Immature Platelet Fraction: Its Clinical Utility in Thrombocytopenia Patients.

Etiology of thrombocytopenia is multifactorial and its pathogenesis should be distinguished for appropriate management. Newly formed immature platelets are called reticulated platelets (RPs) and can be estimated in peripheral blood using automated hematology analyzers, which express them as immature platelet fraction (IPF). In the present study we intend to assess and establish the clinical utility of IPF in differentiating the two major causes of thrombocytopenia-decreased production and increased destruction of platelets-along with determining its significance in monitoring patients with thrombocytopenia.

Cartilaginous choristoma of tongue: A rare case report.

Choristomas are proliferation of normal cells or tissue in an abnormal location. Choristomas of oral soft tissue are rare lesions. Different tissues can occur in the oral cavity as choristomas.

Clinico-Histological Correlation in Hansen's Disease: Three-year Experience at a Newly Established Tertiary Care Center in Central India.

Background: Hansen's disease is a chronic infectious disease caused by . It is characterized by a wide range of clinical and histological manifestations. Ridley-Jopling criteria are widely used for classifying leprosy.

Cytological Diagnosis of Erythema Nodosum Leprosum in Clinically Unsuspected Cases: A Report of Two Cases.

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by . The manifestations of this disease varies across the spectrum of tuberculoid (TT) to lepromatous (LL) leprosy. The course of this indolent disease is interrupted by acute exacerbations in the form of leprare actions.

Validation and Modification of the Masood Scoring Index for the Diagnosis of Atypical Breast Lesions.

Introduction: Cytological diagnosis of borderline breast lesions remains challenging, and interobserver variability exists in their interpretation. The Masood scoring index (MSI) has been proposed to help in the subgrouping of breast lesions using objective criteria.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to assess the interobserver variability in the scoring of breast lesions according to MSI and to see the utility of a modified scheme for discriminating benign and atypical lesions.