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Sarcoma-like mural nodules occur predominantly in middle-aged women. Distinction of these lesions from true sarcomatous nodules and foci of anaplastic carcinoma is important because of the worse prognosis of these tumors in comparison with the favorable behavior of sarcoma-like mural nodules. In this report we describe the case of a 35-year-old woman with a mucinous ovarian tumor having a mural nodule in the wall.

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Background: Meningiomas are neoplasms arising from the arachnoidal cap cells in the meningeal coverings of the spinal cord and brain. These are the most common benign intracranial tumours and account for about 13-26% of all primary brain neoplasms. These are generally benign neoplasms of adults most often seen in middle age, but about 10% are atypical or malignant. These neoplasms are graded by WHO as Grade I , II and III . Benign meningiomas can be cured by surgical resection where as higher grade meningiomas require radiotherapy after surgical resection as these higher grade meningiomas have greater recurrence and aggressive behavior. Aims and Objectives: To study the variants and histopathological spectrum of meningioma and prognosis of variants. Material & Methods: The present study is a prospective study conducted in the department of Pathology, Siddhartha medical college from June 2019-May 2020. During this study, 16 cases of meningiomas were diagnosed and reviewed. Result:In our study of 16 cases females were 62.5%. The most common age group is 41-60 yrs (68.75%). Most common variant was noted to be transitional meningioma followed by meningothelial meningioma. Out of the 16 cases, grade I were 81.25%. Conclusion: Meningiomas account for 28-30% of primary central nervous system tumors and unveil a heterogeneous histopathology. The histological appearance of meningioma determines the grading for the management of the various subtypes and also associated with patient's prognosis. Hence a continuous revision of histopathological classication systems is required to improve the diagnostic accuracy. Benign meningiomas are the most common type. From our study, we conclude that transitional meningioma is the most common benign variant.

Background: Cystic lesion in the neck originates from lymph nodes, skin appendages, soft tissues, salivary gland or developmental anomalies of neck like branchial cleft. Present study has been designed to know the anatomical site of cystic swelling, dividing them in cystic, inflammatory, benign, and malignant groups.Methods: FNAC was done using 22 gauge needles. The aspirated material was smeared on the slide and stained with Hematoxylin and Eosin 31 (H and E), Papanicoloau staining and stained with May Grunwald Giemsa (MGG) stain. Wherever suspicion of tubercular pathology was there ZN stain was used.Results: Regarding distribution of organ involved in cystic swelling of neck, as per table 2, cystic swelling associated with thyroid was in 80 (40%) patients, cystic swelling associated with lymph node was in 86 (43%) patients, cystic swelling associated with salivary gland was in 20 (10%) patients, cystic swelling associated with soft tissue and miscellaneous was in 6 (3%) patients and non specific sample was seen in 4 (2 %) patients.Conclusions: From present study we can conclude that that mean age of the patients was 34.66±4.21 yrs and most of the patients were below 40 years of age and there was male predominance. In present study lymph node was most common organ with cystic swelling (43%) and thyroid (40%) was next to it. Salivary gland was third most common organ involved (10%). In our study Colloidal goitre was present in 38(19%) patients and tuberculosis was present in 42(21%) patients.