Tuberculosis remains a global problem even after the excellent drugs available to cure it. Inappropriate and inadequate treatment leads to acquired drug resistance, which may result in treatment failure and spread of resistant organisms to other persons. Our study was aimed at finding out the current status of knowledge, attitude and practice of resident doctors and consultants medical institutes in two different parts of India. All the residents and consultants were given a questioner containing twenty questions based on WHO guidelines for treatment of tuberculosis and the positive responses were calculated. The results were tabulated in the form of percentage of correct responses to individual queries. 80 doctors responded by filling up the questioner. None of the respondents could correctly answer all 20 questions. Only four could answer more than 75% questions correctly and only 17 could answer at least 50% of the questions correctly. 17.5% respondents could not even answer 25% questions correctly. The details of answer to individual queries presents a dismal picture. This study looked at their present knowledge attitude and treatment practice of a very common but serious disease like tuberculosis and the inadequacy of our knowledge in this regards should make us think about reshaping our policies for managing tuberculosis.

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long term functional results of excision arthroplasty in treatment of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This retrospective study includes 35 patients of TMJ ankylosis who were treated by excision arthroplasty and followed for a maximum period of eight years after surgery. Past trauma was documented as a major etiological factor in 63% cases. Fibrous ankylosis & unilateral involvement was found to be more common. Peroperatively a gap of 1 1/2 to 2 cm was created. The results were assessed according to a criteria based on inter-incial month opening, deviation of jaw and complications. They were satisfactory in 29 cases and there were 3 recurrences. CONCLUSION: Childhood trauma is a major cause of TMJ ankylosis in India. Long term results of excision arthroplasty are satisfactory & comparable to other surgical modalities that are in vogue, provided the patients are operated when young, the ankylosis is in early stage, gap created is adequate and post operative exercise regimen is followed diligently.

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Hyperthyroidism in the elderly often presents diagnostic challenges. Elderly patients rarely present with classical signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism. More commonly, their presentation is ayical which leads to a delay in making a diagnosis. Such delays can sometimes decrease the functional capacity of the affected patient and reduce their chance for recovery. Herein we report a 66-year-old woman whose diagnosis of hyperthyroidism was delayed. Standard therapies were ineffective. Plasmapheresis was performed to control the manifestations of the hyperthyroid state, resulting in improvement in the patient's condition.

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Infantile tremor syndrome is characterized by coarse tremors, mental and physical retardation, light colored brown hair, skin pigmentation and anemia. Amongst the theories proposed for the etilogy of the disorder, the nutritional theory is most accepted. In this case report, we have presented a fourteen-month-old male child with ITS and documented zinc deficiency. Though most of the previous workers have proposed vitamin-B12 deficiency as the etimology for ITS, our report suggests that zinc deficiency could also have a causative role.

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A rare case of sclerosing mediastinitis in a 38 year old male is described. This interesting case illustrates how a seemingly benign fibrosing condition may lead to disastrous and fatal complications.

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