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SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS : The hallmark of SLE is the production of autoantibodies against nuclear and few cytoplasmic components that are

SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) SLE is the prototype of a multisystem disease of autoimmune origin, characterized by a vast array of autoantibodies, particularly antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) in

Myeloblast vs lymphoblast If you are a student in Pathology, I am sure you would have come across a slide, where you had difficulty in in identifying it as myeloblast or a lymphoblast! The question

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common form of skin cancer. It is a malignant epidermal tumour which is slow-growing, locally invasive, and mainly affects white people.

  Sex cord stromal tumours are rare tumours of the ovary. They originate in the stroma or the sex cords, which are the supporting tissues of the ovary. There are many different types of ovarian

Hydatidiform mole It is a type of gestational trophoblastic disease Hydatidiform mole is a benign gestational trophoblastic disease which is a mass of swollen, cystically dilated, chorionic villi,

Chronic Rheumatic heart disease Acute rheumatic carditis may progress to chronic rheumatic heart disease. "The myocarditis and pericarditis usually resolve without any sequelae. Valvular endocarditis

Acute rheumatic fever is an acute post streptococcal immune mediated multisystem inflammatory disease. It occurs 2 to 6 weeks after an episode of group A streptococcal pharyngitis. The disease occurs