Table of Contents
Editorial
| Foreign Placement for Postgraduate Trainee Doctors | |
| Sampath Gunawardena, S Kasthuri |
Research Papers
| Value of CT scanning in the diagnosis and management of patients admitted with stroke to a tertiary care center in Sri Lanka | |
| GJ Pratheepan, DBYN de Silva, TP Weerarathna | 1-6 |
| A model for reconstruction of personal stature based on the measurements of foot length | |
| I Ilayperuma, BG Nanayakkara, KN Palahepitiya | 6-9 |
| Drug addicts and their behaviour related to drug addiction among the institutionalized addicts of the Galle District | |
| PV De Silva, P Fonseka | 9-13 |
| Awareness of breast cancer among females with breast diseases | |
| Lakmini Mudduwa, Champa Wijesinghe | 14-18 |
| Effect of prednisolone during defervescence in dengue haemorrhagic fever: an open label controlled study | |
| KP Ruvan Prasad, DGS Alahakoon, JN Gunawardane | 18-21 |
| Gross anatomical characterization of the psoas major muscle: a cadaver study | |
| I Ilayperuma, BG Nanayakkara | 22-25 |
| Consultant Physician, Teaching Hospital Karapitiya, Galle | |
| MCB Galahitiyawa, MRP Weerawansa, JDVC Lekamwasam | 26-28 |
| Effects of intraperitoneal administration of Citral on male reproductive organs in the rat | |
| I Ilayperuma | 29-32 |
Reviews
| Radiation protection in Nuclear Medicine: a review on present situation in Sri Lanka | |
| Manjula Hettiarachchi | 33-35 |
| Evaluation of strokes in children | |
| Dimuthu Saraji Wijesekara | 36-39 |
| A retrospective analysis of urine culture results issued by the microbiology department, Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya | |
| LU Edirisinghe, D Vidanagama | 40-44 |
| Is gender a risk factor for cataract? | |
| Saman Wimalasundera | 44-47 |
Point of View
| Consultant Judicial Medical Officer, Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, Galle. | |
| Ruwanpura P Rohan | 48-50 |
| Place of autopsy in quality assurance of curative service | |
| LBM Fernando | 51-54 |
Case Reports
| Acute pigmented tubulopathy and interstitial nephritis following wasp sting | |
| WTP Gunasekera, Lakmini Mudduwa, Sarath Lekamwasam | 55-56 |
| Tuberculosis kills a pregnant mother | |
| M Vidanapathirana, KS Dahanayake | 56-58 |
| A case of neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease) | |
| SGP Kumuduni, Athula Dissanayaka | 58-60 |
| A case of Castleman disease with pulmonary hypertension | |
| WT Pradeep Gunasekara, SK Kodisinghe | 60-61 |
| Prolonged haloperidol induced Parkinsonism in a patient with cirrhosis | |
| KP Ruvan Prasad, DGS Alahakoon | 61-63 |
| A case of cerebral malaria: are we alert to detect? | |
| GJ Pratheepan, CK Bodinayake | 63-64 |
| Acute pulmonary hypertension in a patient with leptospirosis | |
| PDPS Malalasekera, MK Ragunathan | 65-67 |
| Drowning following a lightening strike | |
| M Vidanapathiran, KS Dahanayake, RHAI Rathnaweera | 67-69 |
| A rare complication of leptospirosis: acute pancreatitis | |
| HMM Prasanthie, KHPUD De Silva | 69-70 |
| Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm: a case report | |
| AVDLA Vithanage, MCB Galahitiyawa, JDVC Lekamwasam, Sarath Lekamwasam | 71-72 |
| How Meningococcal disease affect a person? Serious life threatening complications | |
| HMM Prasanthie, KHPUD De Silva | 73-74 |
| An alleged case of unusual human bite | |
| RHAI Rathnaweera, M Vidanapathirana | 74-75 |
Galle Medical Journal ISSN: 1391-7072
SLJOL supported by INASP