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A 4-year-old boy presented with metastases in the spermatic cord and ribs 2 years after treatment for a primary medulloblastoma (MB). The testis was free of tumor. A MB presenting with a metastasis to the spermatic cord has not been reported to date. The role of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt in promoting such spread should be considered in planning management.
A prospective study was carried out on 1500 patients attending the Gynaecology outpatient department of three referral hospitals in Dhaka City. These patients were selected on some selected clinical criteria to correlate several clinical markers (clinical down staging) with that of Pap's smear for early detection and secondary prevention of cancer cervix. Speculum examination and Pap's smear were done in all cases. Among 1500 women, 224 had abnormal Pap's smear. Histologic examination of specimens from these cases showed chronic cervicitis in 45 cases, dysplasia in 84 and squamous cell carcinoma in 95. Carcinoma was found in 130. Thus, there were 297 Pap's smear negative cases were biopsied on clinical ground. 225 cases of invasive carcinoma. From this study, it seems that clinical downstaging with cytology programme has to be started immediately throughout the country for diagnosis of carcinoma of the cervix in its preinvasive and potentially curable stage.
Visceral leishmaniasis, which is also known as kala-azar, reappeared in Bangladesh during the 1980s, approximately 7-8 years after large-scale use of DDT had been abandoned by the malaria eradication programme in the country. Pabna, Mymensingh and Rajshahi were the regions most affected with kala-azar. The article presents a historical review and information about the present status of leishmaniasis in Bangladesh together with control strategies and a proposed plan of operation.
About half of the total population of the country are women and without their active participation no development programme can be achieved. This study involved a total number of 690 trainees from 23 upazilas of different districts in Bangladesh. The results obtained from both pre and post tests were compared and analyzed to find out the impact of the mobile training programme on nutrition. The mean age of the trainees was 29.54. The mean number of children per trainee was 3.73 and the mean income was close to Taka 1048.26. Analysis of the results regarding knowledge of the training about nutrition at pre and post training stages reveal that at post training stage they were more aware of the importance of nutrition. The difference in knowledge level at pre and post training stages was statistically significant (P less than .001).
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