scholarly journals Ataxia Telangiectasia: A Case Report

1970 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
MI Islam ◽  
SKA Hoque ◽  
MT Islam ◽  
ASM Saleh ◽  
NC Saha ◽  
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Ataxia Telangiectasia (AT) is a rare, neurodegenerative disease that affects many parts of the body and causes severe disability is characterized by progressive Cerebellar ataxia, oculocutaneous telangiectasia, and recurrent respiratory and sinus infections. AT is caused by a defect in the ATM gene, which is responsible for recognizing and correcting errors in duplicating DNA when cells divide, and in destroying the cells when the errors can not be corrected. A 10 years old girl who is the first issue of non consanguineous parents completely immunized according to EPI schedule was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, on 26.01.2010 with the complaints of generalized weakness and difficulty to walk from the 6th year. The patient has one younger sister of 7 years old who has such complaints. On examination the patient was found mildly anemic with congestions in both eyeballs that is radiating from the both corners to limbus. The patient was conscious and cooperative. Cranial nerves were intact. There were hypotonia which was more marked in lower limbs with diminished jerks and flexor plantar reflexes. Gait was wide based and ataxic. She was diagnosed as a case of AT. This case is presented as academic interest. Key words: Ataxia Telangiectasia (AT); neurodegenerative disease. DOI: 10.3329/jdmc.v19i1.6258 J Dhaka Med Coll. 2010; 19(1) : 69-71.

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asifa Sattar ◽  
Nazmun Nahar ◽  
Md Mizanur Rahman ◽  
ASM Tanim Anwar ◽  
Anwar Hossain

Hydatid disease is a parasitic disease, which is most commonly caused by Echinococcus granulosus. It is endemic in many parts of the world. However, Hydatid disease can occur in almost any part of the body. Isolated omenal hydatid cyst is one of the least common sites. A case of very unusual omental hydatid cyst is presented here which was diagnosed in the Department of Radiology & Imaging, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, and subsequently confirmed by histopathology. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jdmc.v22i2.21546 J Dhaka Medical College, Vol. 22, No.2, October, 2013, Page 216-218


2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mithun Alamgir ◽  
Rukhsana Parvin ◽  
Md Aminul Haque Khan

Background: Rana Plaza collapse is the worst and deadliest man-made industrial disaster in the history of garment sector in the world. Around 1200 people died and thousands more were injured. Most of the victims of the disaster were treated in Enam Medical College Hospital (EMCH). We conducted this study to give an overview on the disaster victims and services provided by EMCH. Objective: The study was done to observe the length of time between accident and admission in EMCH, length of time between admission and discharge, to observe the numbers, types and sites of injuries to the victims, medical measures given to the victims and finally to observe the status of the victims at the time of discharge. Materials and Methods: This descriptive type of observational study was carried out among the victims of Rana Plaza tragedy during the period of May to October 2013. All admitted patients in EMCH were included in the study. Purposive nonprobability sampling technique was applied in this research work. Data were collected from the hospital record. After collection, data were manually compiled, edited and analyzed. Results: Among 621 victims treated in different wards, 276 (44.45%) were admitted to the hospital on the day of accident. Among the admitted patients, 255 (41.06%) stayed in the hospital for 1--3 days,133 (21.42%) for 4--7 days and 88 (14.17%) for more than 10 days. Fracture and dislocation were present in 32.70% patients, lacerated injury in 18.20%, abrasion in 15.78%, bruise in 13.53%, incised wound in 15.45% and punctured wound in 4.34% patients. Single injury was present in 56.68% and rest had multiple injuries. Lower limbs were the most (33.01%) affected part of the body followed by head and neck (22.06%), upper limbs (18.52%), thorax (17.55%) and abdomen (8.86%). Two hundred seventy two patients (43.80%) were improved after treatment and 56 (9.02%) were fully cured; 23.83% of the victims were referred to higher medical centers for special measures. Conclusion: The collapse of Rana Plaza has fueled a greater call for reform and safety in garment industry. At the same time, all health care centers should adopt a broad-based approach to disaster-preparedness by providing a framework to ensure a well-coordinated response to mass casualty event. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jemc.v4i1.18066 J Enam Med Col 2014; 4(1): 31-35


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 2870-2876
Author(s):  
Samata Samata ◽  
Shaila Borannavar ◽  
Ananta S Desai

