Cervical cancer screening by molecular Pap-transformation of gynecologic cytology.

Background: Cervical cancer is one of the common cancers in women accounting for 7.9% of all cancers. In India it is the second commonest cancer in women.

Giant Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor of the Orbit: A Clinicopathological Analysis and Review of the Literature.

Aim: To describe and review the clinical, radiological, and histopathological characteristics of an orbital perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa).

Methods: A systematic review of clinical records, radiological investigations, microscopic features, and immunohistochemical characteristics was done.

Results: A 9-year-old female child presented with a year-long history of a large orbital mass associated with painless, progressive proptosis of the right eye.

Unusual ganglioglioma with extensive calcification and ossification.

Ganglioglioma is a slow-growing relatively low-grade mixed glioneuronal tumor with most cases corresponding to the WHO Grade I category. It frequently presents with seizures. The temporal lobe is the most common location followed by frontal, parietal, and occipital lobes.

Solid variant of orbital angioleiomyoma: An unusual tumor at an unusual site.

We describe the clinicopathological features of a solid variant of orbital angioleiomyoma. A review of clinical records, diagnostic, and radiographic studies combined with histopathological evaluation with standard histochemical staining and immunohistochemistry was conducted. A 22-year-old male patient presented with a mass in the region of the left lacrimal gland that was gradually increasing over the past 2 years.

Bone marrow abnormalities in HIV infected children, report of three cases and review of the literature.

Bone marrow abnormalities in HIV infected adults include hypocellularity, myelodysplasia and poor marrow recovery. Data in children is limited. We report a series of three HIV infected with varied bone marrow abnormalities.

Lymphoma in HIV patients: Varied presentations.

Although lymphomas have been reported in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, it has rarely been reported from the Indian subcontinent. We present three human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients (two adults and one child) who had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma - plasmablastic variety, Hodgkin's lymphoma - nodular sclerosis type II and B cell lymphoma, respectively.

Incidence and prognostic factors associated with biliary atresia in western India.

Aim: To estimate the incidence of biliary atresia(BA) amongst neonatal cholestatic syndromes (NCS) and determine prognostic factors in BA patients who have undergone Kasai's portoenterostomy. Study design- Retrospective analysis.

Setting: Pediatric Hepatobiliary Clinic at B.

Aplastic anemia in an HIV infected child.

Hematologic manifestations of HIV in children are common and include anemia, neutropenia, lymphocytopenia, thrombocytopenia that may occur due to many reasons. However, aplastic anemia due to HIV infection is rare and even more so in children. Though anemia is seen with advanced disease and associated with poor prognosis it is treated with various therapeutic modalities.

Von Hippel-Lindau disease: a case report.

Von Hippel Lindau (VHL) disease is a rare autosomal dominant condition manifested by central nervous system hemangioblastoma, retinal angiomas, cysts of pancreas, kidney and epididymis, pheochromocytomas and renal cell carcinoma. We present such a case in a 45 years old male patient.