Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Schwannoma of The Parotid Gland

This 52-year-old male underwent fine needle aspiration biopsy of a 2cm diameter parotid mass that was firm, well-delineated, and vaguely moveable, The mass was not painful and was noted for about a year.The aspiration biopsy smear was quite cellular and showed fragments camif commode of spindle-shaped cells with cigar shaped nuclei and scanty to in

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Frailty before and during austerity: A time series analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2002-2018.

BackgroundFrailty is characterised by a reduced resilience to adversity.In this analysis we examined changes in frailty in people aged 50+ before and during a period of austere public spending in England.MethodsData from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2002-2018 were analysed.Associations between austerity and frailty were examined using (

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