Effect of single-dose methotrexate injection to prevent neoplastic changes in high risk complete hydatidiform mole: A randomised control trial.

Background: Complete hydatidiform mole affects women in their reproductive age. About 15-20% develops persistent molar gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN), which is linked with delayed (beyond 56 days) normalization of serum βHCG after surgical evacuation.

Objective: The objective of the article is to shorten the duration of normalization time of βHCG with single-dose methotrexate injection in women with high risk complete hydatidiform mole (CHM) after suction evacuation.

Magnitude of Mental Morbidity and Its Correlates with Special Reference to Household Food Insecurity among Adult Slum Dwellers of Bankura, India: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Background: Mental disorders cause considerable morbidity and disability, and there is ample evidence that mental disorders are positively associated with household food insecurity.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted for a period of 2 months at Bakultala slum of Bankura town involving 152 people of ≥18 and ≤60 years of age selected using simple random sampling technique to estimate the prevalence of mental disorders and to find out its correlates. Information pertaining to socio-demographics and household food security (HHFS) and " potential psychiatric case" were collected through a house to house interview of the head of the household, using predesigned questionnaire, Bengali version of self-reporting questionnaire, and 6-item household food security scale (HFSS).

Clinicopathologic profile of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a rural medical college.

A prospective study was done at North Bengal Medical College, Sushrutanagar, Darjeeling, West Bengal over a period of two years. All patients diagnosed as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were analysed for clinical presentation, classified according to the Working Formulation and staged according to Ann Arbor staging system. A lower median age (39.

Unusual branching pattern of facial artery and a short review.

A detailed knowledge of the facial blood supply is necessary in planning of different types of orofacial surgeries. However abnormal pattern of facial blood supply may modify the result of the treatment, if it is not predicted in advance. Here we report two rare cases of unusual presentation of facial blood supply and the clinical implications of such findings, correlating with the previous studies.