ABSTRACT
Lesions of conjunctiva comprise a varied spectrum of conditions. A total of 50 patients, 34 males and 16 females, with lesions in conjunctiva were subjected to study. Histopathological examination of the biopsied specimens from the lesions was done using haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain and other special stains when needed. The study was done to report the spectrum and frequency of different lesions of conjunctiva in a tertiary care eye hospital in India.
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Adolescent , Adult , Biopsy , Conjunctiva/pathology , Conjunctival Diseases/pathology , Conjunctival Neoplasms/diagnosis , Eosine Yellowish-(YS) , Female , Hematoxylin , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial/diagnosis , SingaporeABSTRACT
A 25-year-old woman presented with gradual dimness of vision in the left eye with history of recurrent cutaneous bullae, photosensitivity and passage of red coloured urine. Examination revealed cataract and high intra-ocular pressure in left eye and symmetrical areas of scleral thinning in both eyes. Systemic features of the patient pointed towards congenital erythropoietic porphyria, which was established by laboratory investigations.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Porphyria, Erythropoietic/diagnosis , Scleral Diseases/etiology , Vision Disorders/etiologyABSTRACT
A retrospective study of malignant diseases of childhood was carried out at B. S. Medical College, Bankura, W.B. to know the prevalence. It includes cases detected in this institution during 1990-1999 in the age group of 0-14 years. Cases were identified from previous records. Histopathology slides, stained by hematoxylin and eosin, were recovered and reviewed. Diagnosis were made by morphology. Hematological diagnosis were made by morphology and cyto-chemistry. In total 120 cases were detected. Acute leukemia (39.2%) was the commonest, followed by retinoblastoma (19.2%), lymphoma (10.8%), Wilm's tumor (10%) and rhabdomyosarcoma (9.1%). Brain tumors were not found due to non-availability of Neurosurgical Unit in this institution. Frequency of neuroblastoma was very low, only 2 out of a total of 120. In comparison to studies in Southern India and Western countries retinoblastoma and soft tissue sarcoma are more prevalent here, while there is a much lower prevalence of neuroblastoma.