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Shah B, Kajal S, Bhalla AS, Madan K, Viswanathan GK, Thakar A, Sikka K, Bairwa M, Verma H. Prolonged Itraconazole Therapy as Sole Treatment for Patients with Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis. Laryngoscope 2024; 134:545-551. [PMID: 37377280 DOI: 10.1002/lary.30841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Currently, the mainstay of treatment for allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS) is surgical debridement along with topical or systemic steroids. However, prolonged systemic steroid therapy comes with side effects and is also sometimes contraindicated. Systemic antifungals have been used earlier as an adjunct to steroids or in refractory cases, but they have not been used as the sole primary treatment. OBJECTIVE To study the effectiveness of sole Itraconazole therapy in patients with AFRS by comparison of clinical, radiological, and biochemical parameters before and after treatment. METHODS Thirty-four patients diagnosed with localized sino-nasal AFRS were recruited and started on the tablet Itraconazole 200 mg orally twice daily for 3 months with q2weekly monitoring of liver function tests. The baseline clinical, radiological, and biochemical parameters were then compared with those after completion of 3 months of Itraconazole therapy. RESULTS There was significant difference between all the parameters-clinical: SNOT-22 score (p < 0.001) and Meltzer endoscopy score (p < 0.001), radiological: Lund-Mackay score (p = 0.004) and 20-point CT score (p = 0.002), and biochemical: serum total IgE (p < 0.001), Aspergillus-specific IgE (p < 0.001), and absolute eosinophil count (p < 0.001). The clearance of the disease was more in anterior sinuses than the posterior ones. CONCLUSION Prolonged Itraconazole can be given as sole therapy in AFRS, especially in patients for whom steroids are contraindicated or in those who are awaiting surgery. It can result in symptomatic and radiological improvement, but surgery still remains the definitive treatment option for AFRS for complete clearance of disease. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 3 Laryngoscope, 134:545-551, 2024.
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- B Shah
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
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- Department of Community Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
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Kaur K, Agarwal S, Rajeshwari M, Jain D, Bhalla AS, Verma H. Melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy: An enigmatic tumour with unique cytomorphological features. Cytopathology 2017; 29:104-108. [DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- K. Kaur
- Department of Pathology; All India Institute of Medical Sciences; New Delhi India
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- Department of Pathology; All India Institute of Medical Sciences; New Delhi India
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- Department of Pathology; All India Institute of Medical Sciences; New Delhi India
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- Department of Pathology; All India Institute of Medical Sciences; New Delhi India
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- Department of Radiology; All India Institute of Medical Sciences; New Delhi India
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology; All India Institute of Medical Sciences; New Delhi India
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Birla S, Khadgawat R, Jyotsna VP, Jain V, Garg MK, Bhalla AS, Sharma A. Identification of Novel PROP1 and POU1F1 Mutations in Patients with Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency. Horm Metab Res 2016; 48:822-827. [PMID: 27756091 DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-117112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) results from variations affecting the production and release of growth hormone (GH) and is of 2 types: isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) and combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD). IGHD results from mutations in GH1 and GHRHR while CPHD is associated with defects in transcription factor genes PROP1, POU1F1, and HESX1. The present study reports on screening of POU1F1, PROP1, and HESX1 in CPHD patients and the novel variations identified. Fifty-one CPHD patients from 49 unrelated families clinically diagnosed on the basis of biochemical and imaging investigations along with 100 controls were enrolled. Detailed family history was noted from all participants and 5 ml blood samples drawn were processed for DNA isolation followed by direct sequencing of POU1F1, PROP1, and HESX1genes. Of the 51 patients, 8 were females and 43 were males. Mean height standard deviation score (SDS) and weight SDS were -5.50 and -2.76, respectively. Thirty-six of the 51 patients underwent MRI of which 9 (25%) had normal pituitary structure and morphology while 27 (75%) showed abnormalities. Molecular analysis revealed 10 (20%) patients to have POU1F1 and PROP1 mutations/variations of which 5 were novel and 2 previously reported. No mutations were identified in HESX1. The novel variations identified were absent in the 100 healthy individuals screened and the control database Exome Aggregation Consortium (ExAC). Reported POU1F1 and PROP1 mutation hotspots were absent in our patients. Instead, novel POU1F1 changes were identified suggesting existence of a distinct mutation spectrum in our population.
