Epidermoid cysts of the finger phalanx are rare pseudotumors. They are benign lesions with a satisfactory outcome after excision. It is important to differentiate this benign lesion, which can be easily treated by curettage, from other benign and malignant lesions of the bone with a similar clinical presentation, and which may require amputation. We describe a case of an epidermoid cyst in the distal phalanx of the ring finger. It was treated successfully and the patient had excellent functional results at one-year follow-up.

Polytrauma is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in both developed and developing countries. The term "Polytrauma" is mainly used to describe blunt trauma patients whose injuries involve multiple body regions or cavities, compromise patient's physiology and potentially cause dysfunction of uninjured organs. This study about epidemiology of fractures in polytrauma patients was carried out in emergency of Orthopaedics Department, Government Medical College, Jammu. The study was done for a duration of one year. Data was collected related to age, sex, mode of injury, date, time of injury and admission, pattern of fractures, associated injuries as per in the standard protocol proforma. Then various mechanisms of trauma were correlated to the type of injuries, to define pattern of injuries encountered in various accidents in polytrauma victims and then analysis of data was done.

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Neonatal hematology is a complex subspecialty of pediatric hematology, combining the unique aspects of maternal/fetal relationship, the delicate balance of coagulation factors and the distinctive physiologic condition of the newborn period. There are important hematological differences between the newborn, older child and adult. A careful assessment of the blood elements is often the first step in assessment of hematologic function and diagnosis of hematological disorders. Most of routine hematological parameters provide us with useful information that can help in diagnosing hematological disorders. The study was conducted in Department of Pathology and Department of Pediatrics, ASCOMS over a period of one year

Background: The present study was undertaken to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of image guided fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in various lung lesions-both neoplastic and non- neoplastic.Method: This retrospective study (Jan 2016-Dec 2018) included 34 cases of lung lesions with strong probable radiological diagnosis of lung neoplasm. Computed tomography (CT)-guided FNAC was performed and cytological smears were stained with May-Grunwald-Gimesa (MGG) stain and conventional Papanicolaou (Pap) stain.Result: A total of 34 cases of lung masses in our study, included 21 males (61.7%) and 13 females (38.2%). The age interval varied from 15 to 85 years; majority presenting in 6th and 7th decade of age. Smears were broadly categorized into unsatisfactory (n=2;5.88%), benign (n=3;8.82%), suspicious of malignancy (n=2;5.88%) and malignant lesions (n=27;79.41%). Benign category included 2 cases of tuberculosis and 1 case of abscess. Malignant category included the cases, diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma(n=8); poorly differentiated carcinoma (n=6); small cell carcinoma (n=3); adenoma carcinoma (n=2); primitive neuroectodermal tumor (n=2); non-Hodgkins lymphoma (n=2) and plasmacytoma (n=1). Malignant category also included one case each of Metastatic Adenocarcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma with known primary site of Tumours.Conclusions: CT-guided FNAC is a less expensive, simple, fast, relatively safe and accurate procedure in the diagnosis of difficult lung lesions; the major limitation being the adequacy of the aspirate.