Diagnostic pitfalls of urogenital tuberculosis

Diagnostic pitfalls of pilomatricoma on fine needle aspiration cytology

Pilomatricoma is a benign skin adnexal tumour usually seen in the head and neck region of children and young adults. It is underrecognized on cytology, resulting in the overdiagnosis of malignancy. We bring forth a case report of a slow growing nodular swelling in a 10-year-old female child, which was misdiagnosed on Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) as a malignant neoplasm and found to be...

Molecular Diagnostic Methods of Brucellosis: a Note on Pitfalls

Clinical manifestations of the brucellosis may show extensive appearance because of its wide signs and symptoms. Patients with brucellosis are usually symptomatically treated by using different antibiotics at private clinics due to misdiagnosis of clinical laboratory findings specially those chronic forms. These subjects will have been hospitalized with a complicated form of signs after changin...

Autonephrectomy due to urogenital tuberculosis

A 45-year-old male presented with history of left flank pain for 1 year, which was mild dull aching in nature. Plain X-ray film of the urinary tract (Fig. 1) was suggestive of diffuse calcification in the left renal area (broad arrow) along with calcification in the ipsilateral ureter region (thin arrows). Chest X-ray was normal. Non-contrast computed tomography (CT) of kidney, ureter and bladd...

Diagnostic success with pitfalls.

Modes of Presentation, Diagnostic Pitfalls and Treatment of Non- Spinal Extra-Articular Osseous Tuberculosis

Back Ground: Tuberculosis is a necrotizing bacterial infection with protean manifestation and wide distribution. The incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis has increased tremendously during present decade and is expected to rise further. Objective: To study the effect of anti-tubercular chemotherapy with curettage of the lesion when indicated, to suggest guide lines of assessing the healing o...