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Gastric teratoma, a very rare tumor of infancy is essentially benign. Immature (embryonic) elements have been described in only three of the sixty-six cases described previously. This report concerns with one "immature" gastric teratoma seen in infancy.
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Biopsy, Needle , Fatal Outcome , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Laparotomy , Male , Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/diagnosis , Reoperation , Stomach Neoplasms/diagnosis , Teratoma/diagnosisSubject(s)
Child, Preschool , Humans , Karyotyping , Kidney Neoplasms/pathology , Male , WAGR Syndrome/genetics , Wilms Tumor/pathologyABSTRACT
Crude chloroform extract of C. papaya seeds (5 mg/animal/day, po, for 20, 40 and 60 days) was investigated for contraceptive efficacy and related side effects in male albino rats. The crude extract reduced fertility to zero per cent by 40 to 60 days of treatment. Suppression of cauda epididymal sperm motility was the most pronounced effect of the drug administration. Scanning electron microscopic observations revealed treatment induced abnormalities in sperms. Cauda epididymal and testicular sperm counts decreased following treatment. Clinical parameters did not show any alterations. Results suggest that the contraceptive effects of chloroform extract of papaya seeds are mainly post-testicular in nature without influencing toxicological profile and libido of the animals.
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Animals , Contraceptive Agents, Male/isolation & purification , Erythrocyte Count/drug effects , Fertility/drug effects , Leukocyte Count/drug effects , Male , Plant Extracts/pharmacology , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Seeds , Sperm Motility/drug effectsABSTRACT
Congenital granular-cell myoblastoma is a rare jaw tumor presenting in the neonatal period. The differentiation between congenital epulis and granular cell myoblastoma is a controversial issue amongst pathologists. It is a benign swelling in which simple excision is the treatment of choice. Here we report two cases with a brief review of literature.