The solitary fibrous tumour is an uncommon neoplasm of mesenchymal origin. It occasionally develops in extra pleural locations, and is very infrequent in the pancreas. A 40-year-old woman had an unsuspected solitary fibrous tumour detected by chance in the body of the pancreas. Detection of the mass occurred with imaging studies. CT and MRI images showed the well-circumscribed benign lesion, with 3 cm on its greatest diameter. Treatment consisted of partial pancreatectomy, and her postoperative recovery was uneventful.

El tumor fibroso solitario es una neoplasia poco común, de origen mesenquimal, que ocasionalmente se desarrolla en sitios extrapleurales, y es muy raro en el páncreas. Se presenta el caso de una mujer de 40 años, que presentó un tumor fibroso solitario descubierto por casualidad en el cuerpo del páncreas. La masa se observó con estudios de imagen. La lesión benigna, bien delimitada, con 3 centímetros de diámetro mayor, se descubrió en imágenes de CT y MRI. El tratamiento consistió en pancreatectomía parcial, y su recupe-ración postoperatoria no tuvo complicaciones.

We report on the infrared limit of the quenched lattice Landau gauge gluon propagator computed from large asymmetric lattices. In particular, the compatibility of the pure power law infrared solution (q²)²kappa of the Dyson-Schwinger equations is investigated and the exponent kappa is measured. The lattice data favours kappa ~ 0.52, which would imply a vanishing zero momentum gluon propagator as predicted by the Kugo-Ojima confinement mechanism and the Zwanziger horizon condition. Results for the ghost propagator and for the running coupling constant are shown.

Pothomorphe umbellata (L.), conhecida no Brasil como caapeba, possui diversos usos na medicina popular, sendo estudada especialmente em relação a sua atividade farmacológica. A atividade especifica da peroxidase (unidade/ mg proteina) foi determinada em amostras de callus (cultura de células) de P. umbellata, crescidos em dois tipos de meio MS (meio 1 e meio 2), sob condição de fotoperiodo de 16 horas ou mantidas no escuro (condições de estresse). Pela curva de velocidade de crescimento da cultura de células amostras do meio 2, sob fotoperiodo, apresentaram o melhor índice de crescimento, seguido de amostras do mesmo meio mantidas em condições de estresse. Os resultados também mostraram que a cultura de células crescidas sob condições de estresse levou a um aumento expressivo da quantidade da enzima peroxidase (aumento de 700%). Os valores das constantes cinéticas determinadas foram 3,3mmol.L-1 e 2,8 sec-1, respectivamente, para kM e v max, usando guaiacol como substrato.

Pothomorphe umbellata (L.) known on Brazil as Caapeba has a number of popular medicinal use, and it has been studied in relation to its pharmacological activity. Peroxidase specific activity (units/mg protein) was evaluated in callus cell culture samples of the P.umbellata, grown in two different MS medium (media 1 and media 2), submitted to 16 hours photoperiod or kept in darkness. Cell growth rate curve showed that the best growth indices were observed when media 2 submitted to the photoperiod regime was used, followed by the same media kept in darkness (stress condition). The results obtained also showed that the cell culture grown under stress conditions (darkness) lead to high content of peroxidase enzyme (an increase of 700% was observed). Kinetic constant values of 3.3 mmol.L-1 and 2,8 sec-1 were obtained for kM and v max,, respectively, using guaiacol as enzyme substrate.