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The practice of dermoscopy in dental and oral examination is low due to less popularity and not well established of the diagnostic tool in dental practice. The dermoscopy examination provides a specific dermoscopes details for pigmented papillary fungiform of tongue (PPFT) as cobblestone appearance and rose-petal appearance. With this dermoscopes details serves as a non-invasive diagnostic tool and prevents biopsy procedure.

We performed a systematic review to evaluate the published papers related to pigmented papillary fungiform on the tongue, aiming to understand the diagnostic role of dermoscopy examination in pigmented papillary fungiform.

Initial result was 136 studies. Final exclusion of 27 articles was made based on the following factors reports with no clinical images, studies that did not confirm the diagnosis of PPFT and studies that did not use the dermoscopes details. Finally, seventeen studies with nineteen cases, reported of pigmented papillary fungiform of the tongue. Six studies (consist six cases) reported the dermoscopy and histopathology diagnosis of pigmented papillary fungiform, eleven studies (consist thirteen cases) reported only the dermoscopy. The dermoscopy examination presented cobblestone appearance is 47.37% and rose petal appearance is 52.63%. The comparation study by histopathology diagnosis was done, revealed no specific appearances.

The clinical appearance and dermoscopy is the key for diagnosis of the papillary fungiform on the tongue. Further research is needed for determining the etiology and predisposing factor in papillary fungiform so that the possibility of developing this condition can be predicted and proper treatment could be performed.
The clinical appearance and dermoscopy is the key for diagnosis of the papillary fungiform on the tongue. Further research is needed for determining the etiology and predisposing factor in papillary fungiform so that the possibility of developing this condition can be predicted and proper treatment could be performed.The road to the delivery of high-quality cleft surgery into communities in the LMIC is beset with numerous hurdles. These include the availability of trained health care personnel, the availability of infrastructure in health care, parent awareness of the need for timely interventions in these children, presence of affordable treatment centres with adequate means of transport to and from these facilities for patients coming from the interior rural locations, but most importantly, the financial considerations that are the underlying limitations in most of these above mentioned considerations. We would like to approach this problem by describing the evolution of our own centre over several decades. Our centre, The Charles Pinto Centre for Cleft lip and palate at the Jubilee Mission Hospital is located in Thrissur, in the beautiful state of Kerala. In the late 1950s, Dr HS Adenwalla who had trained under experts in the art of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in Mumbai joined the hospital and transformed it through sheer dedication and meticulous clinical expertise into a major hub for treatment and also training in this speciality. In this endeavour he was greatly helped by non governmental organizations of which Smile Train deserves special mention in view of its model of functioning, empowering local partners by adequate funding for treatment, training and establishment of infrastructure, while ensuring strict adherence to safety standards. We believe that it is essential that there should be trained and dedicated health care personnel who are willing to treat such patients without an eye on the monetary benefits accrued, and also enough funding either from the government or from the NGOs to provide equipment and infrastructure for safe, high quality and accessible treatment and the establishment of multidisciplinary management. Lastly, the patients should also be made aware of the need for timely treatment and long-term follow- up.Nonalcoholic pancreatogenic diabetes mellitus (type 3c DM) is an often-misdiagnosed entity usually seen in young men of tropical countries. Although most of the patients present with abdominal pain and symptoms of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, there is still a subset that does not present with these classical symptoms, which emphasizes the need for special diagnostic considerations. The significance of identifying this subset of diabetic lies not only in the change in management of the disease but also in early detection for pancreatic carcinoma that is more common among those patients. In our case, ultrasound with X-ray played a vital role in diagnosis, prompting us to consider it as an essential part of the investigation panel in all newly diagnosed nonobese diabetic individuals.Post-traumatic hypoxia can be due to different causes, namely airway problems, pneumothorax, hemothorax, lung contusion, flail chest, traumatic diaphragmatic injuries (TDI), aspiration due to low sensorium, a respiratory paradox in cervical spine injury, severe hypotension, etc., It is a great challenge to identify the cause of hypoxia in a trauma setting because the contributing factors can be multiple or can be a remote cause, which is often missed out. Here, we describe a 50-year-old female who presented to our emergency department with Post-traumatic hypoxia whose sensorium, blood pressure, chest X-ray, E-FAST computed tomography of brain, and other baseline investigation were completely normal, diagnosed later as TDI with the help of diaphragmatic ultrasound and computed tomography of thorax.Ultrasonography (US) and power Doppler US (PDUS) are used worldwide for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Superb microvascular imaging (SMI) is a good tool for evaluating inflammatory activity. Thermal imaging is a noncontact, noninvasive procedure using skin temperature measurement. We report a case wherein the thermal and ultrasound images of the hand are compared and evaluated for inflammatory activity in patients with RA. Case US imaging of the left hand of a 75-year-old woman with RA revealed a hypoechoic lesion of the left wrist joint. PDUS and SMI evaluated blood flow according to the blood flow at Grade 2. Ipatasertib The temperature of the hypoechoic lesion with high blood flow was higher than that of the same location on the opposite side. This study shows that combining thermal and blood flow images may be useful for detecting inflammatory activity levels in RA patients.Hemodialysis catheters are commonly placed in the major central vein for the purpose of dialysis. Coiling or looping of guidewire is a rare but reported complication of a central vascular catheter insertion. We report a case in which we encountered a rare complication of looping of the guidewire used for dialysis catheter placement and how we correctly diagnosed and repositioned it under ultrasound guidance. A 68-yearold man diagnosed with Carcinoma of Pyriform Fossa admitted in our ICU had Acute Renal Failure. An attempt to insertion of hemodialysis catheter in left internal jugular vein was made. Following successful puncture, the guide wire was threaded through needle. After five centimeter length of guide wire was threaded, resistance was felt and a loop of guidewire was visualized which was abutting the posterior wall of vein in out-of-plane view, creating a dual-point echogenicity. Under ultrasound guidance, we slowly pulled out the guidewire till the loop disappeared.The catheter was then inserted without repeat puncture of the vessel, thus preventing chance of thrombosis by repeated attempts. Real time USG guidance not only improves the success rates but also decreases the number of attempts and complications related to hemodialysis catheterization. Moreover, it benefits the patients by reducing the risks and discomforts of the procedure by reducing the duration of cannulation. The intelligent use of real-time ultrasound guidance in each step of the central venous catheterization is absolutely the need of the hour to prevent catastrophic yet preventable complications.Patients with stroke commonly experience limb spasticity, which can prevent functional recovery and cause functional disability, due to muscle tightness and joint stiffness in the affected limb. Using the ability of ultrasound (US) to visualize nerves, we successfully performed US-guided neurolysis of the motor branch of the ulnar nerve in Guyon's canal, while avoiding injury of its sensory branch, in a 63-year-old woman with upper limb poststroke spasticity. We believe that our method has the merit of precluding the development of neuropathic pain, following injury to the sensory branch of the ulnar nerve. Moreover, our method reduces operation time and perioperative pain.
The ultrasound-infraclavicular block (US-ICB) is a popular and efficient block for below-elbow surgeries. However, the vascular anatomy of infraclavicular area close to the brachial plexus has remained unresearched. We aimed to explore the presence of aberrant vasculature in the infraclavicular area that could pose a contraindication to US-ICB.

