Rare presentations of ocular enterobiasis - Case reports.

, also known as pinworm or threadworm, is a large intestinal nematode which has a high prevalence among children and peripubertal age in our country. Transmission usually occurs by autoinfection like finger contamination of the embryonated eggs deposited by the gravid female worm on the perianal and perineal region. Globally, only a few reports are there regarding the isolation of the parasite from extra-intestinal sites.

Congenital Heart Disease in the Pediatric Population in Eastern India: A Descriptive Study.

This cross-sectional study assessed distribution and pattern of echocardiography confirmed congenital heart disease, among 593 pediatric patients in outpatient departments of a tertiary care hospital in eastern India. Commonest defects were ventricular septal defect (43, 40.7%), atrial septal defect (241, 31.

Estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor status of breast cancer patients of eastern India: A multi-institutional study.

Context: There is a paucity of any significant data on the estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) status of breast cancer patients from the eastern part of India.

Aims: This study aims to document the ER and PR status of breast cancer patients in the eastern Indian population, as catered by two premier tertiary care hospitals in Kolkata.

Subjects And Methods: All breast cancer patients registered between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2015, in the Departments of Oncology, of IPGMER and SSKM Hospitals and R.

Regional reporting of the incidence of Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase mutation in 379 non-small-cell lung cancer patients from Kolkata: Using immunohistochemistry as the diagnostic modality in a significant subset.

Context: Regional epidemiology of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) mutation in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is an unmet need in India, and so is the knowledge of its incidence based on immunohistochemistry (IHC).

Aims: Reporting the incidence of ALK mutation in NSCLC from Kolkata, incorporating IHC as the diagnostic modality in a considerable subset of patients.

Subjects And Methods: It is a retrospective observational study done on NSCLC patients with adenocarcinoma histology, unselected by epidermal growth factor receptor, whose samples were tested for ALK mutation status between March 1, 2013, and March 15, 2017.