Publications by authors named "Vijayshankar S"

Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma (EMC) is a rare low grade epithelial malignancy of major Salivary Glands (SG). Though the histomorphology of this tumor is distinct, unusual location and clinical presentation may pose diagnostic difficulties especially when this lesion is first encountered at cytology. We report a case of 60-year-old female presenting with nasal obstruction of three months duration.

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Tuberculosis (TB) and cancer are two lethal diseases causing significant morbidity and mortality in developing countries like India. Co-existence of these two disease lead to diagnostic dielemma among the clinicians. Overlapping clinical manifestations lead to delay in diagnosis.

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Sclerosing Peritonitis (SP) is characterized by fibrous thickening and adhesions of the peritoneum and it is encountered frequently in association with peritoneal dialysis, practolol and anticonvulsant therapy. Rarely does it present as a gynaecological complication, most commonly in conjunction with luteinized thecoma of ovary. Very rarely has sclerosing peritonitis been reported to occur with ovarian cystic teratoma and a luteinized variant of adult granulosa cell tumour, among which only one case has been reported in the English literature.

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Sebaceous carcinoma (SC) is a highly aggressive malignant adnexal tumor of sebaceous gland origin, accounting for less than 1% of cutaneous. Extraocular sebaceous carcinomas are more aggressive than their ocular counterpart with a predilection for the skin of head and neck, trunk, salivary glands and extremities in decreasing order of frequency. Rippled effect literally means "gradually spreading effect".

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