By: Dr. Swapan Samanta
Biphenotypic blast crisis is not so common. If chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CML) is undetected, and the patient first presents with features of acute leukemia, it is difficult to distinguish it from acute myelomonocytic leukemia. I recently dealt with …
By: Dr. Swapan Samanta
The non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have become significant opportunistic pathogens recently, and occur in epidemic proportions in some centers. For example, atypical mycobacterial infections are a frequent problem found at the …
By: Dr. Swapan Samanta
Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative granulomatous inflammatory disease caused by different Actinomyces species, mainly Actinomyces israelii. It is an anaerobic gram-positive bacteria. The intra-abdominal location of this infection is …
By: Dr. Swapan Samanta
Hydatid cyst disease, also known as Echinococcosis, is a zoonotic infection that can affect any organ and tissue but is most often found in the liver or lungs. It is most common in rural areas, where patients have close contact with …
By: Dr. Swapan Samanta
Fungal infections are very common in India, especially tenia pedis and other superficial fungal infections. Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous infective disease of the skin and related tissues…
By: Dr. Swapan Samanta
Incidental carcinoma of the renal pelvis is a rather common radiological finding with hydronephrotic kidneys or kidneys with renal stones; but it is extremely rare to detect carcinoma of the renal pelvis in such cases. I have recently reported one such case. So clinicians, radiologists, and pathologists should be aware of…
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Case Study: Coexistence of tuberculosis and adenocarcinoma in the colon
By: Dr. Swapan Samanta
Read more »The occurrence of tuberculosis with adenocarcinoma is rare, but it has been observed by many. This association has been debated extensively in the literature [1-3]. Here I present a case with similar association, where extended right hemicolectomy was performed, and the diagnosis came only …