Dermoid cyst of ovary

The patient was a 23 years unbooked primigravida who presented through emergency with the history of gestational amenorrhea of 12 weeks and acute pain in the left iliac fossa for the last 3 hours. Urgent ultrasound revealed viable pregnancy of 12 weeks along with a large left ovarian cyst of heterogenous echogenicity. A diagnosis of torsion of right ovarian cyst was made and immediate laparotomy was done after counseling of the family and preparing the patient. Per-operatively, it was found that left ovarian cyst had undergone torsion. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of dermoid cyst

Treacherous ovarian tumours

A 47 years old P7 A0 presented with history of gradually increasing abdominal mass and menorrhagia for the last six months. Pelvic ultrasound showed enlarged uterus with multiple fibroids of varying sizes with bilateral, large ovarian tumours with solid elements and hypoehoic thick fluid with septations. CT scan also confirmed same findings. Staging Laparotomy was performed which confirmed the findings of ultrasound and CT scan. Total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was done along with peritoneal washings for cytology. Histopathology showed uterine fibroids, simple endometrial hyperplasia and Bilateral Mucinous cyst Adenomas of ovary with no evidence of malignancy

Diarrhea in children due to enterotoxigenic escherichia coli

Two hundred and ten cases of diarrhoea were investigated for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. Sixty eight [32.4%] yielded ETEC strains of which fifty seven [27.0%] were LT producers and six [2.9%] were ST producers. Drug sensitivity pattern indicate the effectiveness of gentamicine, streptomycin and chloramphenicol at a higher, rate