Sir,?Recently I read with interest the ' Report on the Occurrence of Naga Sore in Calcutta' by Drs. Panja and Ghosh in your January issue. In my sixteen years' practice, the disease was rarely found here; though it has been always endemic in the hilly parts 30 to 40 miles off from this tea estate. In 1942, some labourers who were sent for road work to the hills near the Burma border returned wi...

Note.?Single sores represent about 40 per cent of all cases. It is suggested that a single sore, naturally acquired, be allowed to run its course, if not on the face, and if protected from bites. The development of an active immunity from one infection with oriental sore is generally accepted. Inoculation with attenuated cultures of the parasite is being successfully carried out in some endemic...

Tina sore is known by different names in the Punjab and beyond the Indus, e.g., Delhi boil, Lahore sore, Multani sore ; in the Peshawar side of the frontier as Frontier sore, and in Sindh and Baluchistan as a Sindh sore. In the CYs-Indus Punjab, it is a well recognised and not uncommon sore, but its greatest prevalence is beyond the Indus. In Sindh and in Baluchistan it is exceedingly common. D...

To cite: Patel RV, Govani D, Patel R, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014204215 DESCRIPTION A 16-year-old girl presented with a history of tender, subcutaneous mass lesion in the right axilla with a nipple-like projection in the centre of it since birth. She had menarche at the age of 13 years and since then has this axillary mass lesion wh...

HYPOTHESIS Dissection of subnipple tissue to spare the entire skin envelope of the breast (total skin-sparing mastectomy) is a feasible option in appropriately selected patients and yields an excellent final cosmetic outcome. DESIGN Prospective surgical technique outcomes study. SETTING University-based breast care referral center. PATIENTS Total skin-sparing mastectomy with preservation ...

BACKGROUND To address those patients who do not meet anatomical criteria for nipple-sparing mastectomy, the authors use a staged approach: (1) mastopexy or breast reduction, (2) nipple-sparing mastectomy through the mastopexy incisions after a minimum of 3 to 4 weeks, and (3) the final reconstruction. METHODS Fifteen patients underwent nipple-sparing mastectomy at Georgetown University Hospit...

MD also helps to spare unnecessary surgery. In patients with nipple discharge, duct excision can be avoided in those with a normal ductoscopy. Nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) is cosmetically superior to traditional mastectomy but there are concerns about the oncological safety with nipple-areola preservation. MD can be employed to exclude major duct involvement and this may help to select patie...

introduction: post-operative sore throat and cough are common complications of endotracheal intubation. these conditions may be very distressing for the patient and may lead to unpleasant memories. this study was performed in order to determine whether beclomethasone and lidocaine spray could reduce the frequency of post-operative sore throat and hoarseness after tracheal extubation.  materials...