Case report: intra-renal paraganglioma masquerading as a renal cyst.

A case is reported in which a 46-year-old normotensive male patient presented with large right-sided painless abdominal mass. On sonography there was a large cyst in the lower pole of right kidney. Intravenous urography showed distortion of pelvicollecting system and medial shift of upper right ureter.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Multan: species identification.

Objective: To identify the Leishmania species being responsible for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Multan.

Method: Parasites were isolated from clinically and parasitologically confirmed lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis from 30 patients by fine needle aspiration (FNA). The bioptical materials were then cultured in Evans Tobie's medium and parasites isolated were identified by isoenzyme electrophoresis technique.