Clinical features and histological patterns of lupus nephritis in a single center of South India.

Renal involvement occurs in up to 60% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and signifies a poor prognosis. The class of lupus nephritis (LN), determined on renal biopsy evaluation, guides the therapeutic management and has prognostic connotations. Our aim is to determine the clinicolaboratory features and histopathological patterns of LN at presentation in our local (South Indian) population.

Evaluation of Renal Allograft Biopsies for Graft Dysfunction and Relevance of C4d Staining in Antibody Mediated Rejection.

Introduction: Biopsy remains gold standard for diagnosis of Graft Dysfunction (GD). It guides clinical management, provides valuable insights into pathogenesis of early and late allograft injury and is indispensable for distinguishing rejection from non- rejection causes of GD.

Aim: The primary aim of the study was to evaluate the diverse histomorphological lesions in renal allograft biopsy (RAB).

Malignant phyllodes tumor with heterologous differentiation: A rare case report.

Sarcomas of the breast are rare neoplasms accounting for less than 1% of breast malignancy. A 40-year-old-female with left breast mass underwent wide-excision and on histopathological examination a diagnosis of malignant phyllodes tumor with heterologous differentiation of osteosarcoma and chondrosarcoma was rendered. The heterologous elements were tumor osteoid formation and tumor chondroid formation.

Wilkie's Syndrome and Left Adnexal Mass: Unusual Presentation of Duodenal Adenocarcinoma.

Duodenal adenocarcinoma (DACa) is a rare malignancy, the presenting symptoms of which are vague and nonspecific. We report the case of a patient presenting with symptoms of subacute small bowel obstruction whose CT scan revealed i) left adnexal mass and ii) compression of 3(rd) portion of duodenum with reduced aortomesentric angle consistent with Wilkie's syndrome (WS). Laparatomy in addition revealed a distal duodenal stricture, which showed a well differentiated DACa causing subtotal intestinal obstruction.