Publications by authors named "Umamaheshwari Gurusamy"

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  • Primary cardiac tumours are very rare, especially in the perinatal period, with a low prevalence of 0.0017% to 0.28% found in autopsy studies.
  • The most common benign cardiac tumours are rhabdomyomas and fibromas, with the case discussed involving a 21-week-old fetus diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and found to have a cardiac fibroma.
  • This case highlights the potential link between small, hard-to-detect cardiac tumours and the development of HLHS, emphasizing the importance of detailed autopsy examinations for better understanding these rare conditions.
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Introduction: Indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) is used to determine the circulating autoantibodies in cases of Pemphigus. For IIF in Pemphigus several substrates had been used. This study was done to determine whether plucked hair can be utilized as a substrate for IIF in cases of Pemphigus.

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