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The authors describe the computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of three cases of nasoalveolar cysts. Few previous reports have presented the CT and MR imaging findings of nasoalveolar cysts in detail, although a considerable number of reports have described these cysts. In the cases described, CT and MR images showed various densities and signal intensities due to different viscosities of intracystic fluid, and adjacent bony erosion of the anterior maxillary buccal cortex was seen in all cases.
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Cysts/diagnosis , Nose Diseases/diagnosis , Adult , Aged , Cysts/pathology , Female , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Nose Diseases/pathology , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
We investigated the serum macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) levels of palmoplantar pustulosis patients, before and after the tonsillar provocation test. Higher serum MIF levels of palmoplantar pustulosis patients were decreased after the tonsillar provocation test (n=29). To confirm these phenomena, two patients with acute tonsillitis had their changes in body temperature, C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum MIF levels examined during the course of their illness. Surprisingly, increased MIF preceded fever and CRP elevation, and MIF subsequently decreased at the onset of fever and CRP elevation. Since MIF is an initiator of other proinflammatory cytokines, we suggest that the induction of MIF may precede other inflammatory conditions.