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- S Birla
- Laboratory of Cyto-Molecular Genetics, Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Army Hospital (Referral & Research), Delhi Cantonment, India
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- Department of Radio-Diagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Laboratory of Cyto-Molecular Genetics, Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Roy R, Hoover MR, Bhalla AS, Slawecki T, Dey S, Cao W, Li J, Bhaskar S. Ultradilute Ag-aquasols with extraordinary bactericidal properties: role of the system Ag–O–H2O. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1179/143307507x196167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Bilateral parotid swelling is not an uncommon occurrence and may pose a challenge for clinicians and radiologists. Numerous causes of bilateral parotid swellings have been identified. The purpose of this pictorial review is to display this wide array with a focus on multimodality approach.
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- A Gadodia
- Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Schwannomas of the larynx are rare benign tumors, most commonly involving aryepiglottic folds or false vocal folds. When a tumor involves vocal cord, it causes clinical symptoms like hoarseness of voice and foreign body sensation. We report the CT and magnetic resonance imaging findings in a 19-year-old male patient with vocal cord mass histologically diagnosed as a vocal cord schwannoma.
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- S H Chandrashekhara
- Department of Radio-diagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110 029, India
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Gadodia A, Bhalla AS, Sharma R, Thakar A, Parshad R. MR sialography of iatrogenic sialocele: comparison with conventional sialography. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 2011; 40:147-53. [PMID: 21346080 DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/32834129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to compare the conventional sialography with MR sialography in a series of patients with iatrogenic sialocele (sialocyst). METHODS 50 salivary glands in 39 patients with suspected inflammatory disease of the salivary gland underwent conventional sialography and MR sialography. Out of these 39 patients, 6 patients (age range: 16-35 years; 4 males and 2 females; mean age: 23.8 years) had sialoceles and formed our study group. MR sialography findings were compared with conventional sialography findings regarding demonstration of ductal anatomy, the cyst and its communication with the ductal system. RESULTS MR sialography demonstrated the site of communication of the sialocyst with the ductal system in all six patients. MR provided additional information over conventional sialography in five cases. In four cases, the ductal system proximal to the cyst was not opacified on digital sialography but was well visualized in all cases by MR sialography. Constructive interference in steady-state (CISS) sequence demonstrated the intraglandular ducts and communication of cysts with ducts better than half-fourier acquisition single-shot turbo-spin echo (HASTE) images. CONCLUSION Our preliminary results suggest that MR sialography is a robust, non-invasive method for demonstrating the ductal system up to second-order branches, the site of ductal injury and the focal cystic lesion. MR provided at least the same information as conventional sialography in the evaluation of site of communication but provided additional information about the sialocyst and upstream ductal system in five cases. Being a non-invasive modality, we recommend MR sialography as the investigation of choice in the evaluation of an iatrogenic sialocyst.
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- A Gadodia
- Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India-110029.
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Bhalla AS, Sharma R, Gupta AK, Kumar A, Arora R, Chandrashekhara SH. Imaging in postpneumonectomy complications: A pictorial review. J Cancer Res Ther 2011; 7:3-10. [DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.80426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Li J, Bhalla AS, Damjanovic D, Vedam K, Cross LE, Ainger FW. Temperature dependence of optical constants of MoS(2) for pyrooptical devices. Appl Opt 1991; 30:1583-1584. [PMID: 20700322 DOI: 10.1364/ao.30.001583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The temperature sensitivity of the reflectance of MoS(2) under small temperature modulations has been investigated.It is feasible to detect temperature changes of 10(-2) degrees C by monitoring the reflectance, and thus MoS(2) is a potential candidate material for the pyrooptical sensors.
