Two cases of pancreatic tuberculosis in immunocompetent individuals presenting as diabetes mellitus: An overview of clinical features, diagnosis and management.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) disease is a major global health problem affecting 10.6 million people worldwide, and India alone contributes 28% to this burden. Pancreatic TB is considered an extremely rare entity which closely mimics pancreatic carcinoma.

An Unusual Case of Hoarseness of Voice and Dysphagia in Multiple Myeloma with Amyloidosis.

Dash S, Pandalanghat S, Kumar Y. An Unusual Case of Hoarseness of Voice and Dysphagia in Multiple Myeloma with Amyloidosis. Indian J Crit Care Med 2024;28(2):175-176.

Adenoid Hypertrophy and Endoscopic Adenoidectomy in Adults: Our Experience.

Adenoid tissue is considered as first line immunological defence mechanism in childhood. Adenoid hypertrophy in children is a common cause of nasal obstruction. It usually gets atrophied by puberty.

Management of Angiomatous Antrochoanal Polyp: Our Experience.

Antrochoanal polyps are the most common type of choanal polyp. Angiomatous polyp is a rare subtype of Antrochoanal polyp that might be misdiagnosed as malignant lesion due to its clinical features. A retrospective observational study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital in patients who were diagnosed with Angiomatous Antrochonal polyp that underwent functional endoscopic sinus surgery from 2017 to 2020.

Hyperventilation Leading to Transient T-wave Inversion Mimicking Unstable Angina.

T-wave inversion in ECG is very frequent and concerning finding as it is often associated with life-threatening conditions. There are numerous conditions mentioned in the literature for transient T-wave inversion such as acute coronary syndrome, cardiac memory T-wave, subarachnoid hemorrhage, electroconvulsive therapy, hyperventilation and indeterminate origin. Hyperventilation is already known as a cause of transient T-wave inversion; however, it is often forgotten in modern clinical settings.

Acute renal failure in the ICU setting: A prospective observational study.

Background: Acute renal failure (ARF) is a common entity in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. There is scanty data regarding acute kidney injury (AKI) in ICUs from our country and no data from the service setting.

Methods: All patients admitted to the ICU of a tertiary care teaching hospital for six months were included in the study.

Value of ancillary studies in the evaluation of fine-needle aspiration specimens: Our experience.

Background: The cytological diagnosis of poorly differentiated tumors is challenging because the tumor cells may have morphologically difficult presentations in materials obtained by fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). With the application of FNAC in primary diagnosis of malignant lesions, there has been a significant increase in the use of ancillary studies in the aspirated material.

Aims: We evaluated the value of ancillary studies, namely cell blocks, immunocytochemistry (ICC) and electron microscopy (EM), in the final interpretation of FNAC smears.

Rickets associated with ichthyosis.

Nutritional rickets in disorders of keratinisation is very rare. A 12-year-old girl with autosomal dominant ichthyosis vulgaris is reported who presented with tetany and a waddling gait. She had the classic clinical, biochemical and radiological features of rickets.

Preliminary study in to the incidence of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in high risk neonates admitted to NICU.

Objective: To find out the incidence of Gastro-esophageal reflux (GER) in neonates at risk for it and compare this with the incidence in the controls.

Methods: This prospective case control study was conducted on 34 neonates. Twenty-four test high risk neonates comprised of preterms, neonates on mechanical ventilation neonates with ALTE(Acute Life Threatening Episode) and post-operative neonates (Tracheo-esophageal fistula, congenital diaphragmatic hernia).

Pseudotumoral hepatic tuberculosis with pericardial abscess.

We report the postmortem findings in a 28-year-old immunocompetent male patient, a rare case of tuberculous liver abscesses with concomitant pericardial abscess in the absence of pleuropulmonary or splenic involvement, who continued to be a diagnostic dilemma. This case report illustrates the difficulty in reaching the correct diagnosis in case of hepatic masses, which are most often confused with carcinoma of the liver, primary or metastatic and, hence, have been aptly referred to as pseudotumoral hepatic tuberculosis in the past.