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Raje Nijhawan, M.D.
Professor 
 
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research
Department of Cytology and Gynaecological Pathology
Sector-12
Chandigarh - 160 012   
 
E-mail: rajenijhawan@hotmail.com
Phone: +91-172-2747585, Extn. 5118
Fax: +91-172-2747585
 
URL: http://pgimer.nic.in/code/profiles/cytology2.html
 
Positions Held:
Position Affiliation Time Period
Professor Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India 2005-Present
Additional Professor Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India 1998-2005
Associate Professor Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India 1994-1998
Assistant Professor Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India 1988-1994
 
Area of Specialization:
Pathology
Research Summary:
Cytology of proliferative breast disease
Morphometry and flow cytometry in breast carcinoma
Apoptosis and BCl-2 in breast carcinoma
DPAS staining in breast carcinoma
Oestrogen receptor and Ki67 in breast carcinoma
Volume percentage stroma in atypical endometrial hyperplasia
 
Publications:
1. Samanta, S., Dey, P. and Nijhawan, R.  Micronucleus in cervical intraepithelial lesions and carcinoma. Acta Cytologica. 2011.  55, 42-47. [PubMed]
2. Mittal, N., Gupta, N., Nijhawan, R., Srinivasan, R. and Lakhbir, D.  Unique cytomorphologic features of Brenner tumor of the ovary: a case report. Acta Cytologica. 2010.  54, 918-922. [PubMed]
3. Sharma, M., Sethi, S., Mishra, A. K., Chatterjee, S. S., Wanchu, A. and Nijhawan, R.  Efficacy of an in-house polymerase chain reaction assay for rapid diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with tubercular lymphadenitis: comparison with fine needle aspiration cytology and conventional techniques. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology. 2010.  53, 714-717. [PubMed]
4. Kaur, J., Srinivasan, R., Arora, S. K., Rajwanshi, A., Saikia, U. N., Dutta, P., Gupta, N., Nijhawan, R. and Dey, P.  Fine-needle aspiration in the evaluation of thyroid lesions in children. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2010.  [PubMed]
5. Duggal, R., Nijhawan, R., Aggarwal, N. and Sikka, P.  Mullerian adenosarcoma (heterologous) of the cervix with sarcomatous overgrowth: a case report with review of literature. Journal of Gynecologic Oncology. 2010.  21, 125-128. [PubMed]
6. Arora, S. K., Gupta, N., Nijhawan, R. and Mandal, A. K.  Epithelioid cell granulomas in urine cytology smears: Same cause, different implications. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2010.  38, 765-767. [PubMed]
7. Gupta, R., Srinivasan, R., Nijhawan, R., Suri, V. and Uppal, R.  Protein p 16INK4A expression in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive squamous cell carcinoma of uterine cervix. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology. 2010.  53, 7-11. [PubMed]
8. Gulati, A., Vyas, S., Lal, A., Harsha, T., Gupta, V., Nijhawan, R. and Khandelwal, N.  Spontaneous rupture of hepatic metastasis from choriocarcinoma: a review of imaging and management. Annals of Hepatology. 2009.  8, 384-387. [PubMed]
9. Nijhawan, R., Mittal, N., Suri, V. and Rajwanshi, A.  Enhancing the scope of conventional cervical cytology for detecting HPV infection. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2010.  38, 645-651. [PubMed]
10. Gupta, R., Srinivasan, R., Nijhawan, R. and Suri, V.  Tissue transglutaminase 2 as a biomarker of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and its relationship to p16INK4A and nuclear factor kappaB expression. Virchows Archiv : An International Journal of Pathology. 2010.  456, 45-51. [PubMed]
11. Kaur, J., Dey, P., Saha, S. C., Rajwanshi, A., Nijhawan, R., Radhika, S. and Gupta, N.  Cervical cytology in patients with postmenopausal bleeding. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2010.  38, 496-498. [PubMed]
