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View article: Exclusive pyloric stenosis: A rare presentation of gallbladder cancer
Exclusive pyloric stenosis: A rare presentation of gallbladder cancer Open
We report a case of gallbladder cancer, which presented exclusively as tight pyloric stenosis. The patient had persistent vomiting, severe weight loss, and esophageal symptoms due to gastric reflux. Earlier, endoscopy had shown pyloric ste…
View article: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia masquerading as Langerhans cell histiocytosis: An immuno-morphologic dilemma
Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia masquerading as Langerhans cell histiocytosis: An immuno-morphologic dilemma Open
Background: Non-neoplastic, reactive proliferation of Langerhans cells is observed in leukemias, pseudo-lymphomas, carcinomas, etc. Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) is a rare myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm with a few ov…
View article: Diagnosis of Mucormycosis Using Frozen Section, Histopathology, Culture, and Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Techniques: A Comparative Study
Diagnosis of Mucormycosis Using Frozen Section, Histopathology, Culture, and Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Techniques: A Comparative Study Open
Mucormycosis usually occurs in immunocompromised patients or those with uncontrolled diabetes. Along the third wave of SARS-CoV-2, an associated angioinvasive opportunistic infection with Mucor, a life-threatening fungal infection, was ram…
View article: Molecular profile & clinical outcome in 121 cases - experience from a tertiary referral centre in South India
Molecular profile & clinical outcome in 121 cases - experience from a tertiary referral centre in South India Open
Ewing sarcoma is the second most common sarcoma involving the bones in children and adolescents. Published data on the clinical features, morphology, translocation and follow-up of patients with Ewing sarcoma from India, is sparse. Objecti…
View article: Florid vascular proliferation of colon: An incidental finding in intussuscepted bowel with underlying adenocarcinoma
Florid vascular proliferation of colon: An incidental finding in intussuscepted bowel with underlying adenocarcinoma Open
A 47-year-old man presented with intussusception of the colon and was found to have a large tubulo-villous adenoma with high grade dysplasia, transforming into adenocarcinoma. The bowel adjacent to the polyp showed florid vascualr prolifer…
View article: Case Report: A Fatal Case of Babesiosis in a Splenectomized Male Patient from Western India
Case Report: A Fatal Case of Babesiosis in a Splenectomized Male Patient from Western India Open
Human babesiosis is a rare disease, caused by Babesia species and commonly transmitted by tick bite. Although human babesiosis is known to be asymptomatic in immunocompetent hosts, clinical cases of severe babesiosis have been reported fro…
View article: Histological and immunohistochemical study of hepatoblastoma: correlation with tumour behaviour and survival
Histological and immunohistochemical study of hepatoblastoma: correlation with tumour behaviour and survival Open
Beta-catenin expression is associated with lower EFS and EpCAM expression with tumour viability. Multifocality and viable tumour ≥50% were significant factors predicting lower EFS. These factors should be included in the prognostication of…