A Case of Early Ocular Manifestation of Maculopathy in a 37 year Old Male Patient of CLL.

B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) also called chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a disease of elderly, but in rare cases it can occur in young adults. Majority of patients present with no specific symptoms, and CLL is suspected on the basis of high total and relative lymphocyte counts, discovered on routine blood examination. This patient was referred from medicine outpatient in our institute, Era's Lucknow Medical College & Hospital for routine complete blood count.

Analysis of hemoglobin electrophoresis results and physicians investigative practices in Saudi Arabia.

Background And Objectives: Riyadh and central province falls in a moderate prevalent zone of hemoglobinopathies in Saudi Arabia. However, it has been observed that the physicians working in Saudi Arabia invariably advise all cases of anemia for hemoglobin electrophoresis (HE). The present work was carried out to study the yield of the HE in Riyadh and the investigative practices of the physicians advising HE.

Metastasis of solid tumors in bone marrow: a study from northern India.

The metastasis of bone marrow by the solid tumors is a sign of advanced stage of disease and poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to assess the pattern of bone marrow involvement of different solid tumors and their correlation with hematological findings. In a retrospective study we evaluated 434 aspirates and 76 biopsy sections from 124 cases of different types of solid tumors previously diagnosed on the basis of their clinical and histopathological findings.

A comparative study of hematological parameters of α and β thalassemias in a high prevalence zone: Saudi Arabia.

Background And Aims: Saudi Arabia falls in the high prevalent zone of αα and β thalassemias. Early screening for the type of thalassemia is essential for further investigations and management. The study was carried out to differentiate the type of thalassemia based on red cell indices and other hematological parameters.

Hepatitis B&C virus infection in cases of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Saudi Arabia.

We followed 565 male patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in two hospitals of Saudi Arabia. We investigated these cases for presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) by determining the HBsAg and anti-HCV. Anti-HCV positive cases were confirmed by PCR.

Role of FNAC and antithyroid antibodies in the diagnosis of thyroid disorders.

Multiple parameters are needed to diagnose thyroid disorders. 100 cases of thyroid swellings were studied by clinical assessment, hormonal assay, fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), antithyroglobulin (Tg) and antimicrosomal (Tm) antibodies and histopathology. The cases were divided into four groups.