Alcoholic liver disease is a pathological condition of the liver parenchymal tissue due to excessive consumption of alcohol over a long period of 6-10 years or even earlier. Here in we present a case of a married male of 35 yr. old reported in the Panchakarma OPD of SJIIM Government Ayurveda Medical College Bengaluru on 30th -Jan- 2021, with chief complaints of swelling in the bilateral lower limbs, deep yellowish and burning micturition, yel- lowish discoloration of sclera, reduced appetite, nausea and generalized weakness in the body since 3 months, with the increased level of LFT and USG-abdomen report suggesting hepatomegaly with fatty changes, was ex- amined and diagnosed as alcoholic liver disease and treated with Amapachana with Trikatu Churna, Nitya Virechana with Chitraka Haritaki Leha fallowed by Mustadi Yapana Basti had shown a very good improvement in normalizing appetite, bilateral lower limb swelling and deep yellow micturition. Total bilirubin, SGOT and ALP values were reduced. Keywords: Alcoholic Liver disease, Shakhashrita Kamala, Nitya Virechana


2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 218-221
Author(s):  
Moni Mohan Saha ◽  
Sukumar Saha ◽  
Ratan Lal Datta Banik ◽  
Md Mokter Hossain

A 25 years old male attended the skin & VD outpatient department of Khulna Medical College Hospital on 16th June, 2013 with complaints of multiple asymptomatic small rounded firm, cystic nodules that are adherent to the overlying skin of scortum. The microscopic examination of the cystic nodules showed the features of steatocystoma multiplex. This disorder, although it is asymptomatic, is a cosmetic threat to the patient. Only a few cases of the patients with an autosomal dominant mutation, who had keratin 17; have been reported. We are reporting here a case of steatocystoma multiplex of scortum in a 25 years old male along with review of literature.J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2015; 33(4): 218-221


Author(s):  
Rakulini Raveendran

Introduction: Siddha Medicine is a system of traditional medicine originating in ancient Tamil Nadu in South India and Sri Lanka. Traditionally, it is taught that the siddhars laid the foundation for this system of medicine. Siddha system has a unique diagnostic method to identify the diseases and their causes. According to the Saint Theraiyar, there are eight tools of diagnosis: symptoms of the body, the colour, the voice, the eyes, the tongue, stools, urine and the pulse. Aim: The aim of this study was to study the siddha diagnostic methodology of envagaithervu for gunmam patient sat government siddha medical college & hospital, palayamkottai. Study Setting: Government Siddha Medical College, Palayamkottai from April to August 2019. Methodology: It is an observational study. After identifying the eligible subjects, Data will be collected by using the interview administrated questionnaire & relevant data will be collected by measurement. Collected data were processed and statistically analysed by a simple statistical method using Microsoft Excel. Results and Discussion: Majority of the gunmam subjects were females (60%) and age group within 41-60 & 51-60 years. The maximum number of subjects were observed in Pitha Kaalam. Majority of the gunmam subjects had Abdominal pain, eructation, generalized body weakness. Vali azhalnaadi (38%) and azhalvalinaadi (32%) were observed in majority of the gunmam subjects. Neikuri was observed as valiazhal & azhalvali in gunmam subjects. Conclusion: This study has given quite evidence for literatures. These collected information are helpful for further studies in gunmam.


1970 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-157
Author(s):  
SM Ashraf Ali ◽  
Md Margub Hussain

Lobectomy of liver is indicated for different conditions; mainly malignancy and trauma. Though it is highly specialized operation and preferably be performed in specialized tertiary center, sometime a general surgeon may not be in a position to avoid the surgery due to very low socioeconomic condition or to tackle emergency traumatic condition. Two case report of Lobectomy of liver; right lobectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma, and left lobectomy for left lobe big cyst and multiple stones in it were performed at Chittagong Medical College Hospital utilizing the existing facilities. Both patients recovered uneventfully. Case I expired after two month and fourteen day, Case II leading a pain free cheerful normal life. Experience of management of these two cases of resection of liver is recorded at Chittagong Medical College Hospital. DOI: 10.3329/jbcps.v26i3.4201 J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2008; 26: 153-157


2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-186
Author(s):  
Rehana Khanam ◽  
P.K. Ghosh ◽  
Fauzia Jahan ◽  
Saidur Rahman

We present a female patient with pregnancy associated with normal live birth and the unusual concomitance of chorangioma. It was an incidental finding during the routine microscopic examination of the placenta of the 30 year multipara whose pregnancy was clinically normal. She was admitted to the Bangladesh Medical College Hospital for labor at 34 weeks gestation. She was investigated thoroughly because of irregular pervaginal bleeding before delivary. Caesarian section was done at 37th weeks of pregnancy. The placenta was found enlarged, irregular and haemorrhagic. Histopathological examination from the sections of specimen was done and diagnosed as Chorangioma. The case is presented as below.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jom.v14i2.19671 J Medicine 2013, 14(2): 185-186


