Correlation of TIRADS and Bethesda Scoring Systems with Final Histopathology of Thyroid Nodules - An Institutional Experience.

Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) reduces the number of unnecessary thyroid surgeries for patients with benign nodules and appropriately triages patients with thyroid cancer to appropriate treatment. This was a observational study done on cases presenting with clinical suspicion of thyroid malignancy which underwent ultrasonography followed by FNAC of thyroid nodule. Ultrasonographic characterization of nodules was based on Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TIRADS) and cytology reporting was based on Bethesda system.

Impact of incorporating Magnetic Resonance Imaging in FIGO Staging of Primary Carcinoma Cervix: Experience from a tertiary cancer center.

Background: International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging of carcinoma cervix, although essentially clinical, acknowledges the benefits of MRI. The impact of incorporating MRI in staging of cervical cancer and the discordance between clinical-and MRI-based FIGO staging is not well studied, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

Aim: We aim to study the role and accuracy of MRI in staging carcinoma cervix, its correlation with clinical FIGO and histopathological staging with emphasis on how it can change treatment plan.

Atypical PRES with diffusion restriction or neurotoxicity- ? part of same spectrum-after oxaliplatin (FOLFOX-4 regimen) for colonic cancer.

Atypical features of Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) (diffusion restriction, involvement of corpus callosum & white matter tracts along posterior limbs of internal capsule) were seen in a patient after oxaliplatin administration (FOLFOX- 4 regimen). Findings were most obvious on diffusion weighted images, similar to acute methotrexate neurotoxicity, and resolved completely on follow up.

Germ cell tumors masquerading as central nervous system sarcoidosis.

The diagnosis of central nervous system sarcoidosis is uncertain without typical multisystem involvement. We describe two patients with isolated central nervous system mass lesions whose biopsy results were consistent with sarcoidosis. After a progressive clinical course, they were found to have diencephalic germinomas.

Cocaine colitis. Is this a new syndrome?

An unusual case of colitis in a 37-year-old cocaine addict is described. The patient presented with right-sided abdominal pain and diarrhea exacerbated by his use of cocaine. Significant antibiotic ingestion was denied.

Microcytic hypochromic anemia associated with renal cell carcinoma.

Anemia, frequently hypochromic and microcytic, occurs in approximately one third of patients with renal cell carcinoma. We have described a patient with classic iron deficiency anemia and renal cell carcinoma whose blood picture reverted to normal after removal of the tumor. Abundant hemosiderin in the tumor cells is evidence that tumor cells removed iron from the circulation, causing the iron deficiency anemia.

Solitary intracranial plasmacytoma: two patients with extended follow-up.

Solitary neoplastic proliferation of plasma cells (plasmacytoma) rarely occurs in the central nervous system. The longest follow-Up in nine previously reported patients was 5 years. We have followed two patients with solitary intracranial plasmacytoma for 8 and 13 years, respectively.