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fo·cal

 (fō′kəl)
adj.
1. Of or relating to a focus.
2. Placed at or measured from a focus.

fo′cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.focally - in a focal manner; "the submucosa was focally infiltrated"
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EPE (focally or extensively), intraprostatic incision (IPI), surgical margin positivity (PSM) in the presence of IPI, and PSM in the presence of EPE are the parameters which are commonly used in RP reports besides the identification of tumor characteristics such as grade, volume, pathological stage, and surgical margin status.
These structures were coated with the endothelium only focally activated and did not show significant alterations.
Further on immunohistochemistry, tumour showed CK, Chromogranin A, NSE in epithelial component; CD99 focally positive in epithelial component; Vimentin diffusely positive in stromal and focally positive in epithelial component; Ki67 focally high in epithelial component; Myf4 was negative.
It was seen highly nuclear positivity with estrogen receptor (ER) (Figure 5), focally weak nuclear positivity with progesterone receptor (PR) (Figure 6), focally cytoplasmic positive immunoreactivity with GCDFP-15 (Figure 7), intracytoplasmic reaction with CK 7 and positive membranous reaction with E-cadherin.
Trichloroacetic acid (TCA) peel is an effective and inexpensive peeling agent that can be focally applied on atrophic icepick acne scars as it causes coagulation of epidermal and dermal proteins, and necrosis of collagen up to the upper reticular dermis.6 In a study conducted by Lee et al.6 high concentration of TCA (100%) was applied on icepick acne scars showing that healing occurred more rapidly and with fewer complications.
In these cases, resuscitation and surgical treatment alone was insufcient and unsuccessful, hence an approach to focally treat the portal venous bleed was undertaken.
The immunohistochemical findings showed that CD117 was positive [Figure 1]b, of DOG1 was focally positive, and desmin, SMA, CD34, S-100, SOX10, and p53 were negative, and Ki-67 was 20%+ [Figure 1]c and 1d] suggesting high risk.{Figure 1}
He just felt that he wasnt giving us a commitment, focally, when he was pitching and he was going to try to make the adjustment."
Cerebellar folia were globally attenuated with a focally extensive focus of encephalomalacia (Fig 4A).
Immunohistochemical staining was focally reactive for both S-100 and SMA.
The tumor cells were focally positive for desmin [Figure 3] and negative for CD117, CD34, DOG-1, and activin receptor-like kinase (ALK-1) protein.
A) Hematoxylin and eosin stain reveals multifocal severe granulomatous enteritis in the ileum with focally extensive necrosis (asterisk) and numerous surrounding macrophages (arrowhead).