Mucinous breast carcinoma is a rare neoplasm. A minority of breast neoplasms exhibit a mucinous component, with purely mucinous cases being less frequent. It is more typically found in postmenopausal women.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFScrub typhus (ST) is caused by the bacterium , which exhibits significant antigenic diversity and is prevalent in the Asia-Pacific region. Its clinical presentation is characterized by non-specific symptoms such as headache, myalgia, sweating, and vomiting, along with the abrupt onset of fever and chills. An eschar is often visible in the axilla, groin, or inguinal area and is present in around half of the confirmed cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground The skin is the largest organ of the body with many different functions. All age groups are affected by skin diseases, which are widespread in underdeveloped nations. From a straightforward vesicular non-neoplastic lesion to a catastrophic neoplastic lesion, skin disorders exhibit a wide variety of geographic patterns.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 49-year-old female patient was referred to a tertiary care hospital with a history of postmenopausal bleeding and abdominal pain that had persisted for the last two months. An abdominal examination revealed a huge mass that had been present for 12 weeks. A fibroid uterus was suggested by USG.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHistiocytes are cells that are involved in the immune responses of the body. They are unable to properly break down the bacterial material in malakoplakia, a chronic granulomatous histiocytic disease that occurs in immunocompromised patients and autoimmune conditions. Very few reports of these lesions exist, as those that occur in the gallbladder.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTumors arising outside gastrointestinal systems are known as extra gastrointestinal stromal tumors (EGISTs). Outside gastrointestinal sites include the mesentery, omentum, peritoneum, pancreas, and liver. Our case highlights a rare occurrence of an EGIST in jejunal mesentery in a 45-year-old male with an asymptomatic large abdominal growth and weight loss.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: This study was aimed to compare the virological, suspect reported outcomes and provider preferences during COVID-19 swab taking procedure used for sampling.
Methods: The COVID-19 suspects are subjected to nasopharyngeal (NP) and oropharyngeal (OP) swabs for testing. Two types of swabs (Nylon and Dacron) are used for sample collection.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
November 2019
Aetio pathogenesis of antrochoanal polyp (ACP) remains unclear. Correlation of clinical, computed tomography (CT) and histopathological findings is attempted in this study for understanding of their origin. A retrospective chart and image review of 22 patients having ACP was done for clinical, histopathological and CT findings on affected and non affected side for extent of opacificattion, thickness of alveolar bone (AB) in the region of medial wall and the floor of maxillary sinus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdrenal myelolipoma is characterized by presence within the adrenal gland of mature adipose tissue and active bone marrow elements. Owing to their non functional nature most cases are incidental, either at autopsy or through computer tomography scan. Occasionally the lesions attain a large size to become clinically apparent.
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