Severe chronic hepatic injury can induce complex reparative processes. Ductular reaction and the appearance of small hepatocytes are standard components of this response, which is thought to have both adverse (e.g. fibrosis, ...

The appearance of lung metastases is associated with poor outcome and the management of patients with secondary pulmonary tumours remains a clinical challenge. We examined the vascularisation process of lung metastasis in ...

The impact of growth pattern on the distribution of connective tissue and on the vascularization of brain metastases (40 colon, lung and breast carcinoma samples) was analyzed. Most of the cases showed either a "pushing-type" ...