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• CASE REPORT  |  18 Oct 2021

  Isolated tuberculous epididymal mass mimicking testicular malignancy: an interesting case report and lessons learnt

  TEJASWINI MANNE, SOLOMON NAZARETH, PAVITHRA VITTALRAJ et al. Tuberculous epididymal mass is a condition that presents as a painless scrotal swelling. It resembles a testicular mass and is more often diagnosed after orchidectomy. About 22% of all genitourinary tuberculosis show epididymal involvement and 22% of epididymal tuberculosis are bilateral. This report reiterates the need for an increased ...

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• REVIEW  |  31 Dec 2020

  Multilocular cystic renal neoplasm-low malignant potential (MCRN-LMP) - review

  SUNIL VITTHALRAO JAGTAP. Multilocular Cystic Renal Neoplasm of Low Malignant Potential (MCRN-LMP), previously known as multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma as a rare variant of cystic kidney. It is composed of multiple cysts separated by thin septa covered with clear cells with no expansile growth. The termMCRN-LMPshould be used exclusively to identify a cystic kidney lesion with a small clust...

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• REVIEW  |  31 Dec 2020

  Long non-coding RNAs in castration-resistant and neuroendocrine prostate cancer: Potential role and therapeutic impact

  KUMARI S. PRAJAPATI, ATUL K. SINGH, MOHD SHUAIB, PREM P. KUSHWAHA, SHASHANK KUMAR, SANJAY GUPTA. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy and leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men worldwide. The disease is heterogeneous in nature exhibiting various clinical subtypes and genetic/transcriptomic features. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are transcripts of more than 200 nucleot...

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• RESEARCH  |  31 Dec 2021

  Histopathological variant types diagnosed in prostate surgery

  SEMIH AKTAŞ, HIKMET KÖSEOĞLU, UĞUR YÜCETAŞ, SEVIM BAYKAL KOCA. Rare pathological variants may only be diagnosed after the surgical treatments applied. We aimed to determine the rare variant pathologies and their frequencies diagnosed in prostate surgeries performed in routine patient care. We retrospectively analyzed hospital pathology records for all prostate surgeries performed namely TUR-P, ope...

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• CASE REPORT  |  31 Dec 2020

  Multilocular cystic renal neoplasm of low malignant potential: Mimicker of cystic clear cell carcinoma – urologist’s perspective

  HARISH CHALLA, HARIHARASUDHAN SEKAR, SANDHYA SUNDARAM, SRIRAM KRISHNAMOORTHY, NATARAJAN KUMARESAN. Introduction Multilocular cystic renal neoplasm of low malignant potential (MCRNLMP) is a rare subtype of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) accounting for 2-4% of RCC. It is defined as a neoplasm that is composed entirely of numerous cysts surrounded by fibrous capsule and septa containing clea...

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• REVIEW  |  31 Dec 2020

  Histologic variants of acinar prostate carcinomas: Clinicopathologic importance

  HARMANJOT SINGH, ZIAD M. EI-ZAATARI, JAE Y. RO. Acinar carcinoma comprises more than 90% of prostatic adenocarcinomas and is characterized by a small gland proliferation with an infiltrative growth pattern. The numerous, variably-defined histological variants of prostatic adenocarcinoma can prove to be diagnostic challenges and show prognostic differences when compared to the usual acinar carcinom...

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