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The incidence of cancer in women presenting with bloody nipple discharge at a specialist breast clinic
OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of breast cancer in patients presenting with bloody nipple discharge at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Breast Care Centre (KATH –BCC) Kumasi. SETTING:...
Experience With Ventral Penile Skin Island Flap urethroplasty
BACKGROUND:Island flap techniques currently used in urethroplasty utilize the prepuce and the dorsal penile skin. Our experience with a one-stage island flap urethroplasty for urethral strictures...
Anterior Abdominal wall Rhabdomyoma mimicking fibroid: A Case Report
We report a case of a 27 year old Para 1+O house wife who presented with a four months history of a rapidly increasing tumor of the anterior abdominal wall. The abdomen was swollen to the size of...
Acute abdomen from gossypiboma: A Case series and review of literature
Gossypiboma though uncommon is under-reported. It is an infrequent but avoidable surgical error. The retained sponge induces two types of reactions, fibrinous response resulting in granuloma form...
Malignant haemangiopericytoma of the left thigh with metastases to the bones and lungs: A case report
Haemangiopericytoma is an uncommon mesenchymal neoplasm. Haemangiopericytoma is believed to arise from the pericytes, contractile spindle cells that surround the capillaries and post-capillary ve...
Retained Copper Sleeve and haematometria, an unusual complication of Copper-T use
Retained copper sleeve of copper-T IUCD and haematometria was observed in a patient. Same was retrieved with drainage of haematometria under general anesthesia with satisfactory outcome.
Current concepts in the management of anterior urethral strictures
OBJECTIVES: This review paper presents the current trends in the evaluation and treatment of anterior urethral strictures. Stricture disease is recorded as one of the oldest afflictions of mankin...
Wound dressing where there is limitation of choice
BACKGROUND Many sophisticated dressings are available to the wound care practitioner in the developed countries. These materials are made from a wide range of products like polyurethane, salts of...
Penile fracture a review of management
OBJECTIVE: To discuss the clinical features and treatment of penile fracture in the light of the current practice. PATIENTS/METHOD Three patients with penile fracture were seen at the Urology Cli...
Outcome of undiagnosed traumatic diaphragmatic injuries: A review of our management
The authors relate on the outcomes of traumatic diaphragmatic injuries unknown early. The files of three patients have been reviewed retrospectively. All of them presented early undiagnosed injur...
Oro-facial carcinoma in kaduna
BACKGROUND To review the epidemiology and morbidity Oro-Facial cancers seen and managed at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH).To estimate the incidence and prevalence of Oro-facial...
Oral and Maxillo-facial soft tissue sarcomas in an Africa population
BACKGROUND: Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are not common and account for less than 1% of all malignancies in the maxillofacial region. These tumours are under reported in Africa South of the Sahara ...
Ultrasound in the diagnosis of appendicitis: a plea for caution
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Acute appendicitis is one of the most frequent causes of acute abdomen. The clinical diagnosis is based on the case history and the physical examination. However, in some c...
Pattern of skeletal metastases from breast cancer in an Asian population
OBJECTIVES:: To evaluate the pattern of skeletal metastases from breast carcinoma in an Asian population. To study the radiological pattern and distribution of bone metastases from breast cancer ...
Human Bites of the Face with Tissue Losses in Cosmopolitan Northern Nigeria
A retrospective series of thirty-six cases of human bites to the face with tissue losses requiring reconstruction during a five-year period, January 1999 to December 2003 is presented. The unmarr...
Mesenteric ischemia: Results of surgical treatment and a review of literature
BACKGROUND: Acute Mesenteric Ischemia (AMI) is one of the causes of acute abdomen which occurs because of significant decrement in bowel perfusion. Mortality rates of 60 to 100 percent have been ...
Malignant transformation in Pre-existing Naevi. A review of two cases
Pigmented naevi (melanocytic naevi) are common and are widely distributed all over the body. The average number of naevi seen in a Caucasian is between twenty and thirty. They are either congenit...
Surgical management of pelvic floor prolapse in women using mesh
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate surgical handling, prolapse correction and complication rate of