Research
Gastric Lavage-An Alternate Approach in the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis: A Case Report
Idiopathic pulmonary Hemosiderosis (IPH) is a rare and life threatening condition, found primarily in children, that causes recurrent episodes of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. It is characterized by hemoptysis, alveolar infiltrates on chest radiograph and various degrees of anemia. It affects pediatric patients in approximately 80% of cases with equal gender incidence. When no underlying cause for repeated episodes of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage is apparent, the entity is referred to as idiopathic pulmonary Hemosiderosis. Studies have shown that the detection of hemosiderin-laden macrophages in broncho alveolar lavage fluid and gastric aspirate is crucial for the confirmation of diagnosis. We present a case of 10 months old baby boy where cytological findings in the gastric lavage proved highly beneficial in the diagnosis of IPH.
Unilateral Primary Ovarian Lymphoma: A Case Report
Involvement of the ovary by malignant lymphoma is well known as a late manifestation of disseminated nodal disease. But primary ovarian lymphoma as the initial manifestation is unusual. Histologically they are almost always of the non-Hodgkin’s type. Primary ovarian lymphomas, account for only 0.5% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs) and 1.5% of all ovarian neoplasms. Previous studies of NHL involving gynecologic sites have shown that most (90%) NHLs involving the ovary are systemic tumors, of which ovarian involvement is only one aspect. In this article we report a case of unilateral primary ovarian NHL in a 35 yrs female patient. Consecutive histopathology and immunohistochemistry study revealed a primary Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) of ovary.
