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

     A boy aged 10 years had nasal discharge since two days with fever. He did not respond to any treatment,. Later on the eleventh day, his face presented few maculopapular rashes which rapidly on the next day spread to neck and trunck, His eyes were red , looked tired and complained pain all over the body. I examined his mouth, which showed some whitish lesion on the cheek .


       
Which one of the following is the most likely sign ?

1. Aphthous lesion
2. Koplik's spot
3. Candidiasis

 

- Dr. P.Mukundan, Salem

2. Anamnesis
   
       A fatty, chubby boy with short neck aged 8 years was brought to me for sinusitis. His vision was normal. His X ray for PNS confirmed bilateral frontal and maxillary sinusitis. Her mother told that he passes a tough, ropy greenish plugs from his nose every day and while sleeping salivation hung in strings. His headache in forehead and occiput was relieved after discharges. I examined his throat, the tonsils were normal, yellow coating at the base of the tongue and uvula was red and swollen. I prescribed a remedy, which cured his chronic complaint.

Can you guess the similimum, which has cured his complaint?

Dr.R.Gnanasambandam , Chennai
 
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Dignostic Quiz
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WINNER

Dr.Kailash Chandra Sahoo,Orissa has won Homoeo Times October-2005 Diagnostic Quiz. He is awarded with a Stethoscope and an excellence certificate. He has been selected as lucky winner out of twenty correct answers and total entries were forty-five..

 ANSWERS for October-2005

1. Visual quiz -  Bell's Palsy
2. Anamnesis - Lachesis

Correct Answers received from

  1. Dr. S. Saji Palakad
  2. Dr. P. Victor Dass, Erode
  3. Dr. K. Padmavathi, Vijayawada
  4. Dr. K. Raju, Salem
  5. Dr. A. Abdul Aziz, Chennai
  6. Dr. O. V. Ramana, Guntur
  7. Dr. M. Kubendran, Chennai
  8. Dr. V.Sudha Lavenya, Villupuram
  9. Dr. K.R.Murali Mohan, Tumkur
  10. Dr. Pramendra Sharma, Mathura
  11. Dr. Ganapathy Naser, Tuticorin
  12. Dr. Rani Supriya, Erode
  13. Dr. L. Kannan, Chennai
  14. Dr. G.D. Motwani, Bilaspur
  15. Dr.Kalekar V.B, Maharashtra
  16. Dr.Kailash Chandra Sahoo, Orissa
  17. Dr Nitin S. Dhole, Aurangabad
  18. Dr. Vinay A Ishnava, Baroda
  19. Dr.S.Prasanth, Ernakulam
  20. Dr. Narendra Sharma, Bilaspur