Dysgerminoma with pregnancy and viable baby: a case report

Dysgerminomas are the most common of primitive germ cell tumors of the ovary, accounting for 1-5% of all ovarian malignancies. The reproductive age group females are most commonly affected, thereby causing problems in conception and if pregnancy occurs, it leads to feto-maternal compromise. It is extremely rare to have a successful natural pregnancy, with viable child birth with a coexisting dysgerminoma, without any assisted reproductive interventions. We hereby report a case of successful spontaneous natural pregnancy in a primi gravida, associated with dysgerminoma, with no feto-maternal compromise

Combined modality cytopathologic diagnosis of lung malignancy: a feasible proposition?

Primary carcinoma of lung is a major health problem with a generally grim prognosis. Cytology is reliable and useful method in the diagnosis of bronchogenic carcinoma. However, an orderly approach to diagnosis, using a variety of cytologic diagnostic procedures helps us to separate benign and malignant lesions of lung and allows early diagnosis and cytologic typing of various pulmonary malignant lesions. That provides perspective selection of best therapy for individual patient. We have reached to a conclusion from the present study that multiple types of tissue sampling techniques including bronchial brushing, transbronchial needle aspiration [TBNA], CT-guided transcutaneous needle aspiration [TCNA] and bronchial biopsy should be performed since the diagnostic results improve when combination of techniques are employed