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Giant cell tumour arises from the synovium of tendon sheath, joints, or bursae,mostly affects adults between 30 and 50 years of age, and is slightly more common in females.Giant cell tumour of tendon sheath of tendoachilles is uncommon tumour. Usually it has a high rate of recurrence. In this article we report the case of a 32 year old female with Giant cell tumour of tendoachilles treated by excision with no reccurence after 7 months of follow up

Background: Kidneys can be involved in various pathological processes. Nephrectomy is a common procedure in urological practice. Indications for nephrectomy can display geographical differences in different countries around the world with different urological causes. The aim of the study was to analyse the various lesions in nephrectomy specimens in a tertiary care hospital in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, South India and also to know the frequency of lesions according to the age, gender and histology. Materials and Methods: It is a retrospective study, done over a period of 13 years from June 2007 to March 2020 which included 132 nephrectomy cases. Patient information such as age, gender, clinical diagnosis, radiological data such as USG and CT results, gross morphology and microscopic data were recorded from the available data. Results: Of 132 nephrectomy specimens, 55 (41.66%) were males and 77 (58.34%) were females. The mean age was 40.46 years. 99 (75%) nephrectomy specimens showed ‑ non‑neoplastic lesions and 33 (25%) showed neoplastic lesions. The most common non‑neoplastic lesions were chronic pyelonephritis in 62 (46.96%) patients, followed by tuberculous pyelonephritis in 20 (15.15%) patients. RCC (n = 27) was the most common neoplastic lesion. Conclusion: Chronic pyelonephritis remains the most common non-neoplastic cause of nephrectomy. RCC is the most common neoplastic cause of nephrectomy. Tuberculosis has a high incidence in developing countries. Awareness of renal TB is required for the physicians, to suspect this disease in patients with unexplained urinary tract abnormalities, particularly in those with any immunosuppression and those coming from TB-endemic areas.

Background: The present study was conducted for assessing Sexual Dimorphism in the Permanent Dentition by maxillary first molar. Materials & methods: 20 subjects were analysed among which 10 were males while the remaining 10 were females. All the subjects belonged to the age range of 18 to 28 years. Only those subjects were enrolled who reported for orthodontic treatment and had fully erupted maxillary and mandibular first molars. The subjects fulfilling the inclusion criteria were subjected to impression making of the maxillary arch with irreversible hydrocolloid (alginate) material and casts poured immediately in type II dental stone to minimize dimensional change. Measurement of buccolingual (BL) and mesiodistal (MD) width of the maxillary first molar (16) was done by vernier calliper both intra-orally and on study casts. Results: Statistically maxillary permanent first molars showed the nonsignificant difference; thus, they are a better predictor for gender dimorphism. Conclusion: The permanent maxillary first molars is suggestive of a better predictor of sexual dimorphism.