Giagantomastia is a rare disorder known to occur in pregnancy, causing enlargement of the breasts greater than that of gravid enlargement. The histological features of gigantomastia are glandular hyperplasia and an increase ...

There is growing evidence of considerable burden of morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases and undernutrition in school children. This study describes the nutritional status and parasitic infections of school ...

A series of 71 patients with multiple measured biopsies of the gastroesophageal junctional region permitting assessment of the presence and length of different glandular epithelial types is presented. All but nine of 53 ...

Loss of ejaculation can follow transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). Periverumontanal prostate tissue is preserved in ejaculation-preserving TURP (ep-TURP). Knowledge of ejaculatory duct anatomy in relation to ...

Objective: To describe the prescription patterns of antiemetics in children in some selected districts of Sri Lanka and describe standard drug utilization variables, potential drug interactions, extent and types of irrational ...

Scrub typhus is a vector-borne disease caused by the pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi. We review the published literature for evidence on drug treatment in scrub typhus. Doxycycline has a proven efficacy in several trials ...

Background: The Asia-Pacific region is home to nearly half of the world’s population. The region has seen a recent rapid increase in the prevalence of obesity, type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The present ...

Midgut malrotation occurs due to variations of rotation and fixation of the intestine during fetal development. Over 90% of cases present during the neonatal period [1]. The reported incidence of adult midgut malrotation ...

Abstract Background: The burden of post-malaria cognitive impairment is often overlooked. Given the large number of infections occurring worldwide, the magnitude of the problem is likely to be substantial. The objectives ...