Publications by authors named "Naseer Ahmad Choh"

Objective: Enlargement of the adrenal glands and variable adrenocortical function have been reported in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and, in a few studies, in patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). However, none of the studies have evaluated the course of the adrenal morphology in these patients.

Subjects And Methods: Prospective study including 37 patients with EPTB and 37 healthy age- and sex-matched controls.

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Introduction: Sheehan syndrome is a common cause of hypopituitarism in developing countries. Among risk factors, in addition to post-partum haemorrhage, a smaller sellar volume is also believed to predispose to pituitary necrosis. Some earlier studies have reported smaller sellar volume in these patients but involved a small number of patients and lacked matched controls.

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  • Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) diagnosis commonly involves indicators such as irregular periods, high androgen levels, and ovarian structure; however, the impact of frequent periods (polymenorrhoea) and partial PCOS cases remains underexplored.
  • In a study with over 9,600 women, those diagnosed with PCOS, especially with hyperandrogenism or oligomenorrhoea, displayed higher body mass index (BMI), elevated blood glucose, and lipid levels compared to healthy women, while insulin resistance levels were notably higher across the board.
  • The polymenorrhoea subgroup showed lower BMI and testosterone levels but shared similar metabolic characteristics with women experiencing oligomenorrhoea
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 Pneumothorax is the most common complication of computed tomography (CT)-guided lung biopsy. The asymptomatic rate ranges from 17.5 to 72%.

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Visceral artery pseudoaneurysms are potentially lethal lesions and tend to rupture in a high proportion of cases, thereby warranting an immediate and active intervention. We present our experience of splanchnic visceral artery pseudoaneurysms in a university hospital over a 5-year time interval with emphasis on etiology, clinical presentation, management (endovascular/surgical), and final outcome. This was a retrospective study in which we searched our image database for pseudoaneurysms of visceral arteries over a period of 5 years.

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Background: This prospective study was aimed at comparing phase contrast cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (PC-CMR) with 2D transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for determining potential candidature for transcatheter closure in ostium secundum ASD (OS-ASD) patients. We included consecutive adult patients with OS-ASD for the evaluation of feasibility for transcatheter closure using 2D-TEE and PC-CMR over a period of 2 years. Patients who fulfilled the conventional criteria for transcatheter closure, i.

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Purpose: To report the spectrum of chest computed tomographic (CT) imaging findings in coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) infected Indian patients.

Methods: This was a prospective descriptive study comprising 147 consecutive reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) positive patients who underwent CT chest. Prevalence, distribution, extent and type of abnormal lung findings were recorded.

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Background: Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the world. Preoperative staging of gastric cancer has assumed pivotal role in deciding appropriate management of gastric cancer with multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) using hydro- and gaseous distension of stomach superseding endoscopic ultrasound in tumor (T) and nodal (N) staging. We undertook this study to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of MDCT in the T and N staging of gastric cancer with an attempt to differentiate between early and advanced gastric carcinomas.

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  • The study aimed to distinguish between different causes of thyrotoxicosis, particularly Graves' disease (GD) and thyroiditis, which is crucial for effective treatment planning.
  • Technetium-99m (99mTc) scanning is the standard method for this differentiation, but it has limitations such as availability issues and contraindications in some patients.
  • The research found that measuring the peak systolic velocity of the inferior thyroid artery (PSV-ITA) using color-flow Doppler ultrasound (CFDU) effectively differentiates GD from thyroiditis, showing high sensitivity (91%) and specificity (89%) similar to 99mTc scanning.
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Hepatic subcapsular steatosis is a rare pattern of fatty infiltration of the liver exclusively described in diabetic patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis who had received insulin in peritoneal dialysate. We describe a first case of severe subcapsular hepatic steatosis in a young diabetic patient on high dose insulin therapy (with striking subcapsular fatty infiltration of the liver documented by CT and MRI) without any evidence of chronic renal disease and not undergoing peritoneal dialysis.

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