An Interesting Case of Disappearing Murmur

Cardiovascular manifestations in a patient with congestive heart failure, which disappeared in short course of time, ignited the idea to think of unusuality from common rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Cardiac events that reversed within 2 days of admission in a chronic alcoholic, whose diagnosis puzzled us, are presented here. A retrospective conclusion of wet beri-beri is made, as all the haemodynamic sequelae vanished with thiamine replacement.

A Case of Macrocytic Anaemia with Paraplegia due to Tuberculosis

A case of macrocytic anaemia with tuberculosis and paraplegia is very rare. This paper discusses the case of a patient who presented with fever and paraplegia, duly diagnosed as spinal tuberculosis, and showed considerable improvement with anti-tubercular regimen and treatment with vitamin B12.