12. Kalra, N., Aiyappan, S., Nijhawan, R., Sharma, S. C. and Khandelwal, N.  Metastatic carcinoma of cervix mimicking psoas abscess on imaging: a case report. Journal of Gynecologic Oncology. 2009.  20, 129-131. [PubMed]
13. Kalra, N., Vyas, S., Lal, A., Duseja, A., Nijhawan, R. and Khandelwal, N.  Biphasic multidetector CT of primary hepatic lymphoma in a patient with HIV infection. Tropical Gastroenterology. 2008.  29, 169-171. [PubMed]
14. Vankalakunti, M., Kumar, S. and Nijhawan, R.  Microfilariae in urine. Acta Cytologica. 2008.  52, 639-640. [PubMed]
15. Bhatia, P., Srinivasan, R., Rajwanshi, A., Nijhawan, R., Khandelwal, N., Wig, J. and Vasishtha, R. K.  5-year review and reappraisal of ultrasound-guided percutaneous transabdominal fine needle aspiration of pancreatic lesions. Acta Cytologica. 2008.  52, 523-529. [PubMed]
16. Bhatia, P., Dey, P., Uppal, R., Shifa, R., Srinivasan, R. and Nijhawan, R.  Cell blocks from scraping of cytology smear: comparison with conventional cell block. Acta Cytologica. 2008.  52, 329-333. [PubMed]
17. Hemachandran, M., Rajwanshi, A., Srinivasan, R., Nijhawan, R. and Radotra, B. D.  Cytology of Hurthle cell neoplasms of thyroid gland. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology. 2007.  50, 859-861. [PubMed]
18. Bagga, R., Keepanasseril, A., Suri, V. and Nijhawan, R.  Aggressive angiomyxoma of the vulva in pregnancy: a case report and review of management options. MedGenMed : Medscape General Medicine. 2007.  9, 16. [PubMed]
19. Singh, R., Gupta, V., Chakarborty, A., Nijhawan, R., Arora, S. and Gupta, A.  Fungal endophthalmitis complicating subconjunctival injection of triamcinolone acetonide in anterior scleritis. Annals of Ophthalmology. 2006.  38, 253-256. [PubMed]
20. Gupta, N., Srinivasan, R., Nijhawan, R. and Rajwanshi, A.  Neutrophilic phagocytosis by tumor cells. A feature to consider in the differential diagnosis in fine needle aspiration smears. Acta Cytologica. 2007.  51, 21-24. [PubMed]
21. Bhatia, A., Dey, P., Kakkar, N., Srinivasan, R. and Nijhawan, R.  Malignant atypical cell in urine cytology: a diagnostic dilemma. CytoJournal. 2006.  3, 28. [PubMed]
22. Bakshi, P., Srinivasan, R., Rao, K. L., Marwaha, R. K., Gupta, N., Das, A., Nijhawan, R. and Rajwanshi, A.  Fine needle aspiration biopsy in pediatric space-occupying lesions of liver: a retrospective study evaluating its role and diagnostic efficacy. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2006.  41, 1903-1908. [PubMed]
23. Rajwanshi, A., Gupta, K., Gupta, N., Shukla, R., Srinivasan, R., Nijhawan, R. and Vasishta, R.  Fine-needle aspiration cytology of salivary glands: diagnostic pitfalls--revisited. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2006.  34, 580-584. [PubMed]
24. Gupta, N., Rajwanshi, A., Nijhawan, R., Srinivasan, R. and Malhotra, S.  Metastatic granulosa cell tumor: diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2006.  34, 453-454. [PubMed]
25. Gupta, N., Arora, J., Nijhawan, R., Aggarwal, R. and Lal, A.  Aspergillosis with pulmonary echinococcosis. CytoJournal. 2006.  3, 7. [PubMed]
26. Nijhawan, R. and Rajwanshi, A.  Cytomorphologic and morphometric limitations of the assessment of atypia in fibroadenoma of the breast. Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology. 2005.  27, 273-276. [PubMed]
27. Goyal, R., Das, A., Nijhawan, R., Bansal, D. and Marwaha, R. K.  Langerhans cell histiocytosis infiltration into pancreas and kidney. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2007.  49, 748-750. [PubMed]
28. Gupta, N., Srinivasan, R., Nijhawan, R. and Dhaliwal, L. K.  Primary fallopian tubal transitional cell carcinoma with exfoliation of malignant cells in cervical Pap smear. CytoJournal. 2005.  2, 20. [PubMed]
