5 articles in this issue
Sheeja Rajan TM
India is globally recognized as a seat of ancient wisdom with encryptions about a sound anatomic knowledge and medical practice from even pre-Vedic times. From 23 medical colleges in pre-independent times, medical education service in India has grown toda... see more
Suresh S Pillai, Harisankar M
Nerve sheath tumors are among the most common intradural spinal tumors , but intraspinal cystic nerve sheath tumors are a rare entity. MR imaging forms the diagnostic modality of choice. We discuss here 5 cases of cystic schwannoma of the spine, of which ... see more
Nisha Rajmohan, Rolita Prathima Lobo, Nidhin Eldo, Suresh G Nair
Airway management is one of the most important hurdles when anaesthetizing a patient with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Awake fiberoptic intubation is the gold standard in such cases. We report two cases of AS where intubation was done successfully with a ... see more
Robin George, Manoj Bhaskaran, Anju Miriam Alex
Dengue fever (DF) is a rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral disease, which can present with haemorrhagic manifestations. This is case of a young male who presented with fever and hemoptysis. He was diagnosed to have DF with post nasal bleeding (spurious... see more
Maha Mohammed Ali, Rajesh MC, Sylesh Aikot, Pradeep PV, Ramalingam Trivikraman, Avruthi Kacha
Insulinoma is a predominantly benign and rare neuroendocrine tumour. It was first described by Harris et al. In 1923, he introduced the clinical possibility of spontaneous “hyperinsulinism”, in patients with blood sugars below 70mg/dl whose symptoms impro... see more