ABSTRACT
Da-us-Sadaf [Psoriasis] is a common chronic, recurrent, immune mediated disease of the skin characterized by dryness, scaling and plaques. It is considered to be an autoimmune disease, caused by Sauda-e-Mohtaraq [burnt melancholic humor] and Merah-e-Sauda [burnt bile mixed with melancholic humor]. Psoriatic patients face many social and psychological problems because of its visibility, persistency and difficulty of being treat. Present paper deals with a report of a case study evaluating the efficacy of Psoralia corylifolia Linn. seeds as oral administration and Marham-e- Gulabi [non-pharmacopoeial Unani formulation] as topical agent in psoriasis, both clinically as well as histopathologically. It is concluded that the test drugs found to be safe, non toxic and highly effective for psoriasis
ABSTRACT
Gastro intestinal stromal tumors [GISTs] are a subset ofGI mesenchymal tumors of varying differentiation. With the advent of immune histochemical staining techniques now available in Pakistan, they are recognized as a distinct group of mesenchymal tumors. This case demonstrates that rare stromal neoplasms have to be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal tumors even ifendoscopic biopsies are negative for neoplastic changes. Because of the uncertain biological behavior of the GISTs an early surgical intervention is recommended