Reversible Cardiovocal (Ortner's) Syndrome in Dilated Cardiomyopathy - A Rare Presentation of a Common Disease.

Ortners syndrome is a rare cause of recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy due to cardiac causes. After the description of this syndrome by Ortner in patients with mitral stenosis, it was described by many authors in multiple other cardiac conditions. Here we present a case of Ortner's syndrome in Dilated cardiomyopathy,which reverted completely after medical management of DCMP.

Characterization and genotoxicity evaluation of particulate matter collected from industrial atmosphere in Tamil Nadu state, India.

Ambient particulate matter (PM) collected in the vicinity of five industries (Cement, Chemical, Thermal power plant, Sponge-iron and Steel) in Tamil Nadu state, India was characterized for size distribution, metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) content. Genotoxicity of PM and organic matter (OM) extracted from PM was measured in human lung cancer cell-line, A549 and in human liver carcinoma cell-line, HepG2, respectively, using the comet assay. PM values varied from 57.