Adenoid cystic carcinoma in maxillary antrum – A rare presentation

Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma is a rare malignant salivary gland tumor comprising <1% of all malignancies of head and neck and 10-15 % of the malignant tumors of salivary glands. Most of it arises in minor salivary glands nearly about 60%. Intraorally, about 50% of adenoid cystic carcinomas occur in the palate. Here by, we present a case of adenoid cystic carcinoma affecting the left maxillary antrum and palate on the same side in 30 years old male along with a brief review of literature.

Idiopathic Calcinosis Cutis in Scrotum – A Rare Subtype

Idiopathic calcinosis cutis is a rare disorder and occurs in the absence of known tissue injury or systemic metabolic defect. It is a skin calcification process with abnormal deposits of calcium phosphate in the skin in various parts of the body. It is a rare and benign syndrome which does not cause any late complication and whose prognosis is therefore favourable. Hereby, I am reporting a case of 40 years old male who presented with multiple asymptomatic calcified nodules in the scrotum with normal lab findings. Excision of the nodule on histopathological examination revealed foci of calcification separated by fibrous septa in the dermis.

Takayasu Arteritis Presenting as Renal Failure in 8 year old female child

Takayasu arteritis also known as Aortic Arch Syndrome or Pulseless disease is an uncommon condition mainly affecting aorta and its branches. It is chronic inflammatory disease of unknown cause, so also called as non- specific aortoarteritis. Though it is rarely seen in children, I am hereby presenting a case of 8 year old girl presenting with constitutional symptoms, claudication of lower limbs, anasarca altered sensorium and decreased urinary output.

Giant Schwannoma of upper eye lid in a male child of 13 years A rare case report

Isolated Schwannoma of the eyelid is an extremely rare benign neoplasm. Although it is believed to be present from birth, it show accelerated growth during the childhood or later in adults. These are generally asymptomatic or present as slowly enlarging, painless mass with progressive ptosis of the eyelid. I hereby report a case of giant schwannoma of size 3cmx3cmx2cm in the left upper eyelid of a 13 year old boy who developed progressive ptosis.

A comparative study of benign and malignant ovarian tumors in tertiary care center

In developing countries like India, patients seek medical help usually during advanced stage of ovarian tumors. Thus, patients with the tumors of ovaries need high index of suspicion. In early stage it present with very vague symptoms like pedal edema and dyspepsia. So, regular screening in females >35 year with serum ca-125 and annual transvaginal USG can help in early diagnosis and treatment. Total of 2275 Gynecological cases were received at the department of Pathology in tertiary referral centre during the period of 2 years from January 2015 to December 2016. In these 454 cases of ovaries both cystic, benign and malignant ovarian tumors were studied. Among these 366 cases included inclusion cyst corpus luteal cyst and follicular cyst in decreasing order 62 cases were of benign tumors included serous cyst adenoma, mucinous cyst adenoma and mature tetratoma. 26 cases were malignant included serous cystadenocarcinoma, mucinous cystadenocarcinoma, malignant teratoma, Krukenberg tumor, yolksac tumor.