Subsequently, clinical practice guidelines were formulated and recently published in Neurology. The Headache and Facial Plan Section and the QSS of the AAN were able to reach consensus on the basis of a thorough literature review and formulated practice parameters that describe and define the limits of ergot use, provide information on the oral and parenteral dosing of ET and DHE, and provide physicians with guidance to avoid ET overuse by patients. Because this project was completed prior to the availability of the intranasal (IN) formulation of DHE, intranasal DHE is not included in the practice parameter.

Ergotamine tartrate and DHE were found to be safe and effective for the treatment of migraine as long as recommended dosages are not exceeded and high-risk patients such as those with uncontrolled hypertension, coronary or peripheral artery disease, thyrotoxicosis, or sepsis do not receive these compounds. In addition, the committee recommended restricting the use of ET in some instances because the overuse of ET has been associated with physical and psychological dependence resulting in predictable recurrent and/or rebound headaches, and subsequent severe withdrawal symptoms, including nausea, upon discontinuance of ET. These guidelines should help physicians provide optimal antimigraine therapy with these drugs.

Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region (AgNOR) staining was employed on 51 apparently normal representative soft tissues, 53 benign soft tissues tumors and 52 malignant soft tissue tumors with an aim to study the sensitivity and specificity of method in differentiating between the benign and malignant soft tissue tumors. The mean count in apparently normal fibrous tissue was 1.02, whereas it was 0.94 in adipose tissue, 1.14 in smooth muscle tissue, 1.115 in skeletal muscle tissue, 1.025 in blood vessels endothelial lining cells and 1.04 in nerve tissue.

The mean count was found to be higher in benign soft tissue tumors as compared to respective apparently normal soft tissue and was found to be statistically significant. The mean count in soft tissue sarcomas was found to be higher as compared to both apparently normal soft tissue and benign soft tissue tumors. An increase score in both benign and malignant soft tissue tumors as compared to apparently normal soft tissue indicates high proliferative activity. The neurofibrosarcoma showed low AgNOR count as compared to other soft tissues sarcomas. The fibrohistiocytic sarcoma, leiomyosarcoma and angiosarcoma showed a mean score of 4 or more than four. The mean score was found to increase with high grade of the tumor. The AgNOR staining is simple and useful method in estimating tumor cell proliferation thereby differentiating normal soft tissue from non-neoplastic proliferative growth, benign and malignant soft tissue tumors.

It may help in differentiating fibromatosis from fibrosarcoma, dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans of low grade malignancy from high grade malignant fibrous histiocytoma and benign hemangiopericytoma from malignant hemangiopericytoma. A rare case of parathyroid cyst in a forty six-year-old lady diagnosed clinically as solitary thyroid nodule is reported.

An intra-operative diagnosis of parathyroid cyst was made which was confirmed histopathologically. The clinicopathologic aspects, diagnostic methods and treatment modalities of this unusual condition are briefly discussed. This is a case report of a lady who presented with mass in the abdominal wall, clinically diagnosed as neurofibroma.

On histological examination it was proven to be an intramuscular myxoma. The cytologic findings of cystitis cystica glandularis--a form of proliferative cystitis which can be mistaken for a tumor clinically and radiologically have hardly been recorded. We describe a case of cystitis cystica where the bladder washings showed a spectrum of findings which were later corroborated on biopsy.

Haemangiopericytoma of nose and paranasal sinuses is relatively uncommon tumour. In view of paucity of intranasal haemangiopericytoma old in Indian literature and young age of patient, we are reporting one case in 28-year-old female who presented with recurrent, profuse epistaxis.

An unusual case of peripheral odontogenic fibroma, presenting as a swelling on gingiva involving hard palate in a 3-year-old female child, is described. Even with cellular stroma and unencapsulation these tumors behave in a benign fashion. To the best of our knowledge, cartilagenous differentiation of stroma as observed in this case has not been reported in English literature so far.

Synovial chondromatosis are rare tumours encountered in hip, knee and shoulder joints. Synovial chondromatosis at metatarso-phalangeal joints are still rarer. Herein is reported a case of primary synovial chondromatosis of metatarsophalangeal joint in 54-year-old male.