Role of fetal hemoglobin in the development and progression of retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to find the association between fetal hemoglobin (HbF) concentration and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in preterm infants.

Methods: In this observational, prospective, longitudinal study, a total of 410 preterm infants with <36 gestational weeks and <2.5 kg birth weight, who were attending ROP clinic in a tertiary care hospital of central India for 1 year duration were included.

Fetal hemoglobin, blood transfusion, and retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants: An observational, prospective study.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to identify the association between fetal hemoglobin (HbF) concentration, blood transfusion, and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in preterm infants.

Methods: This was an observational, prospective study. A total of 410 preterm infants born with <36 weeks gestational age and <2.

Bilateral Optic Neuropathy in Association with Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis with Interstitial Lung Disease.

Purpose: To report a rare case of bilateral optic neuropathy in a patient with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis with interstitial lung disease.

Method: Retrospective case report.

Result: A middle-aged female, who was a known case of systemic sclerosis with interstitial lung disease, was presented with sudden painless bilateral loss of vision for a month.

Clinical profile of patients having pulmonary tuberculosis and renal amyloidosis.

Objectives: This study was planned to define the clinical profile of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients having renal amyloidosis, to identify the factors responsible for development of amyloidosis, to detect the time period between onset of amyloidosis and PTB, and analyze clinical features of amyloidosis in PTB patients for early diagnosis and timely assessment.

Materials And Methods: Patients of PTB having pedal edema, proteinuria, and grossly diseased kidneys on ultrasound abdomen were subjected to renal biopsy and appropriate biochemical investigations. Clinical profile of biopsy proven amyloidosis cases was analyzed.

Pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema during radiotherapy in primary cavitating bronchogenic carcinoma.

An extremely rare case of cavitating large cell carcinoma lung is reported in a middle aged man who developed pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema on thirteenth day of his tele cobalt radiotherapy to chest. Possible mechanisms of such complications during radiotherapy are also discussed.