[Anxious Depression: Problem of Typology and Constitutional Predisposition].
[Anxious depression: problem of typology and constitutional predisposition].
Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 2013; 113(1): 56-68
[Depression as a specific regime of brain functioning: results of neuroimaging studies].
Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 2013; 113(1): 69-76
Atypical presentations of Wolframs syndrome.
Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Dec; 16(Suppl 2): S504-5
Saran S, Philip R, Patidar P, Gutch M, Agroiya P, Agarwal P, Gupta K
BACKGROUND: Wolfram syndrome is a rare hereditary or sporadic neurodegenerative disorder also known as DIDMOAD. The classically described presentation is of insulin-dependent diabetes, followed by optic atrophy, central diabetes insipidus, and sensory neural deafness. Also included are less well-described presentations of Wolframs syndrome. We here present three cases of atypical presentation of this syndrome. CASE 1: A 15-year-old boy with insulin-dependent diabetes was presented for evaluation of depressive symptoms associated with suicidal tendency. Neuropsychiatric manifestations are described with Wolframs syndrome, and wolframin gene, in recessive inheritance, is associated with psychiatric illnesses without other manifestations of Wolframs syndrome. CASE 2: A 17-year-old diabetic boy on insulin with good control of blood sugar presented for evaluation of delayed puberty. Central hypogonadism and other anterior pituitary hormone dysfunctions are the less publicized hormone dysfunctions in Wolframs syndrome. CASE 3: A 23-year-old female who was on insulin for diabetes for the past 14 years, got admitted for evaluation of sudden loss of vision. This patient had developed a vitreous hemorrhage and, on evaluation, was found to have optic atrophy, sensory neural hearing loss, and diabetes insipidus, and presented differently from the gradual loss of vision described in Wolframs syndrome. CONCLUSION: Wolframs syndrome being a multisystem degenerative disorder can have myriad other manifestations than the classically described features. Neuropsychiatric manifestations, depression with suicidal risk, central hypogonadism, and secondary adrenal insufficiency are among the less well-described manifestations of this syndrome. HubMed – depression
Profile of type 2 diabetes mellitus without overt complications of diabetes mellitus at a tertiary care center.
Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Dec; 16(Suppl 2): S468-70
Singla R, Ambekar S, Nand K, Singh MB, Gupta N, Jyotsna VP
Internal audit of an aspect of a disease at repeated intervals helps in predicting the new emerging trends. This study was planned to assess the profile of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) without overt complications.Patients with HbA1c between 6% and 9% on oral hypoglycemic agents and who did not have clinically overt complications of diabetes were recruited from outpatient clinic of Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) from April 2009 to October 2011.A total of 91 patients (53 males and 38 females) were recruited over 3 years of period. Their mean age was 49.65 ± 11.22 years (range in years) and mean duration of diabetes was 48.09 ± 41.44 (range: 1-180) months. Biochemical evaluation revealed mean fasting blood sugar (FBS): 126.69 ± 25.80 mg/dl and mean HbA1c: 7.12 ± 0.81%. Family history of DM was present in 60.43% of patients, 6.59% were active smokers and 46.15% were obese (waist circumference ?90 cm in males and ?80 cm in females). All but 6.59% (n = 6) of patients were dyslipidemic and only 25 of these were on antidyslipidemic treatment. Isolated low HDL was most common abnormality (25.27%, n = 23), followed by combination of low HDL and raised LDL (17.58%, n = 16). Evaluation of complications showed retinopathy in just one patient, nephropathy in 17.68%, and neuropathy in 10.97%. MINI neuropsychiatric scale for depression was positive in four patients and four patients were on antidepressants.Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients have very high prevalence of dyslipidemia even in patients with good glycemic control. This study allowed us to realize lacunae in our clinical practice regarding need for better care of lipid parameters. HubMed – depression