https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40067 2026-04-04T20:03:38Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40199 Title: Brenner tumour : the rare malignant variant Authors: Agius, Maria Petra; Collict, Mandy; Cini Custo’, Romina; Milic, Miljan; Dingli, Max; Scerri, Albert Abstract: Brenner tumours were first described by MacNoughton Jones in 1898 in his paper ‘Uterine fibroid with anomalous ovarian tumour.’ In 1907, Fritz Brenner published his article ‘Des oophorona folliculare’ because of the resemblance of the epithelioid nests that Brenner found in his tumour, to Graafian follicles. The semblance to Graafian follicles underpinned Fritz Brenner’s classification of Brenner tumours as a variant of granulosa cell tumour. In 1932, Meyer, revisited the topic of Brenner tumours and clarified that they are different from granulosa cell tumours. However, Brenner became aware of such a publication, 24 years later and did not publish any other articles on this subject. 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40198 Title: Monoclonal gammopathy of significance Authors: Dingli, David Abstract: The presence of a monoclonal protein in the serum and/or urine is a common clinical condition that increases in incidence with age. Although the diagnosis is most often monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) there are many conditions associated with the presence of a monoclonal protein in a patient. Several of these are potentially life-threatening and the presence of the M protein should serve as a clue to these diagnosis. The size of the monoclonal protein has very little bearing on the association with other disorders. This concise review highlights the better known associations between monoclonal proteins and other symptoms, making them monoclonal gammopathy of clinical significance. 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40197 Title: Air pollution and inflammatory bowel disease Authors: Falzon, Ryan; Ellul, Pierre Abstract: The exact mechanisms through which IBD occurs are currently not known. There are several genetic and environmental factors that are implicated. What is known is that the incidence of IBD is commoner in Industrialised countries and in countries which are becoming more industrialised, the incidence of IBD is increasing. Pollution is one of the environmental factors that could be implicated in the increase in its incidence. In this review article we analyse the effects of pollution on the gut and the studies which try and shed light on the association between IBD and air pollution. 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40195 Title: An awkward looking pilomatrixoma Authors: Parnis, Juanita; Offer, Graham J.; Yii, Ngi Wieh Abstract: Pilomatrixoma is a rare and benign skin tumor of the hair follicle that tends to develop in the head and neck area. We report a case and briefly review the literature. 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z