Unsupervised Medical Abortions: A Cause for Concern of Safety

Medical abortions have been a national as well as social concern for the society, especially in India. There have been certain laws, acts and amendments that have been designed to promote safe abortions. Despite, the rules in place, there is still need to have more awareness as the women still face difficulties in accessing abortion services. The reasons may include legal hurdles, stigma, financial concerns and many more. Through this article, we would like to emphasize the role of government, medical professionals, health care providers to come together and form more dependable guidelines that may help women to access safer abortions.

Cytohistological diagnosis of soft tissue giant cell tumour of neck – A rare presentation

Giant cell tumors of soft tissue (GCT-ST) are rare primary soft tissue tumor with low malignant potential, considered as the soft tissue counterpart of giant cell tumor of bone. We reported a rare case of soft tissue giant cell tumor of neck in a 46 years old male with painless swelling in left side of neck after a history of trauma 3 months back. Computed tomography suggested a small soft tissue mass and or post biopsy hemorrhage, but the diagnosis of giant cell tumor was confirmed after cytohistological examination. Wide local excision of the tumor was done.

Heterologous osseous differentiation in Malignant Phyllodes tumour – A rare case report

Breast sarcomas are rare neoplasms accounting for less than 1% of breast malignancy. Phyllodes tumors have biphasic histological features with both epithelial and stromal component. Careful characterization of the stromal component is critical since it is the pathologic features of the stromal cells that determine its malignant potential. We reported a case of 57 years old female with right breast mass who underwent wide excision and on histological examination a diagnosis of malignant phyllodes tumour with heterogonous osseous differentiation was made. The rarity of the lesion was considered for reporting and on follow up the patient was free of metastasis.

Primary intraosseous meningioma.

Primary intraosseous meningioma of the skull is an uncommon lesion often confused preoperatively with a primary bone tumor of the skull. We report this rare tumor in a 19-year-old male who was radiographically diagnosed as osteoid osteoma.

Histopathological changes in aluminium phosphide poisoning.

A total of thirty cases of aluminium phosphide poisoning were studied for gross and microscopic changes in various organs of the body ie, lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, brain, stomach and adrenals. The histopathological changes revealed varying degrees of congestion, oedema and leucocytic infiltration, changes suggestive of cellular hypoxia. The most dramatic effects were produced in lungs, kidneys and adrenals.

Serum copper and ceruloplasmin in pregnancy with anaemia.

Estimation of serum copper and ceruloplasmin was done in 25 non pregnant females, 25 healthy pregnant women followed from I to III trimester and 75 pregnant women with anaemia--25 in each trimester. Anaemia was further divided into mild, moderate and severe types (27, 32 & 16 cases respectively). Normal pregnancy was associated with progressive increase in serum copper and ceruloplasmin--values being highest in III trimester. All types of anaemias in pregnancy revealed statistically significant elevation of serum copper and ceruloplasmin when compared to corresponding gestational period in normal pregnancy.