Nirmala Ajit Jambhekar,                               M.D., D.P.B. 
                               
                               Professor and Head  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Tata Memorial Hospital 
                           
                                                                              
                            Department of Pathology  
                           
                                                                              
                            Dr. E Borges Road, Parel 
                           
                                                    
                            Mumbai - 400 012                                 
                           
                                                    
                            Maharashtra                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: jambhekarna@rediffmail.com 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-22-24177260 
                           
                          
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://tatamemorialcentre.com/medical/departments/Facultypages/Pathology/Jambhekar.html  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                                                       
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Pathology 
   
     
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                           
                          
                            
	
		
			
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				Rekhi, B., Desai, S. and Jambhekar, N. A.   Epithelioid variant of a pleomorphic liposarcoma displaying arborizing vascular arrangements on cytology smears: a case report of an interesting cytomorphologic pattern in an uncommon tumor. Acta Cytologica.  2010.  54, 963-967. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Rekhi, B., Ingle, A., Kumar, R., DeSouza, M. A., Dikshit, R. and Jambhekar, N. A.   Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors: clinicopathological profile of 63 cases diagnosed at a tertiary cancer referral center in Mumbai, India. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology.  2010.  53, 611-618. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gulati, N., Rekhi, B., Suryavanshi, P. and Jambhekar, N. A.   Epithelioid malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the uterine corpus. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology.  2010.  [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Malhotra, G., Agrawal, A., Jambhekar, N. A. , Sarathi, V., Jagtap, V., Agarwal, M. G., Kulkarni, M., Asopa, R. V. and Shah, N. S.  Interesting image. The search for primary tumor in a patient with oncogenic osteomalacia: F-18 FDG PET resolves the conundrum. Clinical Nuclear Medicine.  2010.  35, 896-898. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Desai, S. S. and Jambhekar, N. A.   Pathology of Ewing's sarcoma/PNET: Current opinion and emerging concepts. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics.  2010.  44, 363-368. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Rekhi, B., Basak, R., Desai, S. B. and Jambhekar, N. A.   A t (11; 22) (p13; q12) EWS-WT 1 positive desmoplastic small round cell tumor of the maxilla: an unusual case indicating the role of molecular diagnosis in round cell sarcomas. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine.  2010.  56, 201-205. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Suryawanshi, P. V., Rekhi, B., Desai, S., Desai, S. M., Juvekar, S. L. and Jambhekar, N. A.   Rhinosporidiosis isolated to the distal clavicle: a rare presentation clinicoradiologically mimicking a bone tumor. Skeletal Radiology.  2011.  40, 225-228. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Rekhi, B., Desai, S. B., Arya, S., Kane, S. V. and Jambhekar, N. A.   Metastatic synovial sarcoma, masquerading a carcinoma from a tonsillar primary: a rare case presentation. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology.  2010.  53, 582-584. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Mune, S., Rekhi, B., More, N. and Jambhekar, N. A.   A giant solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura: diagnostic implications in an unusual case with literature review. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology.  2010.  53, 544-547. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Jambhekar, N. A. , Rekhi, B., Thorat, K., Dikshit, R., Agrawal, M. and Puri, A.  Revisiting chordoma with brachyury, a "new age" marker: analysis of a validation study on 51 cases. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.  2010.  134, 1181-1187. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Rekhi, B. and Jambhekar, N. A.   Morphologic spectrum, immunohistochemical analysis, and clinical features of a series of granular cell tumors of soft tissues: a study from a tertiary referral cancer center. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology.  2010.  14, 162-167. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Rekhi, B., Sridhar, E., Viswanathan, S., Shet, T. M. and Jambhekar, N. A.   ALK+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma with cohesive, perivascular arrangements on cytology, mimicking a soft tissue sarcoma: a report of 2 cases. Acta Cytologica.  2010.  54, 75-78. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Rekhi, B., Qureshi, S., Basak, R., Desai, S. B., Medhi, S., Kurkure, P., Menon, S., Maheshwari, A. and Jambhekar, N. A.  Primary vaginal Ewing's sarcoma or primitive neuroectodermal tumor in a 17-year-old woman: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports.  2010.  4, 88. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kumar, R., Menon, S., Desai, S. B., Pramesh, C. S., Menon, H. and Jambhekar, N. A.   Primary endobronchial synovial sarcoma confirmed by SYT-SSX1 fusion gene transcript by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology.  2009.  52, 520-523. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Ruben, I., Dighe, S., Ajit, D., Gujral, S., Jambhekar, N. A.  and Rekhi, B.  Pulmonary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of diffuse large B-cell type with simultaneous humeral involvement in a young lady: an uncommon presentation with cytologic implications. Diagnostic Cytopathology.  2010.  38, 217-220. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Uke, M., Rekhi, B., Ajit, D. and Jambhekar, N. A.   The use of p63 as an effective immunomarker in the diagnosis of pulmonary squamous cell carcinomas on de-stained bronchial lavage cytological smears. Cytopathology .  2010.  21, 56-63. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Jambhekar, N. A. , Shet, T. M. and Das, L.  Rosette formation in osteosarcoma. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology.  2004.  47, 68-70. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Jambhekar, N. A. , Desai, S. S., Aggarwal, M. G., Puri, A. and Merchant, N.  Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma: a series of 23 cases. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology.  2004.  47, 491-493. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Jambhekar, N. A. , Kulkarni, S. P., Madur, B. P., Agarwal, S. and Rajan, M. G.  Application of the polymerase chain reaction on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue in the recognition of tuberculous osteomyelitis. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume.  2006.  88, 1097-1101. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Jambhekar, N. A. , Moonim, M. T. and Chaturvedi, A.  CD10 in diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis: a case report along with a few comments on histogenesis. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology.  2006.  49, 442-445. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Jambhekar, N. A. , Desai, S. and Khapake, D.  Osteoblastoma: a study of 12 cases. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology.  2006.  49, 487-490. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Jambhekar, N. A. , Chaturvedi, A. C. and Madur, B. P.  Immunohistochemistry in surgical pathology practice: a current perspective of a simple, powerful, yet complex, tool. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology.  2008.  51, 2-11. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                                                                 
                                   
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
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                                      Pulmonary system 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
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                                          Adipose tissue, Fibrous tissue, Nerve tissue