A Retrospective Observational Study to Compare the Clinical and Laboratory Parameters of Patients Requiring Hospitalization during 3rd Wave vs 2nd Wave of Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Following the outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, China in 2019, there has been multiple waves of different variants of COVID-19 throughout the world in the continuum of a pandemic. This study aims to compare different clinical and laboratory parameters of hospitalized patients in Omicron-driven 3rd wave vs Delta-driven 2nd wave in India. This was a retrospective cross-sectional observational study that was done in the Department of General Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, Dr S N Medical College, Jodhpur (Rajasthan).

Reversible ecchymosis and hyperpigmented lesions: A rare presentation of dietary Vitamin B12 deficiency.

A 40-year-old male presented because of generalized weakness, fatigability, and hyperpigmentation with ecchymosis, he was diagnosed to have dietary Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia. The hyperpigmentation and ecchymosis lesions resolved after Vitamin B12 supplementation. Beside hyperpigmented lesion on the skin, the presence of ecchymosis is a very rare manifestation of the disease.

IL-5 in the plasma-cell-dominant Castleman disease: a nosological entity.

A 40-year-old male presented with a history of low-grade fever, weight loss, night sweats and breathlessness of 3 months duration. On examination, the patient had freely mobile lump in left lumbar region. The lump was surgically excised.

Stuck with pancytopenia in dengue fever: Evoke for hemophagocytic syndrome.

The hemophagocytic syndrome is an atypical and rare manifestation of dengue fever (DF). We describe a 15-year-old girl developing DF associated hemophagocytic syndrome who responded with supportive treatment.

Spontaneous Soft Tissue Haematomas- A Rare Presentation of Chronic Myeloid Leukemic (CML).

Spontaneous soft tissue haematomas are rarely found in haematological malignancies. Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative disorder which rarely present with thrombo-haemorrhagic phenomenon. It is a malignant clonal disorder of pleuripotent stem cells that results in increase in myeloid, erythroid and platelets cells in peripheral blood and marked myeloid hyperplasia in bone marrow.