Browsing by Author "Wani, Lateef Ahmad"

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    Medical thoracoscopy in evaluation of undiagnosed pleural effusion
    (Medip Academy, 2019-05) Dar, Khurshid Ahmad; Sultan, Sheikh Tariq; Jamil, Ahmed Jamal; Mehfooz, Nazia; Shah, Naveed Nazir; Farooq, Syed Suraiya; Datta, Bikram Singh; Bhat, Firdous Manzoor; Wani, Lateef Ahmad; Bhat, Khalid Feroz
    Background: Medical thoracoscopy or pleuroscopy, in recent past has received lot of interest for diagnostic as well as therapeutic purposes. In the evaluation of undiagnosed pleural effusion, it has become a key diagnostic modality as it is a cost effective and safe procedure. The aim of present study was to assess the diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy in patients with undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion.Methods: This prospective study was conducted at government chest diseases hospital Srinagar between December 2016 to June 2018. One hundred and twenty-five (125) patients who fulfilled inclusion criteria were included in this study. Thoracoscopy was done using rigid thoracoscope under local anesthesia.  Thoracoscopic and histopathological data of enrolled patients was collected prospectively and analysed.Results: Patients enrolled in the study were in the age range of 17 to 82 years and consisted of 80 males and 45 females. Most common thoracoscopic finding was multiple variable sized nodules (53.6%) followed by sago grain infiltration (15.2%). Malignancy was the most common histopathological diagnosis (60.8%) with metastatic adenocarcinoma being the most common histopathological diagnosis (50%). The overall diagnostic yield of thoracoscopy was 90.4%.Conclusions: Medical thoracoscopy is a safe procedure with excellent diagnostic yield for evaluation of undiagnosed pleural effusion with minimal complication rates.
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    An Observational Study on Cutaneous Appendageal Tumours with Pilar Differentiation
    (Scholars Publisher, 2023-06) Ikram, Umera; Shafiki, Maryia; Wani, Lateef Ahmad; Bilal, Sheikh; Mujoo, Sami Ullah
    Background: Cutaneous appendageal tumours belong to a diverse group of tumours with specific histo pathology.The aim of this study is to determine the pattern, age,gender and site distribution of Pilar differentiation tumours. Material & Methods: The study was conducted in the department of Pathology,Government Medical College Srinagar for a period of 18 months. It was an observational cross sectional study.Formalin fixed,paraffin embedded tissue sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin stain for histopathological analysis. Results: A total of 112 cases of Pilar tumours were studied.108 were benign and 4 were malignant with male to female ratio of 1.07:1. The maximum number of benign cases were observed in 11 -20 years of age group and the malignant tumours age ranges from 35-45 years and the tumour usually presented in the eighth decade.Head and Neck was the most common site. Conclusion: Histopathological examination of Pilar Tumours is the gold standard to differentiate between benign and malignant tumours. It is also useful for exact categorization of cutaneous appendageal tumours.