Pattern of clinical benign euthyroid goitre in a tertiary care center in the Central Province of Sri Lanka from 1981-2011.

Objectives: To describe the pattern of clinical euthyroidgoitre in a tertiary care unit in Sri Lanka before and after iodination of salt in Sri Lanka.

Methods: We reviewed our thirty-one year computerised database of patients with goitres, spanning iodination in 1995.

Results: Prevalence of euthyroid clinical simple diffuse goitre did not reduce during the first thirteen years (p=0.

Changing patterns of thyroid cancer in Sri Lanka. Has the iodination programme helped?

Objectives: To ascertain if there has been a change in the pattern of thyroid cancer in Sri Lanka. If so, whether there is a correlation to the implementation of the programme of iodination.

Design: Retrospective (1974-1986) and prospective (1987-2001).

Thoracic duct cyst presenting as a left supraclavicular mass.

Thoracic duct cysts may occur either in the mediastinum or in the neck. The majority of such lesions occurring in the neck consist of chylous fistulae and are secondary to surgery on the neck. Fewer than five cases have been reported in the literature of primary thoracic duct cysts occurring in the neck (1).

Lipid patterns in patients with chronic occlusive arterial disease affecting lower limbs.

114 consecutive patients with chronic occlusive arterial disease of lower limbs (COADL) had their serum lipid pattern compared with that of 62 controls. 53 had abnormal lipids and 36 multiple abnormalities emphasising the common prevalence of atherosclerosis among patients with COADL in Sri Lanka. 48.

Insensible water loss in resting adults in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Sixty three adults (44 men) were observed over a 4 hour period in Kandy to measure insensible water loss. Six adult men were similarly studied over 24 hours. The average loss per day, computed from the 4 hour studies was 1,333 ml for men and 1,230 ml for women.