29. Gupta, N., Nijhawan, R., Srinivasan, R., Rajwanshi, A., Dutta, P., Bhansaliy, A. and Sharma, S. C.  Fine needle aspiration cytology of primary thyroid lymphoma: a report of ten cases. CytoJournal. 2005.  2, 21. [PubMed]
30. Kumar, V., Gupta, N., Srinivasan, R., Nijhawan, R. and Rajwanshi, A.  Spermatic granuloma presenting as an epididymal nodule: fine needle aspiration cytological findings and differential diagnosis. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology. 2004.  47, 509-510. [PubMed]
31. Radhika, S., Bakshi, A., Rajwanshi, A., Nijhawan, R., Das, A., Kakkar, N., Joshi, K., Marwaha, R. K. and Rao, K. L.  Cytopathology of uncommon malignant renal neoplasms in the pediatric age group. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2005.  32, 281-286. [PubMed]
32. Gupta, N., Kumar, V., Nijhawan, R., Srinivasan, R. and Rajwanshi, A.  FNAC of Bacillus- Calmette- Guerin lymphadenitis masquerading as Langerhans cell histiocytosis. CytoJournal. 2004.  1, 6. [PubMed]
33. Gupta, N., Kumar, V., Srinivasan, R., Nijhawan, R. and Rajwanshi, A.  Cytomorphological variation in two cases of melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2005.  32, 58-60. [PubMed]
34. Hemachandran, M., Nijhawan, R., Srinivasan, R. and Rajwanshi, A.  Collagenous bodies in endometriotic cysts. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2004.  31, 330-332. [PubMed]
35. Gupta, K., Radotra, B. D., Banerjee, A. K. and Nijhawan, R.  Quantitation of angiogenesis and its correlation with vascular endothelial growth factor expression in astrocytic tumors. Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology / the International Academy of Cytology [and] American Society of Cytology. 2004.  26, 223-229. [PubMed]
36. Ohri, S., Dey, P. and Nijhawan, R.  Fractal dimension in aspiration cytology smears of breast and cervical lesions. Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology. 2004.  26, 109-112. [PubMed]
37. Rajesh, L., Joshi, K., Bhalla, V., Dey, P., Radotra, B. D. and Nijhawan, R.  Correlation between VEGF expression and angiogenesis in breast carcinoma. Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology . 2004.  26, 105-108. [PubMed]
38. Gupta, K. and Nijhawan, R.  Renal-cell carcinoma in a three-year-old child. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2004.  30, 369-370. [PubMed]
39. Nijhawan, R., Rajwanshi, A., Gautam, U. and Gupta, S. K.  Cytoplasmic vacuolation, intracytoplasmic lumina, and DPAS staining in ductal carcinoma of the breast. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2003.  28, 291-294. [PubMed]
40. Nijhawan, R., Hemachandran, M. and Joshi, K.  Apoptosis in breast cancer. Acta Cytologica. 2003.  47, 193-196. [PubMed]
41. Nijhawan, R., Hemachandran, M. and Joshi, K.  Proliferative breast disease revisited. Acta Cytologica. 2002.  46, 1027-1028. [PubMed]
42. Arora, R., Joshi, K., Nijhawan, R., Radotra, B. D. and Sharma, S. C.  Angiogenesis as an independent prognostic indicator in node-negative breast cancer. Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology. 2002.  24, 228-233. [PubMed]
43. Hemachandran, M., Nijhawan, R. and Joshi, K.  Cytological grading, apoptosis, and Bcl-2 protein expression in breast cancer. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2002.  26, 356-359. [PubMed]

 
 
Education 
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M.D. in Pathology, Guru Nanak Dev University
Honors and Awards
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Distinction in Certification in Immunology
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Ernest Fernandes Prize of IAC
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Cipla Award
Member
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Indian Academy of Cytologists
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Indian Association of Cancer Research
Type of Neoplasms
Breast
Female, Male
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