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A case of angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia of the orbit: anatomo-pathological features and treatment
A case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the orbit
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) also known as inflammatory pseudotumor is a rare entity of neoplastic ori- gin; it usually occurs in children and adolescents and most commonly involves pulmonary and gastrointestinal sites; the
histological features of IMT include proliferation of spindle cells with a prominent inflammatory infiltrate consisting of
plasma cells and lymphocytes, with occasional eosinophils and neutrophils Here, the authors present a case with exclusively orbital localization
Epithelial cyst of the superior oblique muscle trochlea
Most of the congenital orbital cysts are choristomas such as dermoid or epidermoid and only in a few cases they are epithelial. Clinically, they manifest as cystic movable formations mostly localized in the upper temporal quadrant of the orbit. We describe here the case of a 49-year-old man with an orbital cyst localized in the upper-nasal quadrant of the orbit and which was showing signs of a gradual enlargement and progression over the past weeks. Computed tomography revealed a cyst of 1.9 × 1.6 cm in size and located within the trochlea of the upper oblique muscle. The cyst was completely extirpated after orbitotomy performed by superciliary approach. Histopathology revealed a cyst with nonkeratinized cuboidal epithelium. Postoperative course was uneventful, without inflammation signs, and after 5 weeks excellent functional and aesthetic effects were achieved with no iatrogenic alteration of the ocular motility. © Informa Healthcare USA, Inc
Orbital Glomangioma
Glomangioma is a vascular hamartomatous tumor originating from the glomus body, a specialized thermoregulatory organ localized in the dermis and precoccygeal soft tissue. Glomus tumors are characteristically found in the hands and are very rarely reported in the head region. Here we describe a 29-year-old woman presenting with acute proptosis and pain in the left eye. A computed tomography scan of the orbit revealed a well-defined circumscribed mass, displacing the globe and lateral rectus muscle inferotemporally. The tumour was surgically removed through a lateral Kronlein approach. On histology, the lesion consisted of cavernous vascular spaces, partly filled with blood and thrombotic material, and a mixture of capillary-sized vessels and tumor cells; immunostaining for smooth actin showed a strong positivity in the cytoplasm of tumor cells, consistent with a diagnosis of glomangioma. Our case adds to the very few cases of orbital glomangioma reported in the literature and demonstrates that this tumor can be safely remove
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
We provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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