The varicella zoster virus belongs to the family of alpha herpes viridae which is responsible for both primary and recurring infections. Herpes zoster is a condition caused by the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus. The reactivation follows a suppressed immune system or a...
Methemoglobinemia is a potentially fatal condition, can be congenital but mainly acquired after intoxication by certain drugs. To this date there are very few cases associated with use of multiple drugs leading to methemoglobinemia. We report a patient who developed methemoglobin...
Background: Syringomyelia is a rare disorder in which a syrinx is formed in the spinal cord and it expands over the time, damaging the entire spinal cord. It shows low prevalence and is difficult to diagnose. Syringomyelia is a physically disabling condition and its symptoms are...
Medical identity fraud, which includes medical identity theft and impersonation, is becoming a source of concern to many healthcare institutions. The cases reported in this study were medical identity impersonation, which involves knowingly giving one’s health insurance card to b...
Aim: This study assessed the knowledge and attitude of nursing mothers towards umbilical cord care. Methods: The study was a descriptive and cross sectional in design. 388 respondents were randomly selected using multistage sampling technique. Data was collected using a validated...
Aim: The purpose of this work was to describe the way how primary cutaneous malignant melanoma can present with papillary features and hence mimicking malignant tumours which are commonly accompanied with papillary features such as papillary thyroid carcinoma. Presentation of Cas...
Type 2 MI (T2MI) was defined as myocardial infarction other than due to coronary artery disease (CAD), produced by disparity between supply and demand of oxygen .Cases were reported in literature where T2 MI was diagnosed even in presence of even 90 % block in coronaries, where ...
Introduction: Endometriosis is established as the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue, outside the lining of the uterine cavity. Endometriosis of the appendix is uncommon especially in our environment. A definitive diagnosis is customarily established following histo-pathologi...
Ataxia telangiectasia is a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder primarily characterized by cerebellar degeneration manifested as ataxia, telangiectasia, immunodeficiency, and cancer susceptibility and radiation sensitivity. Clinically A-T cases presents itself with...
Synovial cysts (SC) of the spine are defined as cystic swelling of the synovial sheaths commonly occurs in the lumbar region. Most of the patients with lumbar synovial cysts (LSC) usually occur in their fifth to sixth decade of life with a female predominance. The aetiology of LS...
We present a 40-year-old male who was admitted via the accident and emergency unit of the hospital on account of bleeding from the left ear following the injury sustained from road traffic accident about 10 hours prior to presentation.He sustained a head injury with left cerebros...
An autopsy diagnosis of biliary atresia was made in a month old male infant who died following prolonged bleeding that lasted for about 8 hours after circumcision by a non-trained local circumcision practitioner.
Most mandibular second molar has two canals in mesial root and one in distal. This report represents a case of mandibular second molar with three mesial and two distal root canals. To achieve the ideal goal of endodontic treatment, clinicians should be aware of the complicated co...
Gangliosidosis is a rare lysosomal storage disease. There have been about 200 cases reported, to date. The Overall prevalence at birth of GM1 Gangliosidosis is estimated to be 1 in 100,000 to 300,000. It is an inherited enzyme deficiency of beta-galactosidase, which results in th...
Wide spectrum of oral mucosal lesions can be caused by tobacco in any form. Tobacco use causes an array of changes in the oral cavity, from mucosal pigmentation to thickening, ulceration of the epithelium. Oral cancer and other oral mucosal lesions such as tobacco induced keratos...