Publications by authors named "B Roychowdhury"
Diagnostic approach to rickets: an Endocrine Society of Bengal (ESB) consensus statement.
Ann Pediatr Endocrinol Metab
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- - Rickets is a condition leading to bony deformities and short stature, which can be caused by a deficiency in calcium (calciopenic) or phosphorus (phosphopenic), making early diagnosis and treatment very important.
- - A consensus from the Endocrine Society of Bengal aims to simplify the diagnostic approach for rickets, particularly in low-resource settings, and involved extensive discussions, literature review, and agreement by a committee of 29 members.
- - Key diagnostic steps include examining skeletal deformities, conducting specific blood tests, and utilizing radiographic imaging to confirm rickets, with additional tests recommended for unusual cases or metabolic complications.
Background: India aims to eliminate rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) by 2023. We conducted serosurveys among pregnant women to monitor the trend of rubella immunity and estimate the CRS burden in India following a nationwide measles and rubella vaccination campaign.
Methods: We surveyed pregnant women at 13 sentinel sites across India from Aug to Oct 2022 to estimate seroprevalence of rubella IgG antibodies.
Hypopituitarism is of diverse aetiology. Apart from pituitary adenoma and Sheehan's syndrome, snakebite is a common aetiology of hypopituitarism. A total of 82 patients of hypopituitarism were studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcanthosis nigricans is said to be a marker of insulin resistance. It is known to occur in patients with insulinoma where there is marked hyperinsulinaemia. We report a case wherein the acanthosis disappeared following surgical resection of insulinoma and this strengthens the hypothesis that hyperinsulinaemia is responsible for acanthosis.
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