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 patient aged 23 years old consulted me for his skin complaints. His trunk was full of circumscribed discoloured lesions with mild scaling. The photograph is given here. Which one of the following is the most likely diagnosis of the lesion shown in the picture?

1. Vitiligo

2. Leprosy

3. Tinea Versicolor

 

- Dr. P.Mukundan, Salem

2. Anamnesis
   
 
     A female-aged 26 consulted me for cracks and fissures in both soles since three years. The lesions are rough and fissured with foul smelling sweat. Her complaints intensified in winter. Initially she tried all systems of medicine and finally choosen our system.
Before

      She is tall, thin, dark in complexion, married, has one-year-old baby.  She had delusions that another baby is lying by the side while sleeping. I prescribed the suitable similimum, which brought excellent result with in three months.
Can you guess the similimum,

which has cured her complaint?

 

 
After
Dr.R.Gnanasambandam , Chennai
 
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Dignostic Quiz
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WINNER

Dr.S.Saji, Palakad, Kerala has won Homoeo Times August-2005 Diagnostic Quiz. He is awarded with a Stethoscope and an excellence certificate. He has been selected as lucky winner out of forty two correct answers and total entries were forty five.

 ANSWERS for AUGUST-2005

1. Visual quiz -  ALOPECIA AREATA
2. Anamnesis -  BORAX

Correct Answers received from

 

Dr.Smita.M.Betgiri
Belgaum

 
Dr.J.Ashok
Salem
 
Dr.C.V.Parish Kumar
Krishnagiri
 
Dr.D.Sridharan
Madurai
 
Dr.Meenakshi
Nagercoil
 
Dr.Kalarajagopalan
Belgaum
 

S.Prasanth
Ernaculam

 
Dr. Ambika suji latha, Virudhunagar
 
Dr.S.N.Thulasi Dharan
Pathanamthira
 
Dr.Poongulzhale
Vellore
 
Dr.Nadeem Ahmed
Ghazipur
 
Dr.T.S.Jayalakshmi
Madurai
 

Dr.Nusrathjahan
Bijapur

 
Dr.N.C.Dhole
West Bengal
 
Dr. S. Kumar
Salem
 
DrPitambar Sahoo
Orissa
 
DR.Saravanakumar
Karaikal
 
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