A good review of the features of pancreatoblastoma and the differential diagnosis of abdominal masses in infancy

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Nonosseous or soft tissue Ewing's sarcoma is a rare form of Ewing's sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumour that seldom affects the head and neck region. Involvement of the nose and paranasal sinuses is extremely uncommon, with only eight of such patients being reported to date, mostly affecting adolescents and young adults. To our knowledge, this study is the first comprehensive report of primary soft tissue Ewing's sarcoma involving the paranasal sinuses in an elderly patient who successfully completed treatment. We herein discuss the pathogenesis, management and factors affecting the prognosis of this rare group of tumours involving the nose and paranasal sinuses, in relation to the available literature.

Lipomatous lesions coexisting in the major and minor salivary glands have attracted interest in recent years and include lesions, such as sialolipoma. Sialolipoma is a newer variant of salivary gland lipoma, first described by Nagao et al in 2001. As the hard palate has very little fatty tissue, the incidence of lipomas here is very low. Till date 35 cases of sialolipoma have been found to be reported on review of English scientific literature [PubMed], of which 18 cases involved major salivary glands and rest 17 cases occurred in minor salivary glands. On thorough literature survey, eight cases have been found to involve palate (including hard and soft palate) and our case is likely to be the ninth case of sialolipoma involving the palate.

A 12-year-old boy with a pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid is reported. The excised gland specimen also showed evidence of chronic sialadenitis. The co-existence of these two entities has not been previously reported in the literature surveyed by us. The authors feel that the two conditions may have a common underlying etiology.

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An account of the brachyuran crab diversity along the Andhra Pradesh coast of India has been represented in this communication. The checklist of brachyuran crabs has been prepared for the state of Andhra Pradesh based on reviews and compilation of published research works for this particular region. A total of 156 species belonging to 91 genera and 33 families have been listed here from Andhra Pradesh. Visakhapatnam showed the highest diversity with 86 species in all the marine areas and Vizianagaram has the lowest diversity recorded from the state with one species. Although the study on the brachyurans from Andhra Pradesh had been started from early 1800 but recent works on brachyurans from Andhra Pradesh is lacking and with a focused study from the area would help in exploration of brachyuran’s diversity from the east coast of India.

Abstract:Tubercular pleural effusion may cause a diagnostic dilemma as mycobacterium could not be detected in most cases due to paucibacillary nature of effusion. Pleural fluid AFB smear is positive in less than ten percent cases except in patients with tubercular empyema. However, percentage of AFB positivity in smear increases significantly if there is underlying immunodeficiency disorder. We hereby report a case of unilateral pleural effusion which was diagnosed to be of tubercular origin based on biochemical and cytological parameters along with plenty of AFB in pleural fluid smear. The patient was subsequently evaluated for any associated immunosuppression and he was found to have non-Hodgkin lymphoma.