Childhood acute leukemia in West Bengal, India with an emphasis on uncommon clinical features.

Leukemias are the commonest childhood malignancy in West Bengal. This study was undertaken on 75 children at NRS Medical College, West Bengal to determine the distribution of signs and symptoms of leukemia and to identify unusual clinical features. After obtaining clinical history, physical examination, hematological and radiological investigations were performed.

Retiform hemangioendothelioma with lymph node metastasis: a rare entity.

Retiform hemangioendothelioma (RH) is a rare, recently described, unique kind of low grade angiosarcoma. The tumor is characterized by distinctive arborizing blood vessels that mimic the appearance of rete testis. The tumor chiefly originates from the skin and subcutaneous tissue and has a tendency to recur locally.

Immature teratoma with choriocarcinoma-like lesion of testis: case report of an unusual presentation.

An eighteen year old male presented with hemoptysis and superior vena caval syndrome. History and clinical examination revealed a testicular mass which was previously diagnosed as hematocele. Chest x-ray showed a four cm diameter shadow and several smaller shadows.

Clear cell carcinoid tumour of lung--a case report.

An unusual case of pulmonary clear cell carcinoid tumour in a fifteen year old boy is being described. The differential diagnoses considered in this case are described. This is one of the uncommon varieties of carcinoid of lung reported in the world literature.