Numerous conditions can mimic ovarian malignancy. Identifying the origin of a pelvic mass or disseminated peritoneal abnormality on imaging is important to ensure that the patient receives optimal management by the appropriate clinical team. Ovarian cancer mimics include infections and other neoplastic processes, for example, actinomycosis, lymphoma, and sarcoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Navigation skills are essential for independent living as they allow us to explore our environment; find our way to new locations, refine pathways to familiar locations and retrace our route home. Alongside motor coordination difficulties, there is evidence that individuals with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD/Dyspraxia) experience spatial processing difficulties, which are known to negatively affect navigation abilities. However, although self-reports indicate that adults with DCD have difficulties with sense of direction and navigation, no known studies have measured navigation abilities and strategies in adults with DCD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims The cost-effective therapy of immunosuppressant drugs in dermatological conditions will not only lead to adherence to rational prescribing but will also increase patient compliance with fewer dropouts due to cost factor. Thus, this study was done to determine and compare the drug utilization pattern, prescribed daily dose/defined daily dose (PDD/DDD) defined by WHO, and the cost-effectiveness ratio of different immunosuppressants. Methods and material Prescriptions for patients with skin disorders prescribed with any one systematic or topical immunosuppressant were collected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide and the most common gynaecological malignancy. The FIGO staging system is the most commonly utilised classification system for cervical cancer worldwide. Prior to the most recent update in the FIGO staging in 2018, the staging was dependent upon clinical assessment alone.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims Self-medication is an essential component of self-care; however, its use has significantly increased. Its practice has many risks such as wrong diagnosis, adverse drug reactions, antimicrobial resistance, etc. Being future doctors, self-medication has a special impact on MBBS students.
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