In this retrospective observational study, we reviewed the US images of patients undergoing below-elbow surgery under US-ICB. Before performing the block, a scout scan of parasagittal infraclavicular areas was performed and the scan images were saved. The primary objective was to find the prevalence of aberrant vasculature due to which the US-ICB was abandoned. The secondary objective was to understand the pattern and position of the aberrant vessels.

Out of 912 patients, 793 patients underwent surgery under US-ICB and in 119 patients (13.05%), the USG-ICB was abandoned due to aberrant vasculature close to the brachial cords and intended position of the needle tip. The anomalous vessels were identified in the lower inner, lower outer, and upper outer quadrants around the axillary artery (AA). Some of these vascular structures also had classical patterns which we described as "satellites," "clamping," or "hugging" of the AA.

Anomalous vascular structures in the infraclavicular area were seen in 13.05% of patients planned for US-ICB. We, therefore, recommend, that a thorough scout US scan should be mandatorily performed ICB and in the presence of aberrant vascular structures, an alternative approach to brachial plexus block may be adopted.
Anomalous vascular structures in the infraclavicular area were seen in 13.05% of patients planned for US-ICB. We, therefore, recommend, that a thorough scout US scan should be mandatorily performed ICB and in the presence of aberrant vascular structures, an alternative approach to brachial plexus block may be adopted.
Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery is an incisionless energy-based thermal method that is used for ablating tumors in the veterinary clinic.

In this article we describe a prototype of a veterinary system compatible with magnetic resonance imaging intended for small-to-medium-sized companion animals that was developed and tested
in adult rabbits.

Real-time monitoring of the ablation during the experiment was possible with MR thermometry. Experiments involved thermal monitoring of sonications applied in the thigh of the rabbits. A 38-mm diameter transducer operating at 2.6 MHz was used with a 60-mm-focal length. The robotic system employed 3 linear axes and one angular axis. For this study, only X and Y axis were enabled. Due to the target size limitations, motion in Z and Θ was not needed. The functionality of the positioning device was evaluated by means of MR thermometry, demonstrating sufficient heating and accurate motion in both axes of operation.

The postmortem findings confirm the ability of the system to induce thermal ablations
in the absence of adverse effects.
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