Primary Duodenal Aspergillosis in Poorly Controlled Diabetes: A Rare Entity.

Aspergillosis mostly involves the lung and sinuses in severely immunocompromised patients like those with hematological malignancies, postorgan transplants, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and secondary to chemotherapeutic agents. Duodenal aspergillosis is very rare and mostly occurs as a part of disseminated disease or in classical immunosuppressive conditions. We report a middle-aged female with uncontrolled diabetes who presented to us with epigastric pain and was finally diagnosed as a case of primary duodenal aspergillosis.

Microcystic Meningioma - A Diagnostic Dilemma During Intraoperative Squash Smear Study.

Background: Meningiomas are generally slow-growing, benign, and non-infiltrating in nature. They are usually easy to diagnose cytologically if they are of the meningothelial type; however, they may cause diagnostic challenges when they manifest as unusual morphological variants, like the microcystic type. Because of the rarity of microcystic meningioma (MM), information on its cytological features is rarely available in the literature.

Xanthogranulomatous epididymo-orchitis: A single-institutional case series and systematic review.

Introduction: Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is a rare nonneoplastic and chronic inflammatory process, characterized by proliferation of foamy macrophages resulting in damage and necrosis of the affected tissue. Involvement of the testis/epididymis by the disease is a rare event.

Methods: A case series of four male patients diagnosed with xanthogranulomatous epididymitis/orchitis (XGEO) at our institute was reviewed.

Isolated Rectal Tuberculosis in Immunocompetent Host.

Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) is the sixth most common site for extrapulmonary TB. Ileocecal region is the most common site for it, and its incidence reduces as we move proximally and distally from it. Isolated rectal TB in an immunocompetent person is very rare, and it usually mimics as rectal carcinoma.

A Comparative Analysis of Clinical Characteristics and Histomorphologic and Immunohistochemical Spectrum of Gallbladder Carcinoma in Young Adults (< 45 Years) and Elderly Adults (> 60 Years).

Gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) is more frequent after 60 years of age; its behavior in young adults has not been much studied. A retrospective analysis was performed in patients who underwent a cholecystectomy procedure between the years 2001 to 2016. A group of young patients (< 45) were compared with elderly patients (> 60 years) with reference to various clinical, histomorphologic, and immunohistochemical parameters.

Gastric tuberculosis presenting as non healing ulcer: A case report.

Tuberculosis is a major health problem in India. Gastrointestinal tuberculosis is the sixth most common causes of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and it mostly involves the ileocaecal region. Primary gastric tuberculosis in immunocompetent person is very rare.

A clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of non-urothelial bladder tumours.

Background: Non-urothelial bladder tumors (NUBTs) are uncommon accounting for approximately 10% of the total urinary bladder tumors while 90% are urothelial in origin. There are very limited comprehensive studies on NUBTs.

Aims And Objectives: The objectives of the study were to analyze the clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of NUBTs.

Sero-Occurrence of HBV/HCV Co-infection and Levels of Liver Enzymes among Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Central India: a Pilot Study.

Introduction: Hepatitis B and C viral infections share common modes of transmission and account for a large proportion of liver disease burden across the globe. Patients with Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection may have more severe liver disease and are potentially at higher risk for developing hepatocellular carcinoma. The aim of this study was to assess the sero-occurrence of HBV/HCV co-infection by examining the medical records of tertiary care hospital patients in Central India and determine the extent of liver damage based on liver function tests (LFTs).

Reappraisal of morphological and immunohistochemical spectrum of intracranial and spinal solitary fibrous tumors/hemangiopericytomas with impact on long-term follow-up.

Background: Hemangiopericytomas (HPCs) and solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) are unique entities in the central nervous system (CNS) and even rarer in the spine with propensity to recurrence and metastasis. Both these tumors were detected to share the NAB2-STAT6 fusion gene with frequent morphologic overlap that necessitated the need for the combined term SFT/HPC in the CNS by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2016.

Aims: This study aims to describe the clinical outcome of intracranial and spinal SFT/HPCs based on detailed histomorphologic and immunohistochemical features.

Squamous Cell and Adenosquamous Carcinoma of Gall Bladder: a Clinicopathological Study of 8 Cases Isolated in 94 Cancers.

Adenosquamous/squamous cell carcinoma (AS/SCC) of the gall bladder is a rare histopathologic subtype that accounts for 1 to 12% of all the gall bladder carcinomas (GBC). Literature on these malignancies is limited. A retrospective analysis of 8 cases (study group) of pathologically proven AS/SCC of the gallbladder among 94 patients who underwent surgery for GBC from January 2001 to December 2014 was done.

Dermatofibrosarcoma Protruberans of the Breast Skin Simulating Mammary Carcinoma.

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is a rare soft tissue sarcoma that arises from the dermis and invades deeper tissues. Usually, it behaves as an intermediate grade malignancy but in rare instances, it can metastasize. Frequent occurrences have been observed in trunk and extremities but involvement of the breast has rarely been reported.

Granulomatous prostatitis: clinical and histomorphologic survey of the disease in a tertiary care hospital.

Background: Granulomatous prostatitis is an uncommon entity that is diagnosed incidentally on histopathology and is broadly classified as nonspecific, specific, postsurgical (post-transurethral resection), or secondary to other rare systemic granulomatous diseases. Only very few studies are available in the literature that describe the clinical and histomorphological spectrum of the disease.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of histopathological records of 1,181 prostatic specimens received in the pathology department was done over a period of 13 years (January 2003 to January 2016).

Extensive intestinal metaplasia of renal pelvis: Report of a case and literature review.

Transformation of the urothelium to the intestinal type of epithelium is rare in the pelvis with very few cases reported in the literature. The present study reports extensive intestinal metaplasia of the pelvi-calyceal system without residual urothelium in a 35-years-old woman with a 2 years history of renal calculi. Right - sided Nephrectomy was undertaken.

Incidental detection of carcinoma gall bladder in laparoscopic cholecystectomy specimens: a thirteen year study of 23 cases and literature review.

Carcinoma of gall bladder is the most common malignancy of the biliary tract worldwide and is usually associated with poor prognosis. In this era of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, there has been increase in detection of early stage incidental gall bladder carcinoma in cholecystectomy specimens. A retrospective study was carried out in tertiary care hospital in central India.

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis with colesional actinomycosis in a 63-year-old man.

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is an uncommon chronic destructive granulomatous disease of the kidney. A rare case of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis with extrarenal extension that had coexistence of renal actinomycosis is described in this article.