Hirschsprung's Disease and Allied Disorders,

Hirschsprungs disease with congenital hypothyroidism.

We report a female newborn baby who presented with vomiting and abdominal distension on day 21 of life. Examination revealed facial puffiness, open posterior fontanelles, dry skin, cold peripheries and prominent abdominal veins with visible peristalsis. Barium enema revealed dilated proximal colon, empty rectum, funnel like transition zone between proximal dilated and distal constricted bowel. ...

Leukæmia and Allied Disorders

Retinitis Pigmentosa and Allied Disorders

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a generic term for a group of disorders characterized by hereditary diffuse usually bilaterally symmetrical progressive dysfunction, cell loss and eventual atrophy of retina. Initially photoreceptors are involved and subsequently inner retina is damaged. Although both rods and cones are involved, damage to the rods is predominant. RP may be seen in isolation (Typica...

Suggestions on Chorea and Allied Nervous Disorders

investigation. The three diseases mentioned are usually classed together and under the beading of ? Diseases of the Nervous System." The present paper refers chiefly to cborea. A study of the literature of the disease, such as is possible in an isolated Indian station, modified by the observation of a choreic patient, has led to the following remarks. The patient under observation is a girl age...

Radiological findings in total colon aganglionosis and allied disorders.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to review the radiological findings of three cases of total colon aganglionosis (TCA), hypoganglionosis, and immature ganglionosis, and to compare the differences in diagnosis and follow-up of these three disease entities. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three neonates with neonatal onset of abdominal distension with vomiting were investigated, and the cases were dia...