Endometriosis involving the mucosa of the intestines is rare, but may lead to diagnostic pitfalls. We reviewed 15 cases (seven biopsies and eight resections) from 14 patients. The patients’ mean ...

Mulligan KM, Cullison CR, Zheng DX, Rothermel LD, Levoska MA, Scott JF. Mucosal melanoma and organ-specific metastasis: differences in survival outcomes between tumor primary sites.

Sessile polyps develop on the mucosa, the tissue that lines the colon and other organs. They are flat and round and mostly harmless, but some can become cancerous. Polyps can be peduncled or ...

Our results demonstrate that a semiquantitative histologic evaluation of mucosal biopsies taken from an esophageal mass greatly improves the diagnostic sensitivity from patients with carcinoma ...

Eliciting mucosal immunity through vaccination has been problematic. Two recent studies suggest a strategy to achieve this goal. Two recent studies suggest a strategy to achieve this goal.

Since HHV-8 cannot yet be isolated from mucosal cultures, the detection of HHV-8 DNA by the polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) assay has been the primary method used to identify the virus in mucosa ...