Diagnostic Quiz
   
     This column is intended to motivate practitioners for better diagnosis and anamnesis in case taking. There are two parts, one on imaging techniques and the other on cracking a case. E-mail or post your answers to us. If your answer matches with that of the expert panel you will be awarded a stethoscope. In case of more than one correct answer a lucky draw shall be held.
1. Radiological Quiz

A forty-five year-old female presented her complaints of pain in left heel since two years. A physician suggested X ray -lateral view of Tendo calcaneous area. After reading the X ray he suggested surgery. She consulted me to avoid surgery. The X ray taken is given here.

What is your Radiological Opinion?

- Dr. P.Mukundan, Salemi
2. Anamnesis
   

A twenty three year old, emaciated girl consulted me for her swelling in the neck region since three years. She had been diagnosed as hyperthyroid and presented the typical clinical picture like palpitation, tremour, irregularity in periods, hair loss, profuse sweating all over. Her mother informed she eats well, more than her needs but loses weight; and also said that her complaints are better by eating. She had tonsillitis in childhood and recently had suffered from fibroadenosis of her both breasts. She was unable to sit in a warm room and was very tired. The neck swelling was hard. She had exertional dyspnoea which was aggravated by least movement and once she was panicked with sqeezing pain the heart.

What is your similimum?

Dr.R.Gnanasambandam , Chennai
 
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WINNER

Dr.Akhtar Hussain Siddiqui, RaiBareli. Uttar Pradesh has won Homoeo Times March 2005 Diagnostic Quiz. He is awarded with a Stethoscope and an excellence certificate. He has been selected as lucky winner out of fifteen correct answers and total entries were Thirty eighty.

 ANSWERS for March 05

1. Radiological quiz -  Pan Sinusitis
2. Anamnesis         -  Graphites

Correct Answers received from
1. Dr.Pradeepa, Cuddalore
2. Dr.Ch.Raveendar, Gudivada
3. Dr.Bhavik Purohit, Ratalam
4. Principal. AJSMC, Mehsana
5. Pitambar Sahu, orissa
6. Dr.Akhtar Hussain Siddiqui, Rai-Bareli
7. Dr.J.Ashok, Salem
8. Dr.S.Saji, Palakad
9. Dr.Roopa Devi, Erode
10. Dr.S.Prasanth, Ernakulam
11. Suresh Atakari, Pune
12. Arun Prasad Mohan
13. Dr. Narendra Sharma, Bilaspur
14. Dr.S.Prasanth, Ernakulam
15. Dr.J.S Jeyalakshmi, Madurai