Paediatric Intraventricular Meningiomas

Meningiomas are rare in children comprising less than 3% of paediatric brain tumours and only 1.5-1.8% of all intracranial neoplasms. Intraventricular meningiomas (IVM) account for 0.5-5% of all meningiomas. They arise in the ventricles from arachnoid cap cells contained within the choroid plexus, the tela choroidea, or the velum interpositum. Paediatric tumours also show an association with neurofibromatosis type 2 and previous radiation exposure. We present two cases of intraventricular meningiomas, both in children. The age and site of the lesion in the two cases are uncommon. Excision of the lesions caused a total subsidence of the symptoms with no reported recurrences

Coexisting pathology of ectopic pregnancy and dermoid cyst: An uncommon occurrence

Mature cystic teratomas (dermoid cysts) are common benign ovarian neoplasms. About 10% of dermoid cysts are detected duringpregnancy. Multiple gynecologic pathologies occurring together are uncommon, and both an ectopic pregnancy and dermoid cystare seen concurrently being unknown and poorly documented. Here, we report a case of ectopic pregnancy and dermoid cystoccurring simultaneously in a 30-year-old woman

Histopathological spectrum of disorders of sexual development: a case series of seven cases

Disorders of sexual development (DSD) refer to cases in which there is a discordance among at least two of the following; genetic sex, gonadal sex, genital tract sex and phenotypic sex. DSDs are quite rare with reported incidence varying from 1 in 4,500 to 1 in 5,500. Ovotesticular disorder is amongst the rarest variety of DSD comprising only to 3-10% of all cases of DSD with only 500 cases reported till now worldwide. Frequency of MRKH syndrome is 1 in 4,500 cases and is the cause of amenorrhoea in 15% of cases of primary amenorrhoea. Authors present a case series of seven cases of DSDs with three cases diagnosed as androgen insensitivity syndrome, two cases of true ovotesticular DSD (true hermaphrodite), one case each of mixed gonadal dysgenesis and Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster Hauser (MRKH) syndrome. Authors received the histopathology specimen of these cases in this department which was extensively sampled to study the gonads and the other derivatives of Mullerian and Wolffian duct and to rule out presence of any malignancy

Solitary Intramuscular Cysticercosis-A Report of Two Cases

Cysticercosis , --  the infestation with the encysted larval stage of  Taenia solium, is  a major health problem in most countries of  Latin America,  Asia, and Africa. It involves mainly the central   nervous   system. Muscle involvement is also seen, although it usually remains asymptomatic. Solitary intramuscular cysticercosis, without involvement of central nervous system is a rare entity. We present   two cases of solitary intramuscular cysticercosis, without any systemic or neurologic manifestations

Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma of Cervical Spine

Mesenchymal   chondrosarcoma (MCS) is a rare tumour accounting for less than 1% of all chondrosarcomas. We report here, the case of a 30-year-old female who presented with neck pain, weakness and tingling and numbness starting on the right side and later involving all four limbs. MRI revealed an ill-defined neoplastic lesion showing specks of calcification and arising from the right half of C2 and C3 cervical vertebrae. Microscopy showed an admixture of well differentiated cartilage showing focal calcification and spindly cell areas having a hemangiopericytomatous patter