Journal of Enam Medical College

The Journal of Enam Medical College is a peer-reviewed biannual journal and publishes original papers, reviews concerned with recent practices, case reports of exceptional merits and images in clinical medicine. Authors are invited to submit articles in all the fields of medicine, with a wide spectrum of coverage including clinical medicine, basic sciences, epidemiology, diagnostics, therapeutics, public health and standards of health care in relation to the concerned specialty.

List of Papers (Total 387)

A 50-Year-Old Male with Dapsone Hypersensitivity Syndrome

Dapsone, diamino-diphenyl sulfone, is an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drug which is used worldwide for treating many diseases, such as leprosy, dermatitis herpetiformis, linear IgA bullous dermatosis, chronic bullous dermatosis of childhood, bullous eruption of systemic lupus erythematosus, erythema elevatum diutinum, leukocytoclastic vasculitis, polyarteritis nodosa and...

Unusual Foreign Bodies in the Lower Genitourinary Tract

Foreign body in the lower genitourinary tract is a relatively rare occurrence. A variety of foreign bodies have been reported in the literature. Commonly reported condition under which foreign bodies are introduced into genitourinary tract is autoeroticism. The highest incidence occurs in homosexuals, lesbians and masochism. But self-introduction of foreign body in the vagina in...

Juvenile Onset Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis Presenting as Calcinosis Cutis

Dermatomyositis (DM) is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder characterized by involvement of muscles and skin. Classical dermatomyositis (CDM) patients display the hallmark cutaneous manifestations of dermatomyositis (DM), proximal muscle weakness, and laboratory evidence of myositis. Rarely, DM presents with cutaneous features of the disease without muscle involvement for a...

Rheumatological Manifestations of Diabetes Mellitus ─ An Update

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic condition and a major public health problem. It is associated with many musculoskeletal manifestations which are usually under-recognized and poorly treated, as compared to other complications like neuropathy, nephropathy and retinopathy. These manifestations affect the joints, soft tissues and the bones leading to alterations in...

Per-vaginal Findings among the Women with Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Dhaka City

Background: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a major health problem for adult female. Women presented with pelvic inflammatory diseases give different per-vaginal findings. So we designed this study to assess the per-vaginal findings among the women presented with pelvic inflammatory diseases.Objective: The purpose of the present study was to measure the pervaginal findings...

Seroprevalence of Subclinical HEV Infection in Healthy Pregnant Urban Dwellers of Bangladesh: Identification of Possible Risk Factors

Background: Hepatitis caused by hepatitis E Virus (HEV) is not uncommon in developing countries. It is usually a self-limiting conferring immunity against subsequent infection. However, HEV infection during pregnancy results in varying degree of morbidity, often fatal. The present study was designed to find out the seroprevalence of subclinical HEV infection during pregnancy at...

Pattern of Sputum Bacteriology in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of chronic morbidity and mortality worldwide. Acute exacerbation is an acute and sustained worsening of a patient’s condition from a stable state (beyond normal day-to-day variations) and it is caused in majority by infectious agents, particularly bacteria.Objectives: The aim of this study was to find out...

Analgesic Effects of Pre-induction Low-dose Ketamine on Post-tonsillectomy Patients

Background: Post-operative pain management aims to decrease pain intensity with patient comfort and to improve post-operative outcome. Multimodal analgesia is currently recommended for effective post-operative pain control with lower total doses of analgesics and fewer side effects.Objective: To compare the analgesic effect of pre-induction low-dose ketamine against conventional...

Identification of Bacterial Isolates from Endotracheal Aspirate of Patients in Intensive Care Unit and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern

Background: Nosocomial infections have been discussed as a critical issue among intubated patients leading to significant morbidity and mortality. Tracheal colonization of different bacteria may be responsible for added or superinfections and may increase the risk of mortality. Irrational use of antibiotics also increases the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria.Objectives: We...

