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A 7 years old boy presented with frontal headache, projectile vomiting, fever and generalized tonic clonic convulsion followed by altered sensorium. MRI suggestive of masses - Tuberculoma, Germ cell tumor, Primitive neuroectodermal tumor, /Malignant glioma, Lymphoma. What is the diagnosis?
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Last fortnight's query of A 12 years old girl presents with recurrent episodes of blindness. She was detected to have optic neuritis. What is the cause of recurrent optic neuritis? Most of the viewers commented it as Devic's disease. Author's reply: Devic's disease.

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Athisrajh: Could you please let me know the standard treatment protocol for treating Vit D deficiency rickets as some disagree with the conventional Strauss regime?

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