Profile of malignancies at Medical College, Ambajogai--(15 years retrospective study).

Present study comprises of a preliminary analysis of malignant lesions, diagnosed and confirmed by histopathological examination, carried out in Department of Pathology, S. R. T. R. Medical College, Ambajogai, from August 1976 to July 1991. 30,168 specimens were received for histopathological examination out of which 2,663 cases were diagnosed as malignant lesions (8.82%). 163 cases of leukemias were diagnosed by peripheral smear and bone marrow examination. Our of 2826 patients with malignant lesions 1,566 (55.41%) were males and 1,260 (44.59%) were females with M:F ratio as 1.24:1. Analysis of all malignant lesions showed more predilection towards genital organs (26.22%), gastrointestinal tract (13.72%) and breast (10.47%). Penis (11.36%), gastrointestinal tract (16.73%), oral cavity and tongue with pharynx (20.81%) and skin (11.11%) were leading sites in males where as cervix (30.63%) breast (22.46%), gastrointestinal tract (10.00%), skin (6.82%) and lymphoma, leukaemias (7.30%) were common sites for malignancies in females. The higher incidence of genital and skin tumours is discussed in the paper. Available data is compared with data from Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital Bombay and Cancer Hospital at Barshi in Solapur District of Maharashtra.

The scalene tubercle.

One hundred and thirty right and 114 left first ribs from a random collection have been studied for the characters of the scalene tubercle and the related structures. The tubercle is not always present but the muscular impression for the insertion of the scalenus anterior muscle on the superior surface of the first rib is almost constant and it generally extends upto the medial third of this surface. The arterial groove, generally shallow, lies behind the tubercle or the muscular impression and generally extends only upto the medial 2/3 of the superior surface. Likewise, the venous groove, mostly shallow, lies in front of the tubercle or the muscular impression and extends, generally, only upto the medial 2/3 of the surface. Normally, there is no separate groove for the lower trunk of the brachial plexus.