Sajid Qureshi

..A thoracoabdominal incision provides excellent exposure in the upper abdominal region. We present our experience with the use of this approach in children for resection of upper abdominal neuroblastoma...

..In this report we present a case of leiomyosarcoma of the maxilla as a second neoplasm in a patient with bilateral retinoblastoma which has developed outside the radiation field...

..A case of unicystic ameloblastoma of the mandible in a 10-year-old child is described. In addition to the mandibular swelling the patient also had a proliferative lesion over the alveolus that masqueraded as a neoplastic lesion...

..This information facilitated successful surgical resection and avoided catastrophic vascular injury. A review of literature of the common venous anomaly affecting therapeutic decision-making is also presented...

..Although commonly used in adults, it has been hardly described for reconstruction in children...

..The optimal treatment of maxillary sinus carcinoma remains to be defined and there is a paucity of Indian studies on the subject...

..In this report, a case of a 6-year-old boy is presented, who had aspirated a fractured tracheostomy tube which had lodged in the left bronchus...

..However, these retractors are complex and unwieldy, causing hindrance in the movement of the surgeon. We describe a technique of self-retaining abdominal retraction that is simple and also obviates the need for an additional assistant...

..A significant paucity of data exists on non-squamous cancers of the maxillary sinus. The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical characteristics and outcomes of these tumors...

..Diagnosis was made on computerized tomogram and echocardiogram. The metastatic mass entirely occupying the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery proved fatal...

..A high index of suspicion and radiological investigations should be performed if the clinical presentation is atypical for malignancy, as in our case...

..We describe a simple technique of fixation of the skin graft in the oral cavity, which avoids the placement of additional tie over sutures and in our opinion results in better anchorage...

..To evaluate the prognostic factors and treatment outcome of patients with Askin-Rosai tumor of the chest wall treated at a single institution...

..To evaluate the efficacy of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in reducing the acute toxicities associated with conventional RT (CRT) in children with nasopharyngeal carcinoma...

..Despite the high incidence of RB in India, its familial form is rare. Hence this study was undertaken to investigate whether high-risk HPV types 16 and 18 are involved in the development of RB...

..Pathologists play a key role in distinguishing these on small biopsy material and expediating accurate treatment thus saving the vision or life of a patient...

..While mortality rates after radical gastrectomy have decreased, there is considerable morbidity after D2 lymphadenectomy. In this study, we assessed the perioperative results of D2 gastrectomy for gastric cancer...

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..Rarer still is its occurrence in the vagina, with only five cases described so far. Out of these, only one case was confirmed using molecular analysis...