Role of Bleomycin Sclerotherapy as a Non-surgical Method for the Treatment of Cystic Hygroma of Head and Neck Region-an Institutional Study.

Cystic hygroma is a benign congenital tumor of lymphatic origin. Most common location is head and neck region. Bleomycin is an antineoplastic glycopeptide antibiotic agent with sclerosing property.

Stem Cells Derived from Human Exfoliated Deciduous Teeth (SHED) in Neuronal Disorders: A Review.

Most conventional treatments for neurodegenerative diseases fail due to their focus on neuroprotection rather than neurorestoration. Stem cell-based therapies are becoming a potential treatment option for neurodegenerative diseases as they can home in, engraft, differentiate and produce factors for CNS recovery. Stem cells derived from human dental pulp tissue differ from other sources of mesenchymal stem cells due to their embryonic neural crest origin and neurotrophic property.

Spectrum of hepatobiliary cystic lesions: A 7-year experience at a tertiary care referral center in North India and review of literature.

Context: Cysts arising from the hepatobiliary tree are a group of heterogeneous lesions with regard to pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and radiological finding. They can be intrahepatic or extrahepatic, developmental, secondary to infective/inflammatory etiologies, as well as neoplastic. This study was conducted to determine the spectrum of hepatobiliary cysts in surgically intervened cases, with regard to their prevalence, histological spectrum, and clinicoradiological correlation, wherever possible.

An unusual case of "renal failure".

Myopathy is common in hypothyroidism, but a very high creatinine kinase (CK) level in the range commonly seen with inflammatory myopathy is rare. Reversible elevation of creatinine is known to occur in hypothyroidism due to a decrease in the glomerular filtration rate, but it can also occur rarely due to enhanced creatinine production. We present a case of severe hypothyroidism with massively elevated CK levels and high creatinine levels, both of which reversed on treatment of hypothyroidism.

Complete genome sequencing and evolutionary analysis of dengue virus serotype 1 isolates from an outbreak in Kerala, South India.

In this study, dengue virus (DENV) isolates from a localized, small-scale, non-seasonal dengue outbreak were genetically characterized. The outbreak occurred during the pre-monsoon months (April-May) in a medical college campus in Kerala, South India in 2009 affecting 76 people. Analysis of 39 viral RNA positive serum samples by a serotype specific reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction identified dengue virus serotype 1 (DENV1) as the causative strain.