Sir, Syringocystadenoma papilliferum (SCAP) is a rare benign adnexal skin tumour of apocrine or apoeccrine type with characteristic histopathological features, and varied and non-distinct clinical findings (1). The vast majority of lesions are solitary and occur in the head and neck region. Their occurrence at other anatomical sites is uncommon, and linear arrangements of these lesions are part...

A 58-year-old female had a mass in the right breast palpable beneath the areola. A mammogram revealed a 1.5-centimeter soft tissue density that was confirmed with a subsequent ultrasound. The patient underwent a core needle biopsy which was initially reported as a moderately differentiated invasive ductal carcinoma. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed negative staining for estrogen receptor (...

The monophyly of the litostomes was tested using nine newly sequenced and four previously unpublished small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSrRNA) gene sequences from free-living Haptoria as well as from endosymbiotic Trichostomatia: the vestibuliferids Balantidium coli and Isotricha prostoma, the cyclotrichiid Mesodinium pulex, and the haptorids Loxophyllum rostratum, Dileptus sp., Enchelyodon sp., En...

Tubular apocrine adenoma, the variant of papillary tubulopapillary hidradenoma, is a rare well-circumscribed, intradermal benign tumor, with tubular structures showing differentiation. It usually presents as slow-growing well-circumscribed nodule. The most common site involvement scalp, although it has also been reported to occur at other sites like face, neck, axilla, trunk, upper and lower ex...

minutes 00 seconds), clotting time (4 minutes 10 seconds), active partial thrombin time (27.4 seconds; normal range-24-32 seconds), prothrombin time, blood peripheral smear examination, liver function tests and renal function tests were all within normal limits. Urine and stool examination did not reveal erythrocytes or any abnormalities. Upper gastro-intestinal endoscopy and ultrasound of the ...