Maternal and neonatal iodine status in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, India.

This study was designed to assess iodine status of mother-fetus dyad by estimation of spot urine iodine concentration (UIC) in the study district. It is a cross-sectional study of 250 pregnant women with euthyroid status and their term neonates residing in Dakshina Kannada district. Neonates with foetal growth restriction or requiring intensive care were excluded.

Reports of a Conus Cauda Tumor with Holocord Syrinx in an Adolescent Girl.

Introduction: Spinal cord ependymoma seldom presents with holocord syringomyelia in pediatric age-group. Association of ependymoma with a lipoma is also rare. The child presented critically ill with polymicrobial pneumonia, and the neurologic findings were missed until recovery.