Lichen planus following hepatitis B vaccination in an African girl.

abstract：:Transverse myelitis typically extends two or less spinal segments, whereas longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) extends three or more spinal segments in length and may occasionally span all the segments of the spinal cord. We present a case of spinal tuberculosis presenting with LETM with true lower motor...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Goyal MK,Lal M

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-specific clinical presentations and paraclinical findings in osteoarticular brucellosis may mimic many other diseases and other causes of arthritis which could lead to misdiagnosis and mismanagement. We studied retrospectively the records of 232 patients with osteoarticular brucellosis who were admitted to the thr...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Janmohammadi N,Roushan MR

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assessment of the efficacy and satisfaction of women in active labour having digital cervical stretching compared to women who did not have this intervention. Ours was a randomised controlled trial at a tertiary centre in India. Low-risk women at term with vertex presentation in active labour with ruptured membrane...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Rosario DP,Abraham A,Rathore S,Benjamin SJ,Jeyaseelan V,Mathews JE

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accidental opium intoxication in children is an extremely dangerous poisoning if it remains undiagnosed and untreated. The classic triad of miosis, decreased level of consciousness and bradypnea, which are the hallmarks of opiate intoxication, are used for the diagnosis of opium poisoning in adults and children. Littl...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Zamani N,Sanaei-Zadeh H,Mostafazadeh B

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and three patients with intestinal gangrene were managed in Ile-Ife, Nigeria over a 10-year period. The overall mortality in the series was 25.2%. Strangulated hernias were responsible for 65 cases (63%), intussusception 20.4%, adhesions 11.7% and volvulus 2.9%. Avoidable deaths resulted from anastomotic b...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Fashakin EO

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granuloma multiforme (GM) is a chronic granulomatous skin condition which is clinically characterised by annular lesions mainly over sun-exposed areas and histologically by focal necrobiosis and histiocytic granulomas. Its significance lies in the fact that it can clinically resemble tuberculoid leprosy and hence it c...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Bhatia S,Shenoi SD,Pai K,Ps S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Malawi, pre-hospital care assistance is mainly provided by laypersons who witnessed the event. The aim of our study was to determine the knowledge and skills of such persons who bring victims of road traffic crashes to hospital. The study was conducted at Adult Emergency and Trauma Centre at Queen Elizabeth Central...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Sheikh S,Mulwafu W,Gondwe WTM,Nyirenda M,Mbomuwa F,Chokhotho L

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common form of skin cancer and frequently arises in the sun-exposed skin of middle-aged and elderly individuals. We retrospectively reviewed 443 patients managed for SCC (cutaneous and non-cutaneous) in our hospital from January 1979 to December 2002. The age distributi...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Adigun IA,Buhari MO,Ayorinde RO

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-seven patients underwent cholecystectomy without intraoperative cholangiography. Patients were selected using clinical and investigatory parameters. One patient had a negative common bile duct exploration. During the follow-up period of 2 1/2-3 1/2 years, all patients remained symptomatically and sonologically ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Puthu D,Chitnis AR

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leprosy remains an important public health and social issue in South Asia, particularly in India. Its presence in childhood is an immense social burden because of the associated disabilities and widely prevalent misconceptions regarding communicability and treatment potential. The prevalence of leprosy among children ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Sachdeva S,Amin SS,Khan Z,Sharma PK,Bansal S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In October 1989, cases of human plague started to occur in Boteti district of Botswana. One hundred and seventy cases were recorded in total from 15 October 1989 to 6 April 1990. There were 12 deaths, giving a case fatality rate of 7%. All cases were of the bubonic type. A concerted control strategy based on sentinel ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kumaresan JA,Grova JB,Mmatli PK,Maganu ED

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the practices of traditional tooth extraction and highlight the complications. ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ellis J,Arubaku W

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study finds that pregnant mothers in India should receive prenatal screening for hepatitis B in order to prevent perinatal transmission and spread of the infection within the larger community. Neonates who contract hepatitis B will have an almost 90% risk of developing chronic hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Sriprakash I,Anil TP

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a short report describing the clinical presentation, investigations, treatment and outcome of a patient living in the Jamaican countryside who was diagnosed with a live, motile subfoveal helminth identified as Angiostrongylus cantonensis on optical coherence tomography at the University Hospital of the West In...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Sawh R,Mowatt L

