Pulmonary blastomycosis on autopsy: a rare case report

Blastomycosis: Report of a case from North India and its current status in the Indian subcontinent

“…Randhawa et al in their review [11] mentioned two authentic cases of blastomycosis from India including one each from Uttar Pradesh [12] and Madhya Pradesh [13]. Our review has located seven more indigenous cases in India -one authentic each from Haryana [14], Uttar Pradesh [15], Himachal Pradesh [16], two misdiagnosed cases from Gujarat [17,18], and one authentic case each form Arunachal Pradesh [19], Andhra Pradesh [20], Tamil Nadu [21] and Kerala [22] and one each from Bangladesh [23] and Nepal [24]. Brief clinical and demographic feature of these cases and our own case from h are described in the table 1.…”

“…In the same year Panja [10] also described a case of generalized blastomycosis with nodular skin lesions and yeast-like cells in skin scrapings; obviously it was again a case of misdiagnosis. Randhawa et al [11] have reviewed the 11 cases of blastomycosis reported in India including seven misdiagnosed, four authentic cases comprising two imported ones and two autochthonous cases including one from Uttar Pradesh and the other from Madhya Pradesh Subsequent to this review, there have been six reports of blastomycosis including two misdiagnosed cases from Gujarat [14,15] and authentically diagnosed comprising one each from Haryana [16], Uttar Pradesh [17], Himachal Pradesh [18] and from Andhra Pradesh [19] two from Gujarat [20,21], and one each from Arunachal Pradesh [22] Andhra Pradesh [23], Tamil Nadu [24] and Kerala [25]. Thus, the total number of authentic cases of blastomycosis reported so far from India is ten.…”

Rare case of a scrotal leiomyoma-a diagnostic dilemma: A case report

“…Soft tissue tumors can be either superficial or deep [ 2 ]. There are three types of superficial leiomyomas in the skin and subcutaneous tissue: Piloleiomyomas (erector pilli), angioleiomyomas (blood vessels), and genital leiomyomas, which develop from the smooth muscles of the nipple, vulva, and scrotum [ 3 , 4 ].…”

“…Scrotal leiomyoma is an incredibly uncommon type of genital leiomyoma that was first characterized by Forsters in 1858. A total of 94 cases of scrotal leiomyoma from various nations have been published in the literature [ 3 ] [ Fig. 5 ].…”

“…Scrotal leiomyoma (SL) are usually solitary, sessile or pedunculated soft tissue tumors involving the dartos muscle or subcutaneous tissues of the scrotum. Cutaneous leiomyomas, such as those arising from the arrector pili muscles of hair follicles, account for approximately 5 % of all leiomyomas, and genital leiomyomas, such as scrotal leiomyoma, have an even lower incidence rate [ 3 ]. Leiomyomas are classified as typical and atypical based on histopathological examination, which provides us with a conclusive diagnosis.…”