A unilateral teratoid Wilms' tumor with raised serum alpha-fetoprotein level.

Teratoid Wilms' tumor with raised serum alpha-fetoprotein level is an unusual type of tumor. We, here, describe a twelve month old boy presenting with lumbar mass. Clinical features, radiological findings, gross examination, and histomorphological features are studied, and various differential diagnoses like Wilms' tumor with heterologous elements, intrarenal teratoma and metastatic germ cell tumor are taken into consideration.

Primary gastrointestinal lymphoma--a clinicopathologic study.

Gastrointestinal tract is the most common site for the development ofextra nodal lymphoma. This study was done to analyze clinical and pathological features as well as the treatment outcome of this disease. We carried out analysis of25 cases of primary gastrointestinal (GI) lymphomas during period from March 2001 to February 2003 at Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute.

Role of fine needle aspiration cytology in diagnosis of lung tumours--a study of 100 cases.

The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) as a diagnostic method in lung tumour as well as to determine the incidence of lung cancer in various age and sex group and in relation with smoking. Hundred cases of lung tumours were investigated. Out of 100 patients, 88 were male and 12 were female.

Primary chondrosarcoma of lung: case report and review of literature.

A case of primary chondrosarcoma of the left lung in 50 year-old man is presented. The tumor was diagnosed as primary chondrosarcoma of the lung after exclusion of any primary lesion elsewhere. Histologically, tumor consisted of predominantly chondromatous lesion.

Accuracy of cytologic diagnosis of central nervous system tumours in crush preparation.

The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness and accuracy of cytologic smears by making crush preparation as a diagnostic method, in central nervous system tumors. 278 patients with central nervous system tumors were investigated. In 98 cases, material was obtained intraoperatively during craniotomy and in 180 cases stereotactic biopsies were done.

Primary mucinous carcinoma of urachus--a case report.

The authors describe a case of primary mucinous carcinoma of urachus in 65 years old male. Patient presented with hematuria with suprapubic mass. The patient underwent total cystectomy with en bloc excision of the tumor mass and umbilicus.

Cytological grading of breast neoplasia and its correlation with histological grading.

Cytological grading of breast cancer is not well established despite histological grading having gained a strong foothold. In our study we have analyzed 50 cases of breast carcinoma which included invasive ductal carcinoma, invasive lobular carcinoma, mucinous carcinoma, stromal sarcoma, apocrine carcinoma, papillary carcinoma. Papanicolaou smears were graded according to established Hunt's, Simplified Black and Modified Black grading systems.

Clinicopathological prognostic factors of adult granulosa cell tumor of the ovary--a study of 37 cases.

Adult granulosa cell tumor (GCT) of the ovary is the most common malignancy amongst the sex cord stromal tumors. Clinical stage, age, tumor size, residual disease and several histologic factors have been reported to be of prognostic significance. There were 839 ovarian malignancies at our institute during the period from 1998 to 2002.