2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-34
Author(s):  
Md Towhid Alam ◽  
Md Abdul Wadud ◽  
MM Shahin Ul Islam

Snakebite is one of the important cause of mortality in our country. This study was carried out to see the common type of snakes in local area with clinical presentations, complications and outcome of snake bite patients inFaridpur. Fifty cases of snakebite patients in medicine wards of Faridpur Medical College Hospital from 1st January 2012 to 31th April 2013 were studied. Among 50 snake bite patients 35 (70%) were male and 15 (30%) were female. Among them 30 (60%) were venomous and 20 (40%) snake bite cases were non-venomous.The common victims were farmers (53%) and housewives (13%). The bites were commonly encountered during rural foot walking (32%) followed by sleeping (15%). 55% were bitten during outdoor and agriculture related activities. 65% had sustained bite in lower limbs. The majority (82%) of the snakebites were observed during the month. Total 98% patients applied multiple tight tourniquets in the affected limb. A common local practice (seen in 85%) was to receive pre hospital treatment from 'Ohzas'. Among 30 poisonous cases, drooping of the upper eyelid, external ophthalmoplegia and brocken neck were the common features of poisoning. Among the 30 venomous snake bite cases 21 (70%) recovered completely after getting polyvalent antivenom serum and 9 (30%) died after admission. Total 80% cases recovered with 10 vials of polyvalent antivenom serum but others required upto 30 vials depending on severity of symptoms and its duration. No reaction to anti-snake venom was noticed.Faridpur Med. Coll. J. 2014;9(1): 32-34


2013 ◽  
Vol 02 (03) ◽  
pp. 166-168
Author(s):  
R Shalini ◽  
K VP Suriyakumari

AbstractGastrocnemius is a superficial muscle of the posterior compartment of leg. It usually arises by two heads- a medial and a lateral head. A third head of Gastrocnemius has been reported to occur in 2.9 - 5.5% of subjects. This anomaly has been implicated as a cause for popliteal vessel entrapment syndrome.Variations of the heads of origin of Gastrocnemius muscle were studied in 20 lower extremities of ten adult cadavers during routine Popliteal Fossa dissection at Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry. An accessory third head of Gastrocnemius was found in four lower limbs (20% ). This third head originated along with the lateral head of Gastrocnemius.


Author(s):  
Weiming Ran ◽  
Wei Tang ◽  
Junyan Duan ◽  
Jiao Qing ◽  
Zhaohua Zhai

Introduction: Epithelioid sarcoma (ES) is a rare histopathological type of soft tissue sarcoma. They are subcutaneous soft tissue masses that tend to arise in extremity sites (the classic type, formerly referred to as distal type) or proximal midline region of the body (the proximal type), such as the perineum, genital tract, and pelvis. The head and neck regions are rarely affected by ES, but the infratemporal fossa (ITF) is extremely rare. ES involving the ITF has not been reported before in literature. In this paper, the imaging features of ES were reviewed in detail, and the anatomical structure and epidemiology of ITF were briefly introduced. Sources: We performed a systematic search from 3 databases, CNKI(China National Knowledge Internet), FMRS(Foreign Medical Literature Retrieval Service, Shenzhen METSTR Technology CO., Led. China), and PubMed, to obtain literature from January 1970 to July 2020. Epithelioid sarcoma, head and neck regions, infratemporal fossa, diagnostic imaging, anatomy, MRI, and CT were used as keywords for advanced retrieval. A study had to be found eligible for inclusion to be closely related to ES and/or ITF. A total of 129 related pieces of literature were retrieved successfully, of which 37 were closely related to this study. The case report in this article is from the Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College. The present study was approved by the institutional review board of the Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College and a written informed consent for the publication of the case was obtained from the patient. Case Presentation: A 33-year-old man accidentally found a slowly growing, painless mass in the left cheek more than a month ago. On plain computed tomography (CT) scan of the outpatient department, an oval slightly low-density mass with well-defined and uniform boundary in the infratemporal fossa was revealed, and on the contrast-enhanced scan, it was homogeneous and moderately enhanced. Initially, the CT appearance favored benign lesions. However, the possibility of a malignant tumor can not be excluded completely. Finally, the patient was referred to the inpatient department a tumor arose from IF and underwent a selective operation. The tumor was completely removed. Histologic findings were compatible with epithelioid sarcoma. Post-operatively, the patient received 2 cycles of radiotherapy, and there was no evidence of recurrence after 6 months follow-up. Conclusion: The imaging manifestations of ES are various. The anatomic structure of ITF is complex and the pathological types are various. It should be very careful in the qualitative diagnosis of tumors from the ITF, and advanced imaging techniques will be useful in imaging diagnosis.


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