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Leiomyomas are the most common benign smooth muscle neoplasm in the uterus occurring most commonly in women of reproductive age group. Leiomyomas commonly undergo secondary changes such as hyaline, cystic or myxoid degeneration, and very rarely ossification. Cartilage or bone formation in the uterine endometrium may be attributable to the differentiation of multipotent endometrial stromal fibroblasts into osteoblasts, either spontaneously or due to strong continuous endometrial estrogenic stimulation. There are very few reported cases of chondroid metaplasia in uterine leiomyomas. In this article, we describe a rare instance of pure cartilaginous metaplasia in a uterine fibroid in a woman with a history of several abortions. A 30-year-old woman with G3A3 obstetric score came with secondary infertility due to multiple uterine fibroids. The specimens from the laparoscopic adenomyomectomy were sent for histological analysis, which revealed many leiomyomas with chondroid metaplasia. Cartilaginous or chondroid metaplasia, although rare, may appear in a long-standing uterine leiomyoma and must be suspected in young females with a history of multiple abortions.

Background: The requirement of blood and its components has always been on a rise, and meeting this growing demand can only be assured through the development of newer encouragement strategies for the recruitment and retention of more healthy voluntary young donors. Medical undergraduate students with an appropriate knowledge and a positive attitude can form an important part of this pool as well as help encourage others for the same. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire was provided to all 2nd year MBBS students who were posted to the Department of Pathology, KAHER's J. N. Medical College, Belagavi, Karnataka, and willing to be a part of this study. Responses of the questionnaire were recorded and quantitative evaluation of the data was done using software Epi Info™ 7.2.2.6. Results: A total of 280 undergraduate MBBS students participated in the study. Knowledge: 88.2% and 86.1% of the students knew the correct donor selection criteria for minimum age and hemoglobin level, respectively. Practice: Only 21.1% of the students had donated blood before. Attitude: 96.1% favored voluntary donation. 95% were willing to donate blood in the future with 82.5% willing to encourage others to do the same. Conclusion: Medical students have a good knowledge and positive attitude toward blood donation, but the practice of the same was very poor. Hence, there is a need to educate and approach these students to create an awareness regarding the importance of blood donation as well as involve them in voluntary blood donation.

Glomus tumor is benign vascular tumors arising from modified smooth muscle cells of the glomus bodies and accounting for 1.6% of all soft-tissue tumors. The presence of glomus tumors at sites other than fingertips is a very rare occurrence. We present a rare case of a 68-year-old male with a history of painful nodules over the interscapular region for the last 10 years which was excised and sent to our department of pathology. On gross examination, the lesion was 1 × 1 cm, nodular. Cut section was gray and brown with areas of hemorrhage seen. Histopathological examination revealed a circumscribed lesion in the dermis comprising small dilated vascular spaces surrounded by sheets and clusters of glomus cells having round–oval, bland nucleus with moderate-abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm. No areas with increased mitosis, no atypia, and no necrotic areas were seen. There was no area with ductal/mucin differentiation. Glomus tumor is very rare at extradigital sites and may be often missed clinically. However, the presence of the characteristic microscopic picture of perivascular sheets of bland, uniform glomus cells should help us arrive at the correct diagnosis and provide appropriate management to the patient.