Dr. Leena Varughese
Pathology
Holtsville, NY
15 years experience female
About
Bio
I am a medical doctor with extensive training in Anatomic and Clinical pathology. I can assist a patient with interpreting one's lab results, biopsy, and pathology reports.
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Pathology
General Practice
Licenses
United States: New York
Languages spoken
English
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69 Answers
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Leena Varugheseanswered
Pathology 15 years experience
Descriptive diagnosi: It just means that when your lab showed high levels of platelets, so a blood smear was done. The blood smear was examined under the microscope and the... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Direct bilirubin: Bilirubin - direct, indirect, and total provide some clues to the underlying disease process. The direct bilirubin has to processed further by the liv... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Adrenocorticotropic : Acth is adrenocorticotropic hormone that is normally produced in the pituitary gland. Acth is part of a complex feedback system that regulates the pro... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Likely not: Highly unlikely to impossible that consuming water would lead to a false negative. I would advise repeating the pregnancy test in another week to two ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Lung: Lung cancer. Next up is colon.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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No: The graphite pencil which is also known as the lead pencil. The 'lead' is a misnomer in a sense leading to confusion with lead of lead poisoning. The ... Read More
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A 52-year-old female asked:
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No: The statement is meant to alert the clinician that there might be some cancer cells in what might be a lymphovascular space. As noted by others, it ma... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Depends: There are number of options for chronic fatigue syndrome but the important thing is to rule out organic causes for your symptoms. There are some physi... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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At least a month: Hcv incubation period can be anywhere from a month to about five or 6 months. The anti-hcv test is very sensitive and should be able to detect any inf... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Depends: The symptoms are very vague, and any number of issues can be causing your discomfort. I recommend going to a primary care physician for appropriate ev... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Depends: Basically depends on why your physician did the biopsy.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Follow up: The biopsy shows that the endometirum is growing or proliferating in response to the treatment or even the normal cycle. Given accurate charting of me... Read More
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A member asked:
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More info needed: This question could only be reasonably answered with all available data. Please consult your treating physician.
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A 35-year-old male asked:
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All of the above: Testicular tumor can potentially be located in/on any part of the testes.
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A female asked:
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Yes: Yes, the cyst is a serous cystadenoma and it's a common enough condition. The concern here is if it's benign or malignant. Granted that the cyst tissu... Read More
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A 51-year-old female asked:
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Follow up : Synthroid is usually prescribed to correct for low thyroxine and the symptoms of low thyroid hormone. If that's not happening, you need to follow up w... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Yes: Yes, the biopsy is often done to confirm the clinical impression or rule out something else.
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A 56-year-old male asked:
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Depends : Pain, fractures, and other secondary symptoms including mobility issues related to spread of the cancer. The management is related to the type of canc... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Depends: It depends on the condition associated with the agranulocytosis. Agranulocytosis is seen a variety of settings and the best way to find out exactly wh... Read More
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A 67-year-old male asked:
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Maybe: If you had a positive response to the allergy test, it is probably valid. However, the medications could have interfered with the test to give you a n... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Difficult to say: Lot of the listed diagnoses may be caused by environmental or dietary habits like poor diet and tobacco use, although hereditary predilection may also... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Depends: You can get a fine needle aspiration, which is relatively non-invasive to obtain a diagnosis. Getting the advice of your clinician on this matter beca... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Uncertain: You can do the pregnancy test if that was how you initially confirmed the possible pregnancy to yourself. If you already visited with your obstetricia... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Visit doc: It may be a combined special type mole. You should have a dermatologist or general practitioner examine it and even remove it, if it's bothersome.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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No: The color of the fluid does not indicate a malignancy. Breast cysts are rarely cancerous. The aspiration is done for a variety of very good reasons li... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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RBC rupture: It means that the red blood cells in the blood sample were disrupted and ruptured.
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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No: According to the data provided above, it appears that you are not anemic.
