Primary malignancies of female urethra are infrequent, constituting a fraction of less than 1% of genitourinary malignancies. Primary clear-cell adenocarcinoma of the urethra, is even rarer, that histomorphologically resembles clear-cell carcinoma of the female genital tract, occurs predominantly in women and is associated with a relatively poor prognosis. The histogenesis of this rare urethral neoplasm has not been completely determined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Functional Dyspepsia (FD) is one of the most common causes of gastrointestinal symptoms aetiology of which is poorly understood.
Aim: To study duodenal histomorphological features and their relationship with () infection in patients of FD.
Materials And Methods: This case control study included 50 cases of FD patients selected according to Rome III criteria and 30 age and sex matched controls.
Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus
September 2014
Human parvovirus B19 is highly tropic to human bone marrow and replicates only in erythroid progenitor cells. It is causative agent of transient aplastic crisis in patients with chronic haemolytic anemia. In immunocompromised patients persistent parvovirus B19 infection may develop and it manifests as pure red cell aplasia and chronic anaemia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAllergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) is a distinct clinicopathological entity. It occurs in immunocompetent individuals with history of atopy, increased IgE levels and peripheral eosinophilia and causes noninvasive pansinusitis. It is histologically characterised by the presence of 'allergic mucin' with clusters of eosinophils, charcot - Leyden crystals and scattered fungal hyphae.
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