PURPOSE To investigate clinical, anatomic and electroretinographic changes in eyes that suffered blunt ocular trauma with commotio retinae. METHODS Patients who presented commotio retinae after unilateral blunt ocular trauma less then 72 hours before were submitted to visual acuity testing, biomicroscopy, binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy, fluorescein angiography, optical coherence tomography...

Background: There is no available data from Sudan reflecting the magnitude of the neurological disorders and disabilities in the pediatric age-group. This study aims to evaluate the pattern of neurological disorders among Sudanese children. Patients and Methods: This is a retrospective survey of children with epilepsy and other neurodisability disorders seen at pediatric neurology outpatient cl...

This study was done to determine the clinical course, cause and outcome of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) in children. All AFP cases (< 15 years) in the children's ward of Khulna Medical College Hospital (Bangladesh) were recorded, investigated and followed up to sixty days as a part of passive surveillance. Main outcome variables were vulnerable age group, vaccine status, predominant limb invol...

BACKGROUND The phenotype of individuals with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who exercise regularly is unknown. This study characterized the clinical profile of young athletes with HCM. METHODS AND RESULTS The electrical, structural, and functional cardiac parameters from 106 young (14-35 years) athletes with HCM were compared with 101 sedentary HCM patients. A subset of athletes with HCM e...

This prospective study was conducted in Mymensingh Medical College Hospital over a period of one year among the diagnosed patients of DVT in medicine units to find out the disease association and risk factors. Mean age of the patients at the time of diagnosis was 37.8years with a standard deviation of 12.73 years with an even distribution. There was a mild female preponderance (M: F=2:3). 72.5%...

To investigate the relationship between lethal violence and psychosis, the authors examined symptomatology, neuropsychological functioning, and the nature of perpetrator-victim relationships of patients with psychotic disorders who were committed to a forensic psychiatric hospital following violent, primarily criminal behavior. A severely violent group, composed primarily of psychotic patients ...

INTRODUCTION Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a fulminant polyradiculoneuropathy that is acute, frequently severe and autoimmune in nature. Etiology of GBS is incompletely understood, prognosis is usually good with early detection and prompt treatment. This retrospective study was done to evaluate clinical profile, epidemiological, laboratory, and electrodiagnostic features of patients with GBS...

BACKGROUND Nilotinib is a second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor with significant efficacy as first- or second-line treatment in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. Despite preclinical evidence indicating a risk of prolongation of the QT interval, which was confirmed in clinical trials, detailed information on nilotinib's cardiac safety profile is lacking. DESIGN AND METHODS Here, we...

BACKGROUND There are only a few landmark studies from the Indian subcontinent on fungal rhinosinusitis. The lack of awareness among clinicians regarding the varying clinical presentations of fungal rhinosinusitis prompted us to undertake this study. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence, etiologic basis, clinical features, radiologic features, and microscopic features of fungal rhinosinusitis...

Cluster headache is a rare form of severe idiopathic headache characterized by unilateral short-lasting episodes of excruciating pain in association with autonomic disturbances. Subcutaneous sumatriptan has been investigated as an acute treatment for cluster headache in two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trials. About 75% of patients given subcutaneous sumatriptan 6 mg ...