasmic extensions such as spindles or fusiform shapes, oval nuclei with excentric positioning, and/or hypogranulated cytoplasm with focal ...

Chemotherapy (aggressive systemic mastocytosis). Local radiation for bone pain. Low-dose aspirin is helpful in some patients, because it causes continuous degranulation and prevents extreme peaks ...

When too many mast cells accumulate in one or more parts of your body, they release inflammatory substances like histamine that can trigger a range of symptoms, such as itchy skin, stomach cramping, ...

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Of 135 women beyond fifty years of age who were evaluated for levels of bone density, those with a normal or only a minimally decreased bone density had the highest number of normal bone-marrow ...

In synovial joints, the ends of the bones are covered with cartilage (called articular cartilage) which cushions the joint and prevents friction and wear and tear between the bone ends.

Our human skeletal collection comprises over 2,000 articulated individuals from numerous archaeological sites, as well as disarticulated and cremated material. Below you can find an overview of our ...

Within the skeleton there are different kinds of bone. The type of bone determines the amount of movement. Type of bone Example in body Description Long Femur Cylindrical in shape and found in the ...

Dead men do tell tales. When skeletal remains washed up near the Brooklyn Bridge in August — a skull; arm bones; partial ribs and vertebrae; pelvic, leg and foot bones — the Medical Examiner ...

Opens in a new tab or window An analysis of registry data concluded that hypersensitivity reactions in patients with mastocytosis are caused by exposure to certain triggers, including low tryptase ...