AN EMERGENCY C ASE OF TUBERCULOUS ILEAL PERFOR ATION

Ileal carcinoma and tuberculous ileitis.

A 76 year old woman presented with abdominal pain and weight loss. At laparotomy she was found to have an adenocarcinoma of the ileum arising in a segment of tuberculous ileitis. The possible significance of this association is discussed.

C ase S eries and R eview of L iterature

CASE REPORT 1 Fig 1:Intra Oral Swelling

An Appli ation of Agent

C Stem - cell therapy in retinal dise ase

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology 2009, 20:175–181 Purpose of review Stem-cell research is being investigated for the treatment of retina diseases. Cell replacement strategies have the potential to improve vision in patients who were previously considered to be untreatable. This review summarizes progress within the field and obstacles which must be overcome to make stem-cell therapy a viable tr...

USE OF LEUCOCYTE-ESTE R ASE AS A ME A NS OF TESTING SUITABILITY OF SPUTUM SPE CIMENS FOR LABORATORY EXAMIN ATION

The study has strived to compare the leucocyte-esterase stripe activity on sputum samples with gram-stained direct smear microscopy. This is for the demonstration of white blood cells (WBCs) and so to develop a simple method for selecting suitable sputum samples for cultural examination and laboratory diagnosis. . A total of 17(34.0%) out of 50 samples studied were shown to be unsuitable fo...