Symmetrical peripheral gangrene and tuberculosis: A rare kinship.

Symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) is a rare clinical syndrome characterized by ischemic necrosis of 2 or more limbs, without involvement of large vessels. It is often associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation and septic shock. Usually caused by Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, tuberculosis as a cause is extremely rare.

Hernia of Morgagni in the Elderly: A Case Report.

Congenital diaphragmatic hernias are infrequently encountered in adult patients. A rare type of this hernia is the Morgagni's hernia. Although they remain asymptomatic in a majority of patients, we present the case of an elderly patient who presented to us with abdominal pain and upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Younger women are affected by breast cancer in South India - a hospital-based descriptive study.

Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world among women and its effective control depends upon sufficient knowledge about its epidemiology at the regional as well as global levels.

Materials And Methods: A record based descriptive study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital situated in coastal Karnataka in South India. Cases included were all histopathologically diagnosed cases of breast cancer not otherwise specified among females that were treated in the hospital in the 3 years period of 2005-2007.