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A 46-year-old female asked:
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Very: I assume that the biopsy was done for symptoms or as f/u for the prior biopsy and/or surveillance. If the findings were normal and the report agrees w... Read More
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A 67-year-old female asked:
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Yes: While malar rash is often associated with autoimmune diseases such as discoid lupus and actinic keratosis is often due to long standing skin damage, i... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Not enough info: Well, it's advisable to visit a doctor. Complications of unprotected sex is not limited to pregnancy but also stds.
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A 60-year-old male asked:
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No: If you hemoglobulin aic dropped to 5.5 while you were taking metformin for treatment for diabetes then, you should continue to take the metformin. The... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Results are ok: Hcg values range during pregnancy varies quite a bit and your results are within the range for either 6 wks or 12-14 wks.
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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No: If the physicians treating you were suspicious, they could perform a biopsy of the suspicious areas in the breast. Lymph nodes are swollen for a lot o... Read More
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A 62-year-old female asked:
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Visit doctor: It could be a number of things so a physical exam and ultrasound of the bump would be a good idea.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Neither: Hematology is the study of diseases affecting the hematopoietic system, for example cancers. Hemoglobinopathies, clotting disorders etc... Oncology sp... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
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Cold urticaria: I have seen this response to heat, and there is something similar that occurs in the cold known as cold allergy. You can have it tested for and confir... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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No: I don't think so. You should reschedule the appointment.
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Depends: These tests can be added to address pancreatic functions, but are often only included when there are signs or symptoms suggestive of problems with liv... Read More
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A 58-year-old female asked:
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Yes but: It could possibly spread to local lymph node but the chances are very low. The lymph nodes that are in thoracic cavity are even less likely to contain... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Uncertain: Genetic pre-disposition to melanoma does exist to some extend but with that being said, the best precautionary measure that you can take is to do thor... Read More
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A 44-year-old male asked:
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Possibly: There is a blood test called interferon-gamma release assay that is available in United States. The test is specific enough to detect active tb, as we... Read More
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A 57-year-old female asked:
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Complicated: When i was doing clinical medicine, these were collectively sort of the flags for sarcoid disease but I am not saying that's the case here. This is be... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
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Maybe: You are ingesting a vitamin supplement and it's in excess of your normal intake. It could be causing the sore or ulcer so, try stopping the supplement... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Visit doctor: Your symptoms may be related to any number of causative agents such as infectious, allergic or even imbalance of normal vaginal flora leading to overg... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Anemia: It could be some mild anemia or poor circulation. Try exercising a few times a week and eat a well-rounded diet.
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Follow up: Your doctor is making a decision to follow up with you specifically given some clinical indication such as the mild dysplasia on biopsy with positive ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Test or observation: Allergy to latex can lead to symptoms such as a rash, local swelling and itching to more diffuse and serious process such as difficulty breathing. You... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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PSA : Psa is found circulating in blood stream as either bound to another protein(s) or unbound. The total psa is the free psa and bound psa. The fraction o... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Physical exam: It varies but usually physical exam consists of a few measurements such as bp, weight, height, and so on etc, that provides the basis for physical hea... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Complicated: Once you are at a certain age Meningococcal vaccine is only administered to at-risk people. A blood test can be performed to quantify the level of p... Read More
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Dr. Varughese is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Varughese is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thanks for your quick reply! I do have phlegm always, is there a difference btween whitish or greenish ones? Appreciate your responce. Thanks
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Had every test and back hysteroscopy vinegar solution endo biopsy ultra sound extensive cultures on discharge all normal
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Thanks for your quick reply! Thank you.but befor thiis biopsy I was told by my doctor I have lupus. Auotimm.def.????
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
UMDNJ
Graduated 2008MD
Residency
MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, New York, NY
Completed 2011
Awards
Top Pathologist, Second Place, New York - Winter
2013
Top Pathologist, Third Place, New York - Summer
2013
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