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Background and Aim: Over two billion people worldwide are affected by intestinal protozoans and helminths. Intestinal helminthic infestations are most common among school-age children and tend to be of high intensity in this age group. These diseases can affect child development, educational achievement, reproductive health, and social and economic development. Aim of the study was to find out the prevalence of parasitic infestation in school going children between 5 years to 12 years of age. Methodology: Macroscopic examination of stool samples was followed by direct saline (0.9%) preparation & for ova iodine preparation. Mounted wet saline (0.9%) and iodine preparations were examined under microscope using x10 and x40 objective lens. Concentration method with saturated salt solution was done in all the samples collected. Statistical analysis has been used. Results and Conclusion: Out of all 85 students enrolled in this study, 4 were observed with different parasitic structures in their stool. The common parasitic infection in this study was Cyst of Entamoebahistolytica and eggs of Ancylostomaduodenale.
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Background: Ovarian tumours are one of the major cause of gynaecological problems in females and present marked variation in their histological types. Relative frequency of these lesions is different for Western and Asian countries. Aims & Objective: This study was designed to find out frequency of various histological patterns of ovarian tumours in patients attending Pathology department of a teaching institute in Gujarat. Material and Methods: A retrospective – series study was conducted on 337 cases of ovarian masses, reported from January 2002 to December 2012. Results: Mean age of the subjects was 33.6 years, ranging from 8 to 70 years. In a total 337 cases of ovarian masses, 197 (58.46%) were non-neoplastic and 140 (41.54%) were neoplastic. Among neoplastic lesions, 77.14% (108/140) were benign, 3.57% (5/140) were borderline and 19.29% (27/140) were malignant. The commonest non-neoplastic lesion was luteal cyst (59/197) followed by simple serous cyst (56/197). The commonest malignant tumour was serous cystadenocarcinoma (11/27) followed by mucinous cystadenocarcinoma (5/27). The commonest borderline tumour was borderline serous tumour (4/5). Conclusion: Non-neoplastic lesions were more common than neoplastic lesions. Among neoplastic lesions benign tumours were common. The commonest benign tumour was serous cystadenoma and malignant was serous cystadenocarcinoma. The commonest non-neoplastic lesion was luteal cyst. Among histological types of ovarian tumours, surface epithelial tumours dominated the other types.