Haemorrhagic pericardial effusion in type I Gaucher's disease.

Gaucher's disease is a rare lysosomal storage disorder. Excess accumulation of glucosylceramide predominantly occurs in abdominal viscera. Cardiac involvement is rare, though they generally represent as restrictive cardiomyopathy and pericarditis.

Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE); a rare association with phyllodes tumour of breast.

Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) is a rare entity mainly found in elderly males. It is characterized by pitting edema mainly of dorsum of both hands giving a "boxing glove hand" appearance; rarely involving feet also, acute in onset, negative rheumatoid factor and a good response to low dose corticosteroid therapy. Clinically it almost resembles a case of polymyalgia rheumatica, late onset rheumatoid arthritis or other seronegative spondyloarthropathy.

Incidence and risk factors of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV-TB coinfected patients.

Unlabelled: Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of development of Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in HIV patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Objective: To determine the incidence of IRIS in HIV-TB coinfected patients, and to find out the possible risk factors associated with IRIS.

Materials And Methods: Study commenced with 96 patients adhered to standard antitubercular therapy (ATT) and ART without defaulting, and followed up for six months.