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Ear discharge is a common symptom encountered in clinical practice in the tropics. The aim of this paper is to highlight the practical management of otorrhoea from a general practitioner's perspective with special reference to the tropics and developing countries. ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kurien M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) is an extremely rare complication of malaria that has been well described in multiple case reports of Plasmodium falciparum and mixed infection. We present a case of malaria with isolated Pl. vivax infection complicated by SPG. This index case is the first reported case of periphe...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Arora N,Gogna A,Kumar D,Puri K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In low-income countries, where surgical expertise and resources are limited, displaced supracondylar fractures of the distal humerus are routinely managed with traction or closed reduction and casting. This is in contrast to high-income nations, where percutaneous K-wire fixation forms the mainstay of treatment. The a...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Yeomans D,Graham SM,Mkandawire NC,Harrison WJ,Perry DC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A haemocholecyst is a clot-filled gallbladder caused by bleeding into its lumen. It is a rare entity with fewer than 50 cases reported in the English literature. Preoperative diagnosis is often not possible even with good quality cross-sectional imaging. Here, we present a case of a gallbladder mass, whose nature was ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ray S,Ghosh R,Khamrui S,Kumar Das A,Saha S,Kumar D

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is an uncommon disease characterised by eosinophilic infiltration in the gastrointestinal tract. EGE may involve more than one layer of the gastrointestinal tract. Clinical features depend on the layer and location which is involved. We report an unusual case of eosinophilic ascites ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kodan P,Shetty MA,Pavan MR,Kariappa A,Mahabala C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are a leading cause of mortality in low- and middle-income countries. We studied the spectrum, aetiology and outcome of CNS infections in 401 consecutive patients aged ≥12 years admitted at the medical emergency centre of PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. An aetiological diagnos...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kumar D,Pannu AK,Dhibar DP,Singh R,Kumari S

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AIDS support and prevention programs are poorly developed in developing nations. The difficulties of increasing AIDS awareness are compounded by illiteracy and lack of access of large numbers of people to formal education. These facts make community-based AIDS education, counselling and information service an essent...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Foster G

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a retrospective study based on pathology reports of specimens reviewed at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) pathology laboratory in Lusaka, Zambia, from January 1997 to December 2005. UTH is the main reference hospital in Zambia and has a catchment area covering 1.3 million people. The most common cancer ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Bowa K,Wood C,Chao A,Chintu C,Mudenda V,Chikwenya M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out amongst workers of Twifo Oil Palm Plantations (TOPP), a large agro-based industry located in the tropical rain forest belt of the Central Region of Ghana in West Africa. The district abounds in streams and rivers, the biggest being the rapidly flowing River Pra which bisects the district. Si...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Krah CK

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scrub typhus and leptospirosis are bacterial zoonotic diseases reported from different parts of India, whose prevalence in Chhattisgarh is unknown. Our study was carried out to delineate the prevalence of these illnesses there and to assess the clinical profiles of rural and urban patients. A total of 169 patients wit...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Vikram K,Agarwala P,Bhargava A,Jain Y,Jagzape T,Wasnik P

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paediatric surgical disease is a neglected health problem. Patients travel great distances to tertiary level care for management. This study aimed at analysing referral patterns to design an outreach programme for paediatric surgery in KwaZulu Natal. Data forms of patients referred to the service between January and J...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Manickchund Y,Hadley GP

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eunuchs in India, commonly known as 'Hirjas', are under-represented and marginalized. They rarely access conventional health-provider systems due to mistrust and fear of censure. This is the story of Asha, who was brave enough to approach a community medicine resident in a municipal hospital for medical aid and counse...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Mukhopadhyay A,Chowdhury R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weighing children is one of the simplest, cheapest, and quickest methods of assessing the nutritional status of children. Regular weighing of children and recording the results on growth charts can be used to monitor the growth pattern of individual children and may promote early detection and prevention of growth-fa...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Abel R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated pancreatic and peripancreatic nodal tuberculosis may mimic pancreatic malignancy and may result in unnecessary surgery. Being a treatable disease, it is desirable to diagnose this condition without a laparotomy. Pancreatic tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a peripancreatic mas...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ray S,Das K,Ghosh R

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaemia in infancy is a very common clinical problem in the tropics and will continue to be common while infectious disease and poor nutrition prevail. In the diagnosis of anaemia in a child the clinician must expect a number of factors to be involved. On the basis of clinical features it is possible to arrive at a wo...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Wright SG

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accidental aspiration of kerosene is a common problem among children in developing countries. This descriptive study involved the retrospective analysis of children admitted with kerosene aspiration in a tertiary care hospital in South India for a year. Kerosene aspiration contributed to 60.4% of poisoning cases. Boys...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Venkatesh C,Sriram P,Adhisivam B,Mahadevan S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00