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Pathology

Pathology

Dr Kumud Gupta Head of the Department
Dr Shalini Mullick Specialist
   

List of Equipments :

  1. Five part fully automatic Hematology Analyser - SYSMEX 1800i
  2. Semi Automatic coagulometer Analyser CA 50 SYSMEX
  3. Tissue Embedding Station - SLEE
  4. Tissue Microtomes _Microm
  5. Microscopes
  6. Automatic Antigen Retrieval System - Biocare
  7. Incubators, Hot air oven, Water bath, Colorimeter etc.

Activities :

Hematology lab provides services with hemogram, reports on peripheral blood smears, hemoparasites, PT and APTT with the help of fully automated Sysmex 1800 i five part hematology analyser and semi automated CA 50 coagulation analyser. Majority of the cases are reported on the same day. Hematology lab also provides Emergency lab services round the clock.
Cytology lab work covers FNAC of superficial masses, ultrasound & CT guided FNAC of lung and mediastinal masses, bronchoscopic generated material like bronchial wash, BAL, bronchial brush smears, E BUS generated material etc. For fluid cytology, lab receives many samples of pleural fluid and peritoneal fluid. Cytology lab is equipped with the centrifuges .
Majority of the samples are processed and reported within 2 - 3 working days of receiving.
Histopathology lab mainly receives resected lung specimen, open lung biopsy, VAT biopsies, pleural tissue, bronchial biopsy, TBLB, mediastinal masses,   lymph nodes etc. Lab is equipped with Microtome, Gross lab, tissue floatation bath, wax bath etc.
Immunohistochemistry is done as and when needed.. Histopathology reports are given in 3 to 10 working days, depending upon the case and special stains required.

 

A Museum with mounted surgically resected specimens and photographs of interesting cases covering almost the full spectrum of lung pathology has also been developed.

Publications :

Manu:-Adenocarcinoma (Somatic type malignancy) in mature Teretoma of anterior mediastinum-Nidhi Paliwal, Kumud Gupta, R.K. Dewan, Shalini Mullick in Indian journal of chest diseases 2013; 55;39-41.

Manu:- Pleuropulmonary blastoma in an adult A rare case-Nidhi Paliwal, Kumud Gupta,Shalini Mullick,R.K.Dewan, in International Journal of case reports & images-2012 -ISSN-[0976-3198] published in Oct 2012.

Manu:- "FNAC In Tuberculosis lymphadenitis from a tertiary level referral centre", in Indian Journal of Tuberculosis; July2011; Nidhi Paliwal,Sapna Thakur, Shalini Mullick, Kumud Gupta.

"Pulmonary Malakoplakia:-Report of two cases" Kumud Gupta, Sapna Thakur; 2011, 54(1) 1333-55; published in Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology in Jan-March 2011.

"Malarial lung" in Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology; 2007 Apr; 50(2); 427-8.by Handoo A, Gupta K, Jaiswal A.

Manu of "Giant Thymolipoma" published in Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology-2003-04, Vol 46(2), by Kumud Gupta, Anjali Sehgal, Mrinal Sircar, Anand Jaiswal, Vijay Kumar Arora.

Case Report:-"Thyroid Tuberculosis abscess & B/L symmetrical lymphadenopathy; a rare associations" in Indian Journal of chest diseases & Allied science (2003-04) by Rajnish Gupta, M.Sircar, A.Jaiswal, V.K.Arora, K.Gupta, P. Visalakshi and V.P.Myneedu.

Manu:-"A case of Hodgkin's disease presenting as LIP" in Indian Journal of chest Disease & Allied science 2003; 45; 139-142, by M.M.Puri, Kumud Gupta and V.K. Arora.

"Manu of Microfilaria & associated Diseases":- a report of 6 cases in Journal Acta Cytologica (2002-03).

"To study the Clinico -Cytological-Bacteriological correlation of Cervical Tubercular Lymphadenitis" by-N.Shashikumar Singh, Rupak Singla, S.B.Singh, Kumud Gupta, p.vishalakshi.

"A case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis with Pancytopenia" published in Internal Medicine of India, Vol-9, No-1, Jan-Mar, 1998, by M.M.Puri, Kumud Gupta, Ramesh Pal Singh, and S.P.Gupta.

"Intrapericardial Benign Teratoma with Unusual Presentation" by-RK.Dewan, Kumud Gupta, B.K.Meena & Meenal Aggarwal, published in Indian Journal Chest Disease & Allied Sciences 1998; 40; 287-290.

Prevalence of Tuberculosis in the Child Labour of glass Industries; Report submitted to DGHS Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, May 1997 by Dr.verender Singh.

"Case Reports as the role of Laser Therapy in the treatment of tuberculosis of the Lymphnodes". Laser Therapy; 1997; 9(2):55-58, by M.M.Puri, R Singla, A.Jaiswal, K.Gupta, RC.Jain.

Contributed chapter "Clinical issues in Tuberculosis-Pathology point of View" in the book Practical Approach to tuberculosis management (2005-2006).

 

Pathology Laboratory