Skin appendageal tumors: A 1 year data from a tertiary care institute.

Background: Skin appendageal tumors (SAT) are a rare group of tumors that are classified according to their line of appendageal differentiation along eccrine, apocrine, follicular, and sebaceous lines. However, they are relatively uncommon and create diagnostic difficulties for the pathologist. Recognition of malignant transformation adds to the importance of an accurate diagnosis.

Cytomorphological analysis of effusion fluids for detection of malignant cells in a tertiary care hospital in northern India.

Introduction: All body cavities are lined by monolayered mesothelial cells and contain a minimal amount of fluid for lubrication and for protecting the underlying viscera. The peritoneal, pleural, cerebrospinal, sputum, urine, and pericardial fluids comprise the major chunk of body fluids.

Material And Methods: The study was conducted in the Department of Pathology of a tertiary care hospital in northern India, over a period of 1 year, from January 2021 to December 2021.

Primary vaginal malignant melanoma: A rare entity with review of literature.

Primary vaginal malignant melanoma (PVMM) is an extremely rare tumor of the female genital tract, accounting for only 3% of melanomas of the female genital tract and 0.3%-0.8% of all melanomas in females.

Hemangioma of rib masquerading a malignancy.

Hemangioma of bone is a rare bone tumor accounting for <1% of all osseous tumors. Hemangiomas are common in skull and vertebrae but uncommon in rib. Rib hemangiomas may increase in size over a period and may cause symptoms due to increasing size.

Basal cell adenocarcinoma of submandibular salivary gland-problems in cytologic diagnosis.

Basal-cell adenoma and basal-cell adenocarcinoma of the salivary gland are rare tumors. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of these tumors, particularly those of basal-cell adenocarcinoma, has rarely been described in the literature. In this report, we describe the clinical, cytomorphologic and histopathologic features of basal cell adenocarcinoma in a 48-year-old male patient.

Metastatic ovarian tumor.

58-year-old woman with a history of breast carcinoma presented with a bilateral ovarian tumor. On fine needle aspiration cytology, diagnosis of metastatic adenocarcinoma was made. At subsequent hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophrectomy, specimen showed extensive metastatic carcinoma involving both ovaries.

Giant cell tumor of soft tissue: Cytological diagnosis of a case.

Giant cell tumors of soft tissue (GCT-STs) are rare neoplasms and are mainly seen in adults and in the elderly population, usually in the extremities. When evaluated along with clinical features, the cytological features are sufficient to distinguish GCT-STs from other more common tumors with giant cell morphology. We report here a case of a giant cell tumor of soft tissue diagnosed on the basis of fine needle aspiration cytology and confirmed after histopathology.