Ashim  Das,                               M.D., M.R.C.Path., D.N.B. 
                               
                              Additional Professor  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Postgraduate Institute of  Medical Education & Research 
                           
                                                                              
                            Deaprtment of Histopathology 
                           
                                                                              
                            Sector-12 
                           
                                                    
                            Chandigarh - 160 012                                 
                           
                          						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: ashim126@glide.net.in 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-172-2711283  
                           
                                                    
                            Mobile: +91-9914208139 
                           
                          
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://pgimer.nic.in/code/profiles/histopathology-3.html#Dr. Ashim  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
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                                  Additional Professor  
                                  Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India 
                                  
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                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Pathology 
   
     
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Pathology of ductal plate malformation 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Pathology of maternal death 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Pathology of disseminated fungal infection 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Pathology of extra nodal lymphomas 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Apoptosis in chronic hepatitis 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                           
                          
                            
	
		
			
				1. 
			
				Barwad, A., Dey, P. and Das, A.   Fine needle aspiration cytology of epithelioid sarcoma. Diagnostic Cytopathology.  2010.  [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chakrabarti, A., Chatterjee, S. S., Das, A.  and Shivaprakash, M. R.  Invasive aspergillosis in developing countries. Medical Mycology.  2010.  [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gupta, P., Singh, U., Singh, S. K., Kapoor, R., Gupta, V. and Das, A.   Bilateral symmetrical metastasis to all extraocular muscles from distant rhabdomyosarcoma. Orbit.  2010.  29, 146-148. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Singh, N., Bal, A., Aggarwal, A. N., Das, A.  and Behera, D.  Clinical outcomes in non-small-cell lung cancer in relation to expression of predictive and prognostic biomarkers. Future Oncology.  2010.  6, 741-767. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kaur, J., Dey, P. and Das, A.   Fine needle aspiration cytology of undifferentiated (embryonal) sarcoma of liver in an adult male. Diagnostic Cytopathology.  2010.  38, 547-548. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Bal, A., Mishra, B., Singh, N., Das, A.  and Jindal, S. K.  Fulminant parvovirus B19-associated pancarditis with haemophagocytic lympho-histiocytosis in an immunocompetent adult. APMIS : Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica, et Immunologica Scandinavica.  2009.  117, 773-777. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Sharma, A., Chakraborti, A., Das, A. , Dhiman, R. K. and Chawla, Y.  Elevation of interleukin-18 in chronic hepatitis C: implications for hepatitis C virus pathogenesis. Immunology.  2009.  128, e514-22. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Das, A. , Bal, A., Chakrabarti, A., Panda, N. and Joshi, K.  Spectrum of fungal rhinosinusitis; histopathologist's perspective. Histopathology.  2009.  54, 854-859. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kumar, Y., Bhatia, A., Das, A.  and Kathpalia, A. S.  Unusual appearance of perirenal fibrosis in renal cell carcinoma simulating a tumour. Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology.  2009.  39, 677-681. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gupta, R., Bal, A., Das, A.  and Kumar, M.  Serous cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary in an 11-year-old girl with extensive dissemination and chylothorax: a case report and a brief review of literature. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology . 2009.  31, 533-535. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gupta, K., Das, A. , Joshi, K., Singh, N., Aggarwal, R. and Prakash, M.  Aspergillus endocarditis in a known case of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: an autopsy report. Cardiovascular Pathology.  2010.  19, e137-9. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gupta, K., Nada, R., Das, A.  and Kumar, M. S.  Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in a carcinoma with unknown primary: an autopsy study. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology.  2008.  51, 230-233. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gupta, K., Vankalakunti, M., Das, A.  and Marwaha, R. K.  An autopsy report of a rare pediatric lung tumor: pleuropulmonary blastoma. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology.  2008.  51, 225-227. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Bal, A., Gupta, A., Sodhi, K. S., Das, A.  and Singh, S.  Multifocal extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma involving both the lungs and brain in a child with primary immunodeficiency. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology.  2008.  30, 317-319. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Mishra, S., Das, C. P., Das, A.  and Prabhakar, S.  Intracerebral hemorrhage in a patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome. Neurology India.  2007.  55, 416-418. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Bhatia, A., Das, A.  and Kumar, Y.  Rare co-existence of multifocal myoepitheliosis with infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast. Journal of Clinical Pathology.  2007.  60, 1057-1058. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Duseja, A., Das, A. , Dhiman, R. K., Chawla, Y. K., Das, R., Bhadada, S., Sialy, R., Thumburu, K. K., Bhansali, A. and Kalra, N.  Indian patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease presenting with raised transaminases are different at presentation. World Journal of Gastroenterology.  2007.  13, 649-650. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Malhotra, P., Agarwal, R., Awasthi, A., DAS, A.  and Behera, D.  Delayed presentation of amniotic fluid embolism: lessons from a case diagnosed at autopsy. Respirology.  2007.  12, 148-150. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Goyal, R., Nada, R., Das, A.  and Marwaha, R. K.  Disseminated herpes simplex infection with cystic fibrosis: a case report. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology.  2006.  49, 607-609. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				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]  
		 
