Kimura disease is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown cause, primarily seen in young Asian males. The disease is characterized by painless subcutaneous swelling, blood and tissue eosinophilia and raised IgE levels. Early diagnosis of Kimura's disease may spare the patient from unnecessary invasive diagnostic procedure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe document our data on the course of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection in cancer patients in an attempt to help optimize their management in India and globally. Between February 2020 and January 2021, participating oncologists from Pune (members of the Oncology Group of Pune) documented effect of COVID-19 infection in their cancer patients. Binomial logistic regression analysis as well as correlation analysis was done using Pearson Chi-square test to determine significance of clinical factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted health-care systems, leading to concerns about its subsequent impact on non-COVID disease conditions. The diagnosis and management of cancer is time sensitive and is likely to be substantially affected by these disruptions. We aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care in India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFParagangliomas are rare neoplasms. Their specific annual incidence is still unclear. These are rare neuroendocrine tumors which arise from extra-adrenal paraganglioma and they have the ability to secrete catecholamines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Following the nationwide lockdown in India, most hospitals shut down elective surgeries including cancer surgeries. We continued operating on patients with cancer at a tertiary referral center in Western India, which also served as a COVID care center. We also constructed a questionnaire, exclusive to surgeons, to determine the changes in treatment strategies as well as the response to the pandemic.
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August 2002
Isolated caudate lobe excision is an uncommon procedure. We report a 41-year-old lady who underwent isolated caudate lobe excision for a solitary metastatic lesion from a previously operated adenocarcinoma of rectum. This is the first such reported case from India.
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