We report the cytological findings of a sacro-coccygeal chordoma in a 53 year male diagnosed preoperatively by guided fine needle aspiration cytology. The smears shows characteristic Physalliphorous cells in a metachromatic background of myxoid material entrapping cords of cuboidal cells. Differential diagnosis in cytology include conventional and myxoid chondrosarcoma, myxoid liposarcoma, myxoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma, metastatic mucinous carcinoma and myxo-papillary ependymoma. The distinguishing features between these neoplasms are discussed. Preoperative diagnosis of chordoma permits optimum planned surgery.
Keywords: chordoma; myxoid; sacral.
Objective: The objective of this study is to compare the outcome of caesarean section post-op wound in patients after either approximation or after non-approximation of the subcutaneous fat layer. Methodology: 390 women who underwent emergency caesarean section having abdominal fat thickness of more than 2 cm were randomly allocated in two groups of 195 each. The subcutaneous fat layer was approximated in the patients of group A. The condition of wound in each patient was examined on 5 th postoperative day and the complications, if any were categorised into wound disruption, seroma, hematoma or infection. Then further postoperative analgesic, antibiotic doses and hospital stay duration were compared among two group patients. Result: Among 195 patients of Group A, only 20 (10.26%) had wound complications whereas in Group B, 55 patients had wound complications (28.21 %). In group A patients, only 2.5 % needed secondary suturing whereas in group B patients, 18.9 % needed secondary suturing. Conclusion: Approximation of the subcutaneous tissues separately significantly reduces wound complications, requirement of secondary suturing along with a significant reduction in the duration of hospital stay.
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