Impact of COVID-19 on cancer services and patients' outcomes: a retrospective single-center study.

Background: Our main objective was to assess the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on cancer services and cancer patients in terms of disease severity, morbidity and mortality. Secondary objectives were to characterize cancer type, affected age groups, gender, comorbidities, infectivity, and to identify cancer treatment delay and its complications after COVID-19 infection.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of electronic health records of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infected cancer patients from April 2020 to March 2021 was done.

Clinico-Pathological Factors Determining Recurrence of Phyllodes Tumors of the Breast: The 25-Year Experience at a Tertiary Cancer Centre.

Background: Phyllodes tumors (PTs) of the breast are rare fibroepithelial tumors that are generally more prone to recurrence.

Aims And Objectives: This study aimed to assess the clinicopathological features, diagnostic modalities, and therapeutic interventions, along with their respective outcomes, to identify the factors associated with a recurrence of PTs of the breast.

Methodology: A retrospective cohort and observational study was conducted, which entailed analyzing the clinicopathological data of patients who were previously diagnosed or presented with PTs of the breast between 1996 and 2021.

Epstein-Barr virus-positive primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the urinary bladder: a case report.

Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of the urinary bladder is a rare event, with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) being the most common form of NHL and urinary bladder lymphoma. It is an aggressive tumour with a poor prognosis if not recognised and treated early. The diagnosis is supported by radiological imaging and confirmed by histology, which shows the characteristic morphology of this lesion with further immunohistochemical analysis.

Systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as right-sided massive pleural effusion with autoimmune hypothyroidism and medium vessel vasculopathy.

Segmental involvement of medium-sized vessels are lesser-known manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) vasculopathy. Medium vessel vasculopathy and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) mimicking manifestations of SLE, although rare, have been reported, particularly in Asian women mostly under the age of 30 years. This is due to metabolic disadvantages in their ethnicity, with high incidence of insulin resistance and resulting metabolic syndrome, leading to lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, higher triglyceride levels and small dense low-density lipoprotein, increased proinflammatory cytokines, endothelial dysfunction and procoagulant tendency.

A 31-year-old female patient with chronic kidney disease presenting with persistent cough.

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Treatment Outcome with High versus low-to-moderate Dosing of Corticosteroids in Early vis-a-vis Late-onset Hypoxic Cases of COVID-19: A Multicentric Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: Corticosteroid dosing in COVID-19 cases associated with early-onset and late-onset hypoxia have not been separately explored.

Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we divided hypoxic COVID-19 cases into groups based on timing of initiation of corticosteroids relative to onset of symptoms; Group A (≤6th day), Group B (7th-9th day) and Group C (≥10th day), each group being sub-grouped into high and low-to-moderate dose corticosteroid recipients. Cox regression with propensity scoring was used to compare 28-day mortality between high and low-to-moderate dose recipients separately in Group A, Group B, Group C.

Osteosarcoma of the maxilla presenting as a chronic pyogenic abscess: A case report.

Introduction: Osteosarcoma of the maxilla is recorded as the least common of all bone malignancies. It exhibits a clinical behavior and natural history distinct from their counterparts of the trunk and extremities. Transformation from a chronic pyogenic abscess of the maxilla is even more unusual.

Primary adenocarcinoma of the appendix presenting with fresh bleeding per rectum: A case report.

Introduction: Primary adenocarcinoma of appendix is a rarely diagnosed malignancy accounting for less than 6% of appendiceal neoplastic lesions and less than 0.5% of all gastrointestinal malignancies. It is mostly diagnosed as an incidental finding after appendicectomy.