Kenya’s return to pluralist politics in the early 1990s saw the eruption of political violence that has since laid siege to human rights and democracy. This article discusses the Mungiki movement which, like the Mau Mau movement that waged armed struggle against the British in the 1950s, has sprouted among the Kikuyu. (more…)
OBJECTIVE: The authors describe the availability of formal residency training opportunities in women’s issues in psychiatry and explore the potential relationships between the availability of training and characteristics of residency programs. (more…)
An examination of specimens of Anas georgica Gmelin (Anatidae) from Regiondel Bio-Bio and Region del Maule, Chile, revealed the presence of two digenean species reported forthe Holartic Region: Australapatemon burti (Miller, 1923) Dubois, 1968 (Strigeidae) andParamonostomum pseudalveatum Price, 1931 (Notocotylidae). (more…)
BACKGROUND: Since the first description of extranodalfollicular dendriticcell sarcoma in 1994, there has been a gradual increase in understanding of the morphologic featuresand clinical presentation of this tumor. (more…)
BACKGROUND: Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis (YHF) is a rare inherited disordercharacterized by tumorous growth of hyalinized fibrous tissue. No report on cytomorphology of thiscondition is available in English on MEDLINE. CASE REPORT: A 6-year-old girl had multiple nontendernodules on both ear lobes, nose and scalp. (more…)
BACKGROUND: The hepatoid variant of yolk sac tumor (H-YST) is an exceedinglyrare and highly malignant neoplasm. We present and discuss our experience with cytologic andhistopathologic features of a mediastinal H-YST presenting with sternum metastasis, which to thebest of our knowledge has not been previously reported. (more…)
BACKGROUND: Micropapillary carcinoma is a variant of adenocarcinoma describedin many anatomic sites and most recently in the lung. (more…)
BACKGROUND: Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is a vascular malignant tumor characterizedby human herpesvirus 8 infection of neoplastic cells. Diffuse cutaneous lesions represent theclassical clinical presentation. (more…)
