B12 deficiency is associated with several neurological manifestations. It is well documented that neurologic symptoms due to B12 deficiency may sometimes present in the absence of anemia. However, in most cases there are several indicating factors like megaloblastic changes in complete blood count, hypersegmentated neutrophils or macroovalocytes in peripheral blood smear and abnormal homocystei...

A case of abdominal Burkitt's lymphoma diagnosed through aspiration cytology is described. This 9-year-old boy presented with abdominal pain and distention for three months accompanied by fever and night sweat during the last month. An abdominal sonography and CT scan showed hepatosplenomegaly and an intrahepatic mass with celiac lymph node enlargement, ascites, and pleural fluid. A peripheral ...

Not many cases of phagocytosis of malarial parasites in peripheral blood are recorded. I wish to put on record two cases. The first was seen in 1943 in the blood smear of a soldier who was in an .unconscious state in I. M. H., Poona. Malignant tertian schizonts were seen phagocytosed by mononuclear cell, the picture simulating exactly the one given here : the case was fatal. The second case is ...

We studied the immunological and histopathological factors that affect the prognosis of chronic rhinosinusitis under long-term low-dose macrolide therapy. Sixteen patients with chronic rhinosinusitis were given 200 mg clarithromycin or 150 mg roxithromycin orally once a day without other concurrent treatments for 2-3 months. Measurement of the serum IgE level, blood cell count and differential ...

In patients newly diagnosed with malignant lymphoma, examination of the bone marrow, along with the performance of routine laboratory testing, is among some of the tests needed to determine extent of disease prior to initiation of therapy. A bone marrow examination can also be performed in patients in whom a clinical suspicion of lymphoma is present, but cannot be confirmed due to nondiagnostic...