Tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenopathy presenting with left vocal cord palsy: A rare entity.

A 23-year-old-male student, never-smoker presented to our hospital outpatient department with complaints of loss of appetite, unintentional weight loss, fatigue and low-grade fever for two months, hoarseness of voice (HOV) for two weeks. He was evaluated for HOV with video laryngoscopy which demonstrated left vocal cord palsy. Contrast enhanced CT Chest (CECT) was performed for evaluation of mediastinal lesions which revealed multiple peripheral enhancing conglomerate mediastinal lymph nodes.

Umbilical Vein and Maternal Serum Inhibin A, Activin A, and Follistatin Concentrations in IUGR due to Placental Dysfunction Pregnancies.

Objective: The objective of this study were to (1) quantify the concentrations of inhibin A, activin A, and follistatin in maternal serum and umbilical vein (inhibin A, activin A) in IUGR due to placental dysfunction pregnancies and control group, (2) determine the concentration differences of these factors in maternal and umbilical vein serum in control and subject group, and (3) examine the relationship between fetal growth and placental function.

Method: Sandwich ELISA was used to measure the concentrations in control (n = 40) and subject groups (n = 30).

Results: Umbilical vein serum inhibin A, activin A concentrations were increased in subject group compared with controls (inhibin A regression coefficient, 0.