Case studies in heritable vascular disease: Proceedings of the UTHealth Houston Multidisciplinary Aortic Conference.

Heritable thoracic aortic disease is caused by dominantly inherited mutations in more than a dozen genes, including mutations that cause Loeys-Dietz syndrome. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston convenes a regular conference that includes cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons, cardiologists, geneticists, radiologists, and pathologists to formulate multidisciplinary approaches for the management of complex heritable thoracic aortic disease cases. In this report, we highlight the unique management of individuals with distinct presentations of Loeys-Dietz syndrome owing to mutations.

Spectrum of Breast Diseases: Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Study from North India.

Introduction: Breast disorders commonly present as masses, which are mostly benign. However, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer and second leading cause of death among women. The study aimed at analyzing the spectrum of breast diseases especially breast cancers and assess the estrogen and progesterone receptor (ER/PR) and Her2/neu status of breast cancers on immunohistochemistry (IHC).

Utility of FineNeedle Aspiration Cytology as a Lowcost Tool to Diagnose Cervical Lymphadenopathy.

Background And Objective: The current study aimed at observing the cytomorpho logical patterns in patients presenting with enlarged cervical lymphnodes, diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), their distribution with respect to age and gender, and determining the accuracy of FNAC as a diagnostic procedure in cases with cervical lymphadenopathy.

Methods: Out of all patients presenting with cervical lymphadenopathy from Sep tember 2015 to September 2016, in the Department of Pathology, Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India 100 consecutive cases were enrolled into the current study, following the exclusion of all cases where FNAC smears were inadequate or suboptimal for diagnostic interpretation. Histopath ological examination was conducted on small excision biopsy specimens/radical neck dissection, where ever possible and diagnostic efficacy of FNAC was evaluated.