Castleman's disease is a rare benign lymphoproliferative disorder, characterized by benign growths of the lymph node tissue. It is associated with a number of malignancies, including Kaposi sarcoma, non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkins lymphoma, and POEMS syndrome. This report describes the case of a 38 year old gentleman, presenting with painless hematuria. Initial investigations, including flexible cys...

Job-specific modules (JSMs) were used to collect information for expert retrospective exposure assessment in a community-based non-Hodgkins Lymphoma study in New South Wales, Australia. Using exposure assessment by a hygienist, artificial neural networks were developed to predict overall and intermittent benzene exposure among the module of tanker drivers. Even with a small data set (189 driver...

Pretreatment lymph nodes. bone marrow. center cell (FCC) lymphomas (55%). The and blood were examined in 1 76 cases of pattern of bone marrow involvement was non-Hodgkins lymphoma. By the criteria of most frequently focal paratrabecular in Bthe Lukes and Collins functional-morphocell lymphomas and diffuse in T-cell logical classification. 1 58 (90%) were B-cell lymphomas. Blood involvement was ...

OBJECTIVE To study the pattern of small B cell lymphomas in Pakistan. METHODS This descriptive study was carried out at the Aga Khan University Hospital pathology department including 1721 cases of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL) diagnosed during a period of five years (1998-2002) and classified according to REAL/WHO classification. The antibodies used included Leukocyte Common Antigen (LCA), Pan...

BACKGROUND Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL), accounting for approximately 25% of NHL cases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between the BCL6 and MUM1 gene expression and patient prognosis and stage. MATERIALS AND METHODS After ethical approval, in a cross-sectional study, tissue samples of 80 patients with diffu...

M otor neuron disease (MND) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by muscle atrophy, brisk reflexes, spasticity, fasciculation, and atrophy. The onset of the disease is generally insidious. The pathological process may involve the motor cortex, the spinal cord, and the brainstem. 1 Only upper or only lower motor neurons may be affected. The disease may or may not be seen with neoplasms,...