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B L Rastogi

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Pathological review of melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy in India.

Melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy (MNETI) is a rare occurrence. Review of literature indicated 14 cases of MNETI encountered in India. The reported cases were observed in infants below one year of age. Males were affected more than the females. Except for one in the orbit, all the lesions were located in the maxilla. Histologically, lesions have been reported to be classical and benign in nature. Morphology of the tumours have been presented and discussed.

Age Factors

Primary leiomyosarcoma of the vagina: a study of five cases.

The clinical and light and electron microscopic features of five cases of primary vaginal leiomyosarcoma, representing 2.9% of all vaginal malignancies registered at the Swedish Cancer Registry, are presented. The ages of the patients ranged from 31 to 69 years. The most common clinical presentation was an increasing mass and/or local tenderness. The tumor was located in the anterior wall in three cases and in the lateral wall in two. The size of the tumors ranged from 2 to over 10 cm. Four patients had tumors of high histologic malignancy grade and were all dead within 36 months. One patient had a tumor of low grade and is still alive 10 years after the initial excision. The ultrastructural observations of abundant myofilaments with focal elongated densities in primary paraffin-embedded material conform with the light microscopic diagnoses in all cases and indicate the usefulness and value of such material for electron microscopy in order to arrive at the diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma. The therapeutic and diagnostic aspects are discussed.

Adult

Tuberculosis of the tongue.

Involvement of the tongue by Mycobacterium tuberculosis occurs on rare occasions. Two interesting cases of tuberculosis of the tongue are reported and the mode of transfer of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to oral tissues is discussed. The need to consider tuberculosis as an etiological factor in indolent oral lesions is emphasised.

Humans

Carotid body tumour. Exicsion with resection of carotid arteries.

A case of carotid body tumour is reported and the salient features of its histopathology have been described. Its excision with resection of the carotid arteries can be safely undertaken if the tumour is of long duration, the angiography shows marked displacement of the carotid arteries and if the blood pressure is maintained during surgery by regulating the blood transfusion and lowering the head end of the patient, thereby preventing fatal brain hypoxia. The fact that it is a potentially malignant and radioresistant tumour, makes its excision with or without ligation of the carotid arteries almost imperative.

Carotid Arteries

Congenital midline fistula of the tongue.

A possibly unknown entity of congenital midline fistula of the tongue, hitherto not mentioned in the literature, is reported. The embryologic basis of it is explained and the role of the tuberculum impar in the development of the anterior two thirds of the tongue is discussed.

Adult