Kumar D

BackgroundAcute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas with varying severity. The mortality rate varies from 20% to 40% among severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a pro- and anti-inflammatory cytoki…

BackgroundExposure to chemicals among women working in the fireworks industry can lead to the risk of birth defects. In India, the congenital birth defects prevalence is 25 per 1000 live births.ObjectivesTo address the risk of birth defects…

A rarely reported case of diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis is observed in a 43-year-old nulliparous female presenting with abdominal distension and primary infertility. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen and pelvis revealed an en…

Endometriosis is the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Urinary tract endometriosis is rare and occurs in only about 0.3-12% of cases with the bladder being the most commonly affected organ (85%). Bladder end…

PurposeRetroperitoneal squamous cell carcinoma is an extremely rare histological variant of retroperitoneal tumors. The exact etiology and origin of the same is still unknown. To date, only a few case reports have been published in the lite…

Cancer is a serious and significantly progressive disease. Next to cardiovascular disease, cancer has become the most common cause of mortality in the entire world. Several factors, such as environmental factors, habitual activities, geneti…

Ovarian cancer, and particularly its most frequent type, epithelial ovarian carcinoma, constitutes one of the most dangerous malignant tumors among females. Substantial evidence has described the potential of phytochemicals against ovarian …

Steroid cell tumors of the ovary are rare sex-cord stromal tumors, accounting for approximately 0.1% of all ovarian neoplasms. Majority of these tumors are benign, occur in pre-menopausal women and are associated with hyperandrogenism. Howe…

IntroductionRenal hemangioblastoma (RH) is a very rare benign tumour. Hemangioblastoma most commonly occurs in the central nervous system (CNS), and only few cases of RH have been reported as they occur most commonly as asymptomatic masses …

IntroductionInterstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a chronic debilitating illness characterized by urinary frequency, urgency, and pelvic pain. IC/BPS adversely affects the sexual well-being of the patients. We used the Fem…

AimThe aim of this study is to compare the results of nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for early detection of genital tuberculosis (GTB) using menstrual blood (MB) and endometrial tissue (ET) as samples in females presenting as infert…

Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy and the five-year survival rate is only 35% after diagnosis. Epithelial ovarian cancer is a highly metastatic disease characterized by widespread peritoneal dissemination and ascites.…

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is common. The symptom criteria for the diagnosis of IBS remain non specific. Similarly, pelvic inflammatory disease and endometriosis present with symptoms that may be similar to those of IBS. The site of pai…