		
			
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				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]  
		 
		
			
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				Duseja, A., Das, R., Nanda, M., Das, A. , Garewal, G. and Chawla, Y.  Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in Asian Indians is neither associated with iron overload nor with HFE gene mutations. World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG.  2005.  11, 393-395. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gupta, A., Bansal, D., Dass, R. and Das, A.   Transfusion associated graft versus host disease. Indian Pediatrics.  2004.  41, 1260-1264. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Awasthi, A., Das, A. , Srinivasan, R. and Joshi, K.  Morphological and immunohistochemical analysis of ductal plate malformation: correlation with fetal liver. Histopathology.  2004.  45, 260-267. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kaur, I., Indira, D., Dogra, S., Sharma, V. K., Das, A.  and Kumar, B.  "Relatively spared zones" in leprosy: a clinicopathological study of 500 patients. International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases.  2003.  71, 227-230. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chowdhary, S. K., Harish, J., Thapa, B. R., Poddar, U., Das, A.  and Rao, K. L.  Crohn's disease: disastrous consequences of late diagnosis. Indian Journal of Pediatrics.  2002.  69, 533-534. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Saikia, U. N., Dey, P., Saikia, B. and Das, A.   Fine-needle aspiration biopsy in diagnosis of follicular lymphoma: cytomorphologic and immunohistochemical analysis. Diagnostic Cytopathology.  2002.  26, 251-256. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Powari, M., Radotra, B., Das, A.  and Banerjee, A. K.  A study of primary central nervous system lymphoma in northern India. Surgical Neurology.  2002.  57, 113-116. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Khirwadkar, N., Dey, P., Das, A.  and Gupta, S. K.  Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of metastatic soft-tissue sarcomas to lymph nodes. Diagnostic Cytopathology.  2001.  24, 229-232. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Jayaram, N., Ashim, D ., Rajwanshi, A., Radhika, S. and Banerjee, C. K.  The value of fine-needle aspiration biopsy in the cytodiagnosis of salivary gland lesions. Diagnostic Cytopathology.  1989.  5, 349-354. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Bal, A., Dutta, U., Das, A. , Kocchar, R. and Singh, K. Non-metastatic cholestatic paraneoplastic syndrome associated with soft tissue sarcoma. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology . 2009. 5, 137-141. 
		 
		
			
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				Pattari, S. K., Rajesh, L., Das, A. , Kakkar, N., Gupta, V. Esophageal Melanoma: A Case Report . The Internet Journal of Gastroenterology.  2004. 3. 
		 
		
			
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				Jha, V., Singh, K., Varma, S., Suri, V., Das, A.  A case with paraplegia, urinary tract infection and renal failure. Indian Journal of Nephrology.  2007. 17, 80-86. 
		 
		
			
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				Das, A. , Sakhuja, V., Khurana, D., Kakkar, N., Kalra, N., Bambery, P. A case of systemic vasculitis. Indian Journal of Nephrology . 2007. 17, 29-38. 
		 
		
			
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				Chakrabarti, A., Das, A. , Panda, N.K. Overview of fungal rhinosinusitis. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery . 2004. 56, 251-258. 
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                               
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
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                                          Lymph nodes