Health improvement for disadvantaged people in Nepal - an evaluation.

Background: An evaluation of progress with participatory approaches for improvement of health knowledge and health experiences of disadvantaged people in eight Districts of Eastern Nepal has been undertaken.

Methods: A random selection of Village Development Committees and households, within the eight Districts where participation and a Rights-based Approach had been promoted specifically by local NGOs were compared with similar villages and households in eight Districts where this approach had not been promoted. Information was sought by structured interview and observation by experienced enumerators from both groups of householders.

Primary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the vagina: cytomorphology of previously unreported case.

Squamous carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the vagina. Other malignancies include adenocarcinoma, melanoma, lymphoma, and very rarely, neuroendocrine carcinoma/small-cell carcinoma. Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) has not been reported in this location.

Aspiration biopsy cytology of ectopic thyroid tissue in the lateral chest wall: a case report.

Background: Ectopic thyroid tissue is a rare abnormality that mainly occurs in the midline of the neck but also in other unusual locations. Because fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is a widely used procedure for evaluating head and neck and other palpable masses, sampling of these lesions may be encountered.

Case: A 66-year-old woman presented with left lateral chest wall mass during follow-up for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension and diabetes mellitus.

Chondroblastic osteosarcoma of the cuboid: a literature review and report of a rare case.

Unlabelled: Chondroblastic osteosarcoma accounts for about 25% of all cases of osteosarcoma, which is the most common primary malignancy of the skeleton. Currently, only a few cases of chondroblastic osteosarcoma have been reported to involve the bones of the foot. In this report, we describe the previously unreported occurrence of chondroblastic osteosarcoma involving the left tarsal cuboid in a 15-year-old male.