Dual phase multidetector computed tomography angiography in evaluation of pulmonary arteries and collateral vessels in children with cyanotic congenital heart diseases.

Background: The purpose of this paper is to compare the efficacy of dual-phase multidetector computed tomography angiography (CTA) with transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) and cardiac catheterization angiography (CCA) in evaluation of pulmonary arteries and collateral vessels, major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (MAPCAs) in children with cyanotic congenital heart diseases.

Methods: The study was a prospective observational study where 32 pediatric patients (18 males, 14 females and age range 2-116 months) with cyanotic congenital heart diseases (CCHD) were included. All patients underwent TTE, CTA, and CCA.

Benign Hepatic Nodules in Patients With Primary Extrahepatic Portal Vein Obstruction: Clinical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features.

Background/objective: To retrospectively evaluate the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of benign hepatic nodules in patients with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO) and assess predictable features for their development.

Methods: This retrospective observational study included 18 diagnosed patients of EHPVO who underwent contrast enhanced abdominal MRI at our Institute between June 2016 and May 2017, and who could be followed up for at least two years. The patients with liver nodules formed the study group (n = 8; 4 males, 4 females; mean age: 26.

Revisiting rhino-orbito-cerebral acute invasive fungal sinusitis in the era of COVID-19: pictorial review.

COVID-19 patients have been found to have an increased incidence of superadded fungal infections because of multiple factors such as impaired cell-mediated immunity, immunosuppressive therapy, and coexistent diabetes mellitus. Recently, there has been a significant rise in the COVID-19-associated mucormycosis and aspergillosis cases involving the sinonasal cavity and the lungs. Rhino-orbito-cerebral acute invasive fungal rhinosinusitis (AIFR) is a potentially life-threatening, invasive fungal infection.

Thoracic Extradural Paraganglioma Localized on 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT.

We present the case of a 33-year-old woman with complaints of headache and palpitations with raised urinary catecholamines. Ultrasound of the abdomen was noncontributory, and the patient was referred for 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT, which revealed tracer accumulation in the thecal sac/spinal canal at D5-D7 level, suggestive of a thoracic paraganglioma. MRI of the spine subsequently confirmed the presence of an extradural mass in the spinal canal extending from D4 to D8.

Recurrent headache in Indian adolescents.

Objective: To analyze the epidemiology and characteristics of primary recurrent headaches in Indian adolescents.

Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in three urban public schools. Adolescents of 9(th) to 12(th) grades were included and they were given a questionnaire in their classrooms in the presence of at least one of the authors, who assisted them in filling it.

Impact of primary headaches on subjective sleep parameters among adolescents.

Context: Headache patients commonly report sleep disruption and sleep disorders. Available literature suggests that the sleep pattern of headache sufferers is different from the control group. Patients in these studies were recruited from headache clinics; they did not include tension type headache.

Sleep patterns of urban school-going adolescents.

Objective: To analyze the variance in sleep habits of adolescents of different high school Grades in urban India.

Design: Cross-sectional questionnaire-based study.

Setting: Community based school survey in an urban setting.