Vascular lesions such as cavernous hemangioma, epithelioid hemangioma and hemangioendothelioma can grow within the lacrimal gland. 7 If these lesions are confined to the lacrimal gland, the treatment is simple excision.
Scientists estimate that about 12 million Americans are currently CF carriers. If two CF carriers have a child, there is a 1 in 4 chance that the child will have CF. Almost 1,400 different mutations of the CF gene can lead to cystic fibrosis (some mutations cause milder symptoms than others). About 70% of people with CF have the disease because they inherited the mutant gene Delta F508 from both of their parents.
Cystic fibrosis occurs because of mutations in the gene that makes a protein called CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator). A person with CF produces abnormal CFTR protein-or no CFTR protein at all, which causes the body to make thick, sticky mucus instead of the thin, watery kind.Cystic Fibrosis affects both males and females, but is not contagious to healthy individuals.Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease caused by mutations (changes) in a gene on chromosome 7, one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes that children inherit from their parents.Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes in their DNA. The CF gene is found on chromosome number 7. person with CF produces abnormal CFTR protein-or no CFTR protein at all, which causes the body to make thick, sticky mucus instead of the thin, watery kind. Cystic Fibrosis affects both males and females, but is not contagious to healthy individuals.