Screening for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among obese and overweight children: Prevalence and predictors.

Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasingly recognized in obese and overweight children. NAFLD is the commonest cause of chronic liver disease in these children. We undertook a study to assess the prevalence of NAFLD and to identify the associated anthropometric and metabolic risk factors.

Primary Vesical Amyloidosis Masquerading as Vesical Calculus in a Retroviral Positive Patient.

The common causes of irritative voiding symptoms in women include cystitis, vesical calculi, carcinoma bladder and neurologic disorders. Isolated primary vesical amyloidosis (VA) is a rare cause of irritative voiding symptoms. A 50-year-old female, a known case of retroviral disease but not on anti-retroviral therapy, presented with right flank and suprapubic pain for six months, worsening over the past 15 days with dysuria.

Role of Thermography in the Diagnosis of Chronic Sinusitis.

Introduction Thermography is a form of radiography that images the skin surface temperature. Thermograms are pictorial representations of thermal maps of the entire body's outer surface. Thermography was applied as an attempt to evaluate its usefulness in the diagnosis of chronic sinusitis (CS).

Evaluation of low back pain with low field open magnetic resonance imaging scanner in rural hospital of Southern India.

Background: Low back pain (LBP) is the most common symptom which is associated with limitation of normal activities and work-related disability. Imaging techniques are often essential in making the correct diagnosis for prompt management. Plain Radiography though remain a first imaging modality, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) due to its inherent softtissue contrast resolution and lack of ionizing radiation remains invaluable modality in the evaluation of LBP.