Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

"luces de criptas"

English translation:

crypt lumina

Added to glossary by wendy griswold
Mar 6, 2006 22:48
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term

"luces de criptas"

Spanish to English Medical Medical: Health Care pathology
from pathology report (Venezuela)

Los fragmentos de mucosa gástrica con cambios inflamatorios severos irregularmente distribuidos, en un área focal, en uno de los fragmentos muestra erosión superficial, cambios reparativos atípicos glandulares (**evaluables en 2-3 luces de criptas superficiales**), y en el espesor de la lámina propria
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 crypt lumina

Discussion

Continúa así: ...and mucin hypersecretion are characteristic, as is the presence of dilated airway submucous glands and intestinal crypt lumina...(Donde "CF" es fibrosis quística) http://www.pedresearch.org/cgi/content/full/53/4/619
To support David's proposal:
Almost all CF patients develop chronic lung disease related to airway obstruction, inflammation, and recurrent infections that are eventually lethal. In CF airways and intestine, goblet cell hyperplasia and mucin hypersecret

Proposed translations

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Spanish term (edited): luces de criptas
Selected

crypt lumina

Lumen (pl lumina) is a space inside a vessel or passage.
Crypt is a cavity.
Example:

Developmental expression of a mucinlike glycoprotein (MUCLIN) in ...In normal mice, the crypt lumina were clear and, although the luminal membrane ... Unlike the pancreas, there was no transient dilation of crypt lumina or ...
ajpgi.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/275/2/G219 - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):

agree Marisa Condurso de Nohara : I agree with David. Wendy: look at the URL and paragraph I'll copy above to support David's proposal
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