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A 27 year old male presented with pain in the left scapular region x 1 months. On examination 2 x 2 cm left axillary node was noted. No hepatosplenomegaly and no other palpable peripheral nodes were seen. Relevant Blood parameters Read More …
A 20-year-old male with newly diagnosed AML (NPM 1 mutated) was started on 3+7 induction. His baseline CT showed a patchy consolidation in the right middle lobe with ground glass opacities along with few ground glass opacities in the right Read More …
Tropical Pulmonary EosinophiliaLook for TPE in patients presenting with Hypereosinophilia.Peripheral eosinophilia, elevated serum IgE and antifilarial antibody detection is crucial for diagnosis along with characteristic radiology on CT thorax. — HemUpdates (@HemUpdates) November 4, 2021 NCCT Thorax shows innumerable tiny Read More …
The human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a 7.6‐megabase (Mb) region on the short arm of chromosome 6 that contains more than 300 genes, approximately 20–30% of which have immune‐related function. For a given HLA locus, the antigens encoded by Read More …
Ocular adnexal Lymphomas comprise approximately 1% to 2% of non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs) and 8% of extranodal lymphomas. The most common subtype, accounting for up to 80% of cases of primary ocular adnexal lymphoma (POAL), is marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated Read More …
Treatment Approach for DVT in Cancer Patients – Review You have a patient with diagnosis of cancer and DVT and u need to start pharmacological anticoagulation. How will you approach ? Treatment approach = Immediate anticoagulation (1-3 weeks) followed by Read More …
Author: Dr Sujeet Kumar @sujeethemat Before I dive into the economics part, I would like to tell you a incidence which forced me to think, calculate and write this piece. Doctor: Why don’t you visit on time every month for Read More …
Author: Sujeet Kumar @sujeethemat In this Review I will be briefly writing about some essential things to know about BMT Unit infrastructure. This piece is no way a complete guide to designing and constructing a BMT unit but a bare Read More …
Author: Sujeet Kumar @sujeethemat Some Salient points:- [1] Approximately 70-75% cases are diagnosed in Limited stage (Stage I and II) [2] Median Age at presentation = 50 years [3] Delition 6q21 is MC cytogenetic aberation. [4] Presence of EBV is Read More …
Author: Sujeet Kumar @sujeethemat Rituximab is given as maintenance therapy in NHLs, although benefits of maintenance rituximab (MR) are still unclear for many NHLs and regimens and durations are confusing. My attempt to simplify this is here. FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA [1] Read More …