Vasoocclusion by sickled RBCs in 5 autopsy cases of sudden death.

Mortality in sickle cell disease is high at young age group. So it is necessary to find out the cause of death in young patients with sickle cell disease. We are presenting 5 cases of sudden death in young adults with undiagnosed sickle cell disease. The provocative factors for those terminal events were vasoocclusive crisis. In our patients crisis was secondary to fever (infection), conductive arrhythmia, cardiovascular collapse, post partum shock and hemorrhage. On microscopic examination of viscera, not a single patient showed signs of chronic organ damage, sequestration crisis or acute chest syndrome, which are the common causes of death in sickle cell disease.

Relationship of oral cancer with age, sex, site distribution and habits.

Many studies are carried out regarding age incidence, tobacco smoking and sites of oral cancer, but in Gujarat tobacco chewing in form of Gutkha is more common than smoking and start during preteen years. Tobacco chewing causing chronic inflammation, submucous fibrosis and oral cancer. This study was conducted on 504 patients to find out if there is increasing incidence of oral cancer in lower age group and its relation with sex as well which site was commonly affected. There was statistically significant increase in oral cancer in lower age group, and anatomically anterior part of oral cavity showed involvement in 61.32% of cases. Though males were affected more but female cases were 25%. So tobacco chewing has got detrimental effect on oral cavity.