Prepubertal testicular tumours in Kashmir--a histopathological report of 15 cases.

A total of 15 cases of prepubertal testicular tumours were reported by the department of pathology, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Kashmir over a period of 15 years, from January 1984 to December 1998. The cases included yolk sac tumour (10 cases; 67%), teratoma [(mature) 2 cases (13%)], rhabdomyosarcoma [(paratesticular) 2 cases (13%)] and NHL-Burkitt's lymphoma [one case (7%)]. The youngest patient was 10 months old and the oldest was of 14 years age. Ten cases (67%) occurred at or below the age of 4 years. The youngest patient had yolk sac tumour and oldest had rhabdomyosarcoma. In 2 cases both the testes were involved with one of these two cases having bilateral undescended testes.

Pharyngitis Sicca-An Aetiopathological Study

Pharyngitis sicca is a source of considerable mental anguish to the patient as well as to the clinician due to lack of accurate indentification of aetiological factors and an effective treatment. A study of 200 patients conducted in E.N.T. department. of SMHS Hospital Srinagar (Kashmir) revealed an associations of various disorders with phayngitis sicca. One hundred and sixty-four cases (82%) clinically presented in winter when there was significant fall in temperature and 104 cases had recurrence in next winter, chronic nasal obstruction was observed in 137 cases (68.5%). chronic sinusitis in 90 cases (45%) vitamins and iron deficiency in 90 cases (45%), pulmonary tuberculosis in 7 cases (3.5%) and 4 cases (2%) of each chronic liver diseases and renal diseases. History of smoking was positive in 58 cases (29%) and urban to rural patients ratio was 3 : 2.