A case of periodic hypokalemic paralysis in a patient with celiac disease.

A 4-year-old male child presented with recurrent episodes of diarrhoea for 6-months, each episode associated with weakness of all four limbs and documented hypokalemia who on examination had some pallor, short stature, flaccid quadriparesis with absent DTR. The patient responded clinically and biochemically to potassium supplement. TTG and Intestinal biopsy confirmed celiac disease.

Silica associated mixed connective tissue disorder in a stone crusher.

Silica exposure has been implicated with the development of various connective tissue diseases. We report a case of 32-year-old stone crusher who developed silicosis with mixed connective tissue disorder (MCTD) 6 years after exposure to silica. This association of silicosis with MCTD has never been reported from the Indian subcontinent, although the problem of this pneumoconiosis remains rampant.

Congenital lobar emphysema and intercostal drainage tube insertion: the common fate of an uncommon disease.

Congenital Lobar Emphysema (CLE) is one of the rare cystic malformations of the lung. This malformation is generally confused with pneumothorax of the lung and most often, the placement of an intercostal drainage tube is entertained in an emergency situation, but the non- improvement of the distress and non-expansion of the lung are eye openers for a treating paediatrician. We are describing a case of a 26 days old baby who presented with respiratory distress in the Emergency Department.

An experience with 156 patients attending a newly organized pain and palliative care clinic in a tertiary hospital.

Context: Pain and palliative care clinic (PCC).

Aims: The primary object of this study was to enumerate the demographic characteristics of patients attending a newly organized PCC. The secondary purpose was to detect symptom prevalence and frequency of different cancers in these patients.

Evaluation of Microleakage in Class II Cavities using Packable Composite Restorations with and without use of Liners.

The advent of the esthetic era and advances in adhesive technology saw the emergence of resin composite materials. But the problem of polymerization shrinkage remained. This was due to the contraction of the resin during curing inducing internal and interfacial stresses at the tooth restoration interface, leading to gap formation and subsequent micro-leakage.

Diagnosis of sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (Rosai-Dorfman Disease) by fine needle aspiration cytology.

Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (Rosai-Dorfman disease) is a rare benign disease of unknown etiology presenting with massive lymphadenopathy. These cases can often be misdiagnosed as lymphoma. Hence, it is important to distinguish Rosai-Dorfman disease from lymphoma and other causes of histiocytosis because of the different treatment modalities.

Neurocysticercosis in a north Indian hospital.

In endemic regions, neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most commonly diagnosed parasitic disease of the central nervous system, and the most common cause of convulsions and hydrocephalus in adults. During January 2000-December 2006, serum samples collected from patients presenting with various manifestations with a clinical diagnosis of cysticercosis and/or relevant computed tomography findings were subjected to an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test for NCC. Anti-cysticercus antibodies were detected in 155 of the 1096 (14.