The Effect of a Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) on the “Near-Miss” Morbidity and Mortality at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Rural Bangalore, India: A Four Year Analysis
Published: June 1, 2013 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2013/.3100
Sahil I. Panjvani, Minesh B. Gandhi, Ankur N. Sarvaiya, Bhawana R. Chaudhari, Garima S. Gupta
1. 3rd Year Resident, Department of Pathology,
Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad,
Gujarat, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Smt. NHL
Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
3. 3rd Year resident, Department of Pathology, Smt. NHL
Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
4. 3rd Year resident, Department of Pathology, Smt. NHL
Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
5. 1st Year Resident, Department of Pathology, Smt. NHL
Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Sahil I. Panjvani,
D-2/12 Officer’s Quarters, Sangam Cross Road,
Harni Road, Vadodara-390022, Gujarat, India.
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E-mail: dr.sahilpanjvani@gmail.com
Meningioma is a common benign intracranial neoplasm. The incidence of an extracranial extension to other sites is rare. Due to the neglected intracranial component, the chances of an under diagnosis or a misdiagnosis of the extracranial component is there, which may adversely affect the management and therefore, the prognosis. Here, we are reporting a case of a 39 years old male patient with a preoperative probable diagnosis of a malignant bone tumour which involved the skull bone, which was made, based on the imaging studies , which was histopathologically found to be an invasive meningioma with an extensive extracranial skull vault involvement and was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. We have proposed a term, “carpet meningioma” for this extracranial invasive meningioma, because it had covered the skull vault like a carpet. The follow up studies after 1 year have revealed no evidence of a recurrence.
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