Volume 3 (2017) - Issue 2, Jul-Dec
Review Articles
GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE AND NEOPLASIA: DILEMMA AND UPDATES!
Gestational trophoblastic diseases include hydatidiform moles and gestational trophoblastic neoplasia i.e. invasive mole, choriocarcinoma, placental site trophoblastic tumor and epitheloid trophoblastic tumor. Incidence from India has been reported up to 2.4/ 1000 pregnancies, 2.5/ 1000 deliveries and 2.6/ 1000 live births. The standard protocols for management exist and are evolving fast. Though all gestational trophoblastic diseases are not malignant, still these need to be managed intensively, because of their potentially life threatening complications and common occurrence in fertility age group females. The better aspect is that; if timely and standard interventions are made; these are highly curable conditions, even with preservation of reproductive...
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Case study
INCIDENTALLY DETECTED TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA IN A NONFUNCTIONING KIDNEY: SHOULD WE RELY ON RADIOLOGY?
Abstract: Primary transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the renal pelvis is a relatively rare disease and incidentally detected in a non-functioning kidney is much rarer. Herein, we report a case of incidentally detected histopathologically proven case of primary TCC of renal pelvis in a nonfunctioning kidney associated with staghorn calculus.
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