8 results match your criteria: "Pratima institute of medical sciences[Affiliation]"

Introduction: Distal humerus fractures constitute around 0.2 to 7% of all fractures, 30% of all humerus fractures, most common in young adults, are due to high energy trauma and in old age due to osteoporosis. A common step in all currently available approaches is to identify the ulnar nerve, expose, mobilise, and retract this from its surrounding bed or in situ release.

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COVID-19 is highly contagious pathogenic viral infection initiated from Wuhan seafood wholesale market of China on December 2019 and spread rapidly around the whole world due to onward transmission. This recent outbreak of novel coronavirus (CoV) was believed to be originated from bats and causing respiratory infections such as common cold, dry cough, fever, headache, dyspnea, pneumonia, and finally Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in humans. For this widespread zoonotic virus, human-to-human transmission has resulted in nearly 83 lakh cases in 213 countries and territories with 4,50,686 deaths as on 19 June 2020.

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Background: The study was conducted to know the various histopathological variants of meningiomas, the age incidence and sex ratio.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective and prospective analysis of all the samples sent for histopathology for 2 years during June 2013-May 2015 was done to diagnose meningioma and its variants. Cases were analyzed in detail about the complete clinical history, exact location, and clinical and radiological diagnosis.

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The spectrum of histopathological lesions in scarring alopecia: a prospective study.

J Clin Diagn Res

July 2013

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Pratima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India .

Introduction: The aim of the article was to study the histopathological features of various lesions of Scarring Alopecia (SA) and to classify Primary SA on the basis of the predominant type of inflammatory cell component. Scarring or cicatricial alopecias are those that are produced as a result of the malformation, damage or destruction of the pilosebaceous follicles, which are replaced by cicatricial tissue, in such a way that they cannot again produce hair.

Material And Methods: This prospective study included 32 biopsy - proven cases of SA, who had attended our hospital.

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Malignant hypertension is a complication of hypertension characterized by elevated blood pressure (200mm/140mm Hg), is considered a medical emergency and is rarely secondary to paraganglioma. Malignant hypertension is unique in its relationship to a catecholamine secreting paraganglioma. We present two rare cases of malignant hypertension associated with paraganglioma of tonsil and urinary bladder.

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Objective: Studies addressing sex differences in the symptoms and course of bipolar affective disorder had been investigated across different phase of bipolar affective disorder. There are few studies in manic phase that have reported inconsistent results. Therefore, we investigated sex difference in symptom presentation of manic episode.

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Larva currens in a case of organophosphorous poisoning.

Indian J Med Microbiol

April 2006

Department of Microbiology, Pratima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar - 505 417, Andhra Pradesh, India.

A 20-year-old healthy farmer consumed organophosphorous poison. On third day he developed diarrhoea and on fourth day linear serpiginous ulcers appeared on both buttocks. Clinically lesions were considered as decubitus ulcers.

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