A Hospital-Based Case-Control Study on Raised Homocysteine Level in Vitiligo Patients and Its Association With Disease Severity.

Introduction Vitiligo is an acquired pigmentary disorder clinically manifested by circumscribed depigmented macules and often associated with leucotrichia. Not much is known about the biochemical abnormality occurring in vitiligo. Our study aims to determine whether serum homocysteine is raised in vitiligo patients and whether it can be used as a prognostic marker for vitiligo.

An Integrated Surgical Management for Giant Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of Anterior Abdominal Wall.

Giant dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a very rare dermal sarcoma whose diagnosis and management are important because of the high local recurrence but low metastatic potential. Complete surgical excision of giant DFSP in a single stage is difficult but has a high cure rate. A 47-year-old man presented with a gradually increasing large (18 x 15 x 7 cm) DFSP in the epigastrium.

Is size really a contraindication for laparoscopic resection of giant adrenal myelolipomas?

A 55-year-old non-diabetic, normotensive man presented with dull aching pain in the left upper abdomen of 2-year duration. He had no significant medical, surgical or family history. Relevant blood tests and chest skiagram were normal.

Outcome of single-sitting bilateral type 1 tympanoplasty in Indian patients.

Tympanoplasty is the standard and well established procedure for closure of tympanic membrane perforations. Traditionally each ear drum is taken up for grafting sequentially in two different sittings, which leads to huge increase in operation cost, time and discomfort to the patient. Since, simultaneous bilateral tympanic membrane grafting could be quite safe and helpful to the patients, we performed the same in 32 patients with bilateral (64) ear drum perforations due to chronic suppurative otitis media.

Association between reproductive factors and breast cancer in an urban set up at central India: a case-control study.

Background: Epigenetic changes, geography and environmental factors do surpass the genetic factors in the development of breast cancer. This study investigates the association of reproductive factors with the breast cancer in this context.

Objective: To detect the association of reproductive risk factors with breast cancer in an urban set up at central India.