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Damjanovic D, Bhalla AS, Cross LE. Dielectric and pyroelectric properties of triglycerol-gelatin films. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 1991; 38:630-633. [PMID: 18267627 DOI: 10.1109/58.108861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The dielectric and pyroelectric properties of triglycerol-gelatin thick films were studied as a function of temperature and frequency. The films exhibited a strong dispersion in the dielectric permittivity accompanied by a high dielectric loss near room temperature. The pyroelectric current measured by the static Byer-Roundy method is heavily dominated by the thermally stimulated currents. Measurements performed on prepoled samples using the dynamic technique of A.G. Chynoweth (1956) clearly proved the presence of a true, reversible pyroelectric response in the examined films. The value of the pyroelectric coefficient of the films was found to be comparable to that of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF).
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- D Damjanovic
- Mater. Res. Lab., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA
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Taylor DJ, Damjanovic D, Bhalla AS, Cross LE. Large hydrostatic piezoelectric coefficient in lead magnesium niobate: lead titanate ceramics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00723374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Guo R, Bhalla AS, Cross LE. Electric field-induced orthogonal polarization switching in morphotropic phase boundary Pb(0.57)Ba(0.43)Nb(2)O(6) (PBN57) single crystals. Appl Opt 1990; 29:904-906. [PMID: 20562934 DOI: 10.1364/ao.29.000904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Tungsten bronze crystals of Pb(0.57)Ba(0.43)Nb(2)O(6) composition near the morphotropic phase boundary were examined for possible switching of the polarization vector. It is demonstrated that for the single crystal lead barium niobate of tetragonal symmetry, the polarization vector can be switched orthogonally to an orthorhombic phase simply by the application of an electric field.
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Rakvin B, Mahl TA, Bhalla AS, Sheng ZZ, Dalal NS. Measurement by EPR of the penetration depth in the high-Tc superconductors TlBa2Ca2Cu3Ox and Bi2Ca2SrCu2Ox. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1990; 41:769-771. [PMID: 9992816 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.41.769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Randall CA, Markgraf SA, Bhalla AS, Baba-Kishi K. Incommensurate structures in highly ordered complex perovskites Pb(Co1/2W1/2)O3 and Pb(Sc1/2Ta1/2)O3. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1989; 40:413-416. [PMID: 9990930 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.40.413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Bhalla AS, Guo R, Cross LE, Burns G, Dacol FH, Neurgaonkar RR. Measurements of strain and the optical indices in the ferroelectric Ba0.4Sr0.6Nb2O6: Polarization effects. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1987; 36:2030-2035. [PMID: 9943049 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.36.2030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Agrawal SR, Bhalla AS, Khare P. An unusual laryngeal foreign body. J Laryngol Otol 1986; 100:357-9. [PMID: 3950505 DOI: 10.1017/s002221510009928x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Bhalla AS, Tongson LL, Newnham RE. Relationship of crystallographic polarity to piezoelectric, pyroelectric and chemical etching in Li 2GeO 3 and LiGaO 2 single crystals. J Appl Crystallogr 1983. [DOI: 10.1107/s0021889883010079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Absolute assignment of the atomic planes of Li2GeO3 and LiGaO2 is made by ion surface scattering (ISS) and the crystallographic polarity is defined. Pyroelectric coefficients p
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Bhalla AS, Cross LE, Vedam K. Unusual white light conoscopic figure in single crystal lithium metagermanate Li(2)GeO(3). Appl Opt 1978; 17:164693. [PMID: 20203971 DOI: 10.1364/ao.17.3339_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Bhalla AS, Cross LE. New crystal data for ferroelastic isopropyl ammonium chloroplatinate and chlorostannate (IPACP and IPACS). J Appl Crystallogr 1974. [DOI: 10.1107/s0021889874009629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Chugh RN, Bahl AL, Bhalla AS, Mathur KP. Trial of a new antidiabetic compound (glycodiazine) in diabetes mellitus. J Indian Med Assoc 1970; 54:62-5. [PMID: 5418147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The records of 274 diabetics attending an outpatient clinic in New Delhi have been reviewed and the patients classified into four main types. The relationship of the disease to nutritional, socio-economic and environmental factors has been discussed. The incidence of complications in the various types is reported and the differences between them analysed.
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