Dyspepsia: A Common Medical Condition

Abstract not availableJ Enam Med Col 2018; 8(2): 60-62

From the Desk of Editor-in-Chief Vol 8(2)

Abstract not availableJ Enam Med Col 2018; 8(2): 59

Rheumatological Manifestations of Diabetes Mellitus ─ An Update

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic condition and a major public health problem. It is associated with many musculoskeletal manifestations which are usually under-recognized and poorly treated, as compared to other complications like neuropathy, nephropathy and retinopathy. These manifestations affect the joints, soft tissues and the bones leading to alterations in...

Per-vaginal Findings among the Women with Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Dhaka City

Background: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a major health problem for adult female. Women presented with pelvic inflammatory diseases give different per-vaginal findings. So we designed this study to assess the per-vaginal findings among the women presented with pelvic inflammatory diseases. Objective: The purpose of the present study was to measure the pervaginal findings...

A 50-Year-Old Male with Dapsone Hypersensitivity Syndrome

Dapsone, diamino-diphenyl sulfone, is an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drug which is used worldwide for treating many diseases, such as leprosy, dermatitis herpetiformis, linear IgA bullous dermatosis, chronic bullous dermatosis of childhood, bullous eruption of systemic lupus erythematosus, erythema elevatum diutinum, leukocytoclastic vasculitis, polyarteritis nodosa and...

Reviewers in this Issue Vol. 8(1)

Abstract not availableJ Enam Med Col 2018; 8(1): 56

College News Vol.8(1)

Abstract not availableJ Enam Med Col 2018; 8(1): 55

A 45-Year-Old Male with Fahr’s Disease

Abstract not availableJ Enam Med Col 2018; 8(1): 53-54

Sarcoma Botryoides of Uterine Cervix in a 16-Year-Old Girl

Sarcoma botryoides of uterine cervix is a malignant neoplasm of cervix which accounts 0.2% of all the malignant tumours of the uterus and its peak incidence is between 14−18 years. Here we report a case of a 16-year-old newly married girl who presented with the complaint of vaginal bleeding for one and half months. Histopathology from cervical tissue revealed sarcoma botryoides...

Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood: Report of Two Cases

Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a rare disorder which presents before 18 months of age characterized by repeated attacks of hemiplegia involving either side of the body, paroxysmal disturbances,developmental delay and learning disability. The cause of AHC remains largely unknown and treatment evidence is less available. AHC is unreported in Bangladeshi literature. We...

Community-Based Rehabilitation in Bangladesh, Health Components Need to be Integrated with Primary Health Care

Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) is defined as a strategy within general community development for the rehabilitation, equalization of opportunities, poverty reduction and social inclusion of people with disabilities. The role of CBR is to work closely with the health sector to ensure that the needs of people with disabilities and their family members are addressed in the...

Profile of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D in Individuals Attending Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Dhaka

Background: In the last two decades, there has been increasing interest in the biology of vitamin D and a growing recognition is that vitamin D deficiency is common in tropical countries despite having ample sunshine. Myth of ‘routine exposure to sunshine does not require extra vitamin D’ results in severe asymptomatic vitamin D deficiency. Several factors like socio-economic...

Sonographic Evaluation of Effect of Smoking and Fatty Meals on Gallbladder

Background: It is well established that fatty food causes gallbladder contraction by releasing cholecystokinin (CCK). Smoking also causes contraction of gallbladder. There are a limited number of studies evaluating the effect of smoking and fatty meals on gallbladder motility by ultrasonography.Objective: The aim of this study is to see the effect of smoking on gallbladder...

Observation of Arteria Thyroidea Ima in Bangladeshi People: A Postmortem Study

Background: The thyroid is a brownish red, earliest endocrine gland in mammals. The blood flow to the thyroid gland is very high. The thyroid derives its arterial blood supply from three vessels; of these, the superior and inferior thyroid arteries are fairly constant. The third artery, the thyroidea ima, is an inconstant vessel. Diseases of thyroid may need surgical intervention...

Snake bites with Neuropsychiatric Presentation ─ A Study in Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

Background: Snake bite is a common medical emergency and one of the important causes of mortality and morbidity in hill tracts of Bangladesh. Neurological and psychiatric features predominate as both early and late features of snake bite patients and need to be identified correctly for proper management.Objective: The aim of this study was to find out the pattern of early and...