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. Visual Quiz
 

Which one of the following is the most likely diagnosis of the lesion shown in the picture?

1. Alopecia Areata

2. Alopecia Universalis

3. Alopecia toatalis

- Dr. P.Mukundan, Salem

2. Anamnesis
   
 
       A boy aged 23 years came to me with recurrent apthaes mouth since three years. Small rounded ulcers are seen in lips, cheeks and tongue; Bleeded easily on touch and mouth was dry. Initially he had tried all systems of medicines and vitamins.
Before

       His complaints vanished while taking the medication and returned back. He was easily frightened by sudden noises. His face becomes very anxious while getting down from stairs and thinks that he would fall. I prescribed a medicine to him. Apthaes disappeared with in a month and the boy is totally free from complaints now. Can you guess the similimum,

which has cured his complaint?

 
After
Dr.R.Gnanasambandam , Chennai
 
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WINNER

Dr. Nader Moradi, Tabriz, Iran has won Homoeo Times July 2005 Diagnostic Quiz. He is awarded with a Stethoscope and an excellence certificate. He has been selected as lucky winner out of six correct answers and total entries were forty-three.

 ANSWERS for July 05

1. Visual quiz -  Small pox
2. Anamnesis -  Terebinth

Correct Answers received from
  1. Dr.Nader Moradi,Iran
  2. Dr.S.Prasanth,Ernakulam
  3. Dr.G.D.Motwani ,Bilaspur
  4. Dr.M.Rajkumar,Salem
  5. Dr.Phiji ananth Kumar, Kannur
  6. Dr.Manoj kumar Uthranjal