Background: Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic shows a spectrum of symptoms and complications which are variably dependent on individual’s immune status. Vitamin D deficiency, often preexisting, causes poor prognosis in the post-COVID recovery phase of the survivors characterized by increased C-reactive protein (CRP) and decreased D-dimer levels.
Aims and Objectives: The aims of this study were to find any correlation exists between vitamin D level and inflammatory marker CRP and D-dimer in post-COVID period.
Materials and Methods: Seventy post-COVID recovery patients from the follow-up medicine outpatient department of College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital were tested for vitamin D, D-dimer, and serum CRP levels.
Results: CRP levels of patients with lower vitamin D level (<20 ng/ml) were significantly higher (P<0.001) than the patients with higher vitamin D level. The D-dimer levels of vitamin D deficient group found to be significantly higher than the other group. There is statistically significant negative correlation found between CRP and vitamin D level and significant positive correlation has been found between D-dimer and vitamin D (P<0.001).
Conclusion: Vitamin D may have an important role in recovery stage of COVID patients.
Giant pulmonary hamartoma (diameter > 9cms) is a very uncommon benign tumor with only eleven reported cases. Here we report such a rare case of giant pulmonary hamartoma measuring 12cms in diameter occupying almost whole of the left hemithorax. CT guided FNAC was done in suspicion of a malignant tumor but the cytomorphological features were of a benign cartilaginous neoplasm. The cytological findings were correlated with the radiological features and a diagnosis of chondroid hamartoma was suggested on FNAC. The diagnosis was later confirmed by histopathological examination.
Introduction:The population demography of Jungalmahal is quite different from the rest of West Bengal. We have evaluated the Bone marrow findings of cases presented with new onset bicytopenia/pancytopenia in a tertiary care hospital serving the population of Jungalmahal. Method: A retrospective observational study of bicytopenia/pancytopenia cases was carried out from January 2016 to December 2017. Total 86 cases were included in the study and bone marrow findings were evaluated. Results: Among pancytopenia cases, most common marrow findings were hypoplastic marrow and commonest etiology of bicytopenia cases was acute leukemia in our study population. Conclusion: Data of bicytopenia cases are sparse, but bicytopenia cases need similar attention and thorough hematological investigations like pancytopenia cases.
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