A Rare Case of Sporadic Hemiplegic Migraine Mimicking Stroke: A Diagnostic Challenge Solved by Comprehensive History Taking.

Migraine, a common affliction, manifests as debilitating headaches often accompanied by auras. However, hemiplegic migraine presents an unusual symptomatology, inducing unilateral paralysis during attacks. This condition, occurring in two forms, familial and sporadic, merits attention due to its rarity.

Impact of Establishing a Pain Clinic in a Rural Cancer Centre Based on the Knowledge and Experience of the Pain of Cancer Patients - A Prospective, Questionnaire-Based Study.

Objectives: Unrelieved pain significantly affects the quality of life of cancer patients. In rural settings, cancer patients do not have information or knowledge about how to control their pain because of a lack of resources or awareness. We conducted an interventional, questionnaire-based prospective study in a rural tertiary care oncological centre to look for the impact of establishing a pain clinic based on the knowledge and experience of cancer patients regarding their cancer pain.

Review of Neurological Manifestations of SARS-CoV-2.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can affect any part of the neuraxis. Many neurological conditions have been attributed to be caused by SARS-CoV-2, namely encephalopathy (acute necrotizing encephalopathy and encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesions), seizures, stroke, cranial nerve palsies, meningoencephalitis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), transverse myelitis (long and short segment), Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and its variants, polyneuritis cranialis, optic neuritis (ON), plexopathy, myasthenia gravis (MG), and myositis. The pathophysiology differs depending on the time frame of presentation.

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Rare Presentation.

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinical condition that is characterized by intense headache and neurological deficits such as vision loss which are attributed to the vasogenic edema that occurs in the posterior cerebral cortex involving the occipital and parietal lobes. Although the classical demographies that are affected by the PRES are middle-aged postpartum females and those with renal dysfunction, rarely it is also seen in patients with collagen vascular disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report a case of PRES in a 32-year-old SLE patient.

Prevalence of Traumatic Dental Injuries to Anterior Teeth in 8-12-year-old Schoolchildren of Patiala City, Punjab, India: An Epidemiological Study.

Aims: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) to anterior teeth in 8-12-year-old schoolchildren of Patiala city in North India and to study the risk factors related to dental trauma.

Materials And Methods: An epidemiological cross-sectional survey was conducted. The study consisted of 3,000 schoolchildren from various schools of Patiala city in North India.

Impact of Different Approaches of Epidural Steroid Injection on Outcome of Patients Treated for Low Backache.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of epidural steroid injections through different approaches using pain relief and improvement in functional capacity as outcome measures.

Materials And Methods: Sixty patients with low backache and unilateral radiculopathy were randomly assigned to three groups of twenty patients each, for undergoing lumbar epidural steroid injection (LESI) through midline, transforaminal, and paramedian approaches under fluoroscopic guidance. All the patients were assessed at 1 week, 1 month and 3 months postintervention using visual analog scale (VAS) score, Quebec disability score, and depression score.

The Appraisement of Antioxidant and Oxidant Status in Women Undergoing Surgical Menopause.

The present study was undertaken to study the impact of surgical menopause on oxidant and antioxidant status in relation to estrogen levels after 3 months of surgery. Total 130 women who had undergone total hysterectomy (TH) with or without bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) were included in this study. The oxidant status was assessed by measuring plasma levels of malondialdehyde and antioxidant status was assessed by measuring superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione, glutathione peroxidase, estrogen, and Vitamin A, E and C levels.

Spontaneous Bilateral Tubal Gestation: A Rare Case Report.

Here a case is presented where the woman after a positive pregnancy test underwent medical abortion for unwanted pregnancy without ultrasound confirmation of intrauterine pregnancy. On persistence of symptoms, a second opinion was procured, when examination and a transvaginal ultrasound scan revealed ruptured unilateral tubal ectopic pregnancy. However upon subsequent laparotomy (considering deteriorating hemodynamic status of the patient), intraoperatively it turned out to be a bilateral tubal ectopic gestation.

Transolecranon and lateral Kirschner wire fixation for displaced supracondylar humeral fracture in children.

Purpose: To evaluate the outcome after closed reduction and pinning using a Kirschner wire inserted laterally and another inserted vertically through the olecranon for displaced supracondylar humeral fractures.

Methods: 39 boys and 11 girls aged 2 to 12 (mean, 7.27) years underwent closed reduction and pinning using a Kirschner wire inserted laterally and another inserted vertically through the olecranon for posteromedially (n=28), posterolaterally (n=7), or posteriorly (n=15) displaced extension-type supracondylar humeral fractures (Gartland types II and III).