Spinal tuberculosis (Pott’s disease) during pregnancy reported to be rare & can be associated  with destruction of the intervertebral disc & adjacent vertebrae that can lead to cord compression  & thereby paraplegia or quadriplegia. Delay in diagnosis is common & most cases are diagnosed  when paraplegia has already been occurred. This serious complication requires special attention  during pregnancy & delivery. Here we reported a case of term pregnancy with Pott’s paraplegia.  As the patient had complete motor & sensory loss from D7 level, (above the level of umbilicus  to the lower limbs) LUCS was done without anesthesia & a healthy female baby was delivered.  She did not require any analgesia post operatively DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjog.v25i1.13731 Bangladesh J Obstet Gynaecol, 2010; Vol. 25(1) : 37-40

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The serum concentration of zinc, copper, manganese and lead in 30 manic patients and 30 human volunteers were determined by flame atomic absorption spectroscopy. It was observed that the concentration of zinc in manic patients increased significantly (P < 0.05), where as the concentrations of copper, manganese and lead were found to be within the limit (P > 0.05). These concentrations of different trace elements may have some prognostic significance for the diagnosis of manic patients, but more work is suggested to find out the exact correlation between trace elements level & the degree of disorder in manic patients. Key words: Mania, trace elements, serum etc. Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. Vol.4(1) 2005 The full text is of this article is available at the Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. website

Key words: extradural haematoma; Glasgow Coma Scale; pupillary dilatation; computerized axial tomographydoi: 10.3329/jcmcta.v19i1.3843Journal of Chittagong Medical College Teachers' Association 2008: 19(1):8-10

Spinal injury is a critical neurosurgical emergency requiring prompt and highly skilled management. This study was carried out in the Neurosurgery unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on 465 cases of spinal injury over 6 years. The age range of the patients was 4 to 72 years and most commonly involved age group was between 20 to 40 years. Male to female ratio was 5:1. Cervical spines were most commonly (41%) affected by injury followed by thoracic (13%), lumber (36%), cervico-thoracic (4%) and lumbo-thoracic spines (6%). Common causes of spinal injury were fall from height (44.30%), RTA (22.15%), heavy weight bearing (13.11%) and assault with gun shot (7.74%). Paraparesis was the most frequent (55%) clinical presentation due to spinal injury followed by quadriparesis (45%). Two third of the patients were managed conservatively and 9% required operative treatment. Mortality rate was 12% and 8% patient refused to take treatment. TAJ 2002; 15(1): 25-27