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A case of posterior oesophageal web in an 18-year-old girl is being presented, in view of its rarity. The diagnosis could be established only after thoracotomy and exploration of the oesophagus. The clinical profile along with possible theories of aetiology are discussed and a brief review of literature is made.
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Adolescente , Bário/diagnóstico , Esôfago/anormalidades , Feminino , Humanos , ToracotomiaRESUMO
Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) was employed in 183 cases of clinically malignant scalp and underlying bone tumours from July, 1984 to December, 1994. The age of the patients ranged from 2 years to 89 years. There were 68 benign and 115 malignant lesions. Only the malignant lesions are analysed in the present series. The cytological findings correlated with the histopathological analysis in 94.7% of cases. There was no false positive report. The cytological analysis helped the neurosurgeons to arrive to a quick pre-operative diagnosis which help early treatment avoiding open surgical biopsy in this vital area. Very scanty literature is available on FNAC of this region.
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Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Biópsia por Agulha/métodos , Carcinoma/diagnóstico , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Sarcoma/diagnóstico , Couro Cabeludo/patologia , Neoplasias Cranianas/diagnósticoRESUMO
Fine needle aspiration biopsy cytology was employed in 121 cases of clinically malignant scalp and underlying bone tumours from July 1984 to March 1991. The age of the patients ranged from 2 to 76 years. There were 48 benign cases and 73 malignant lesions. The cytological findings correlated with histopathological analysis except in 5 cases in benign tumours (diagnostic accuracy being 89.6%) and in 5 cases in malignant tumours (diagnostic accuracy being 93.2%). The clinical history, the radiological parameters and the cytological analysis helped to avoid false positive report. No complication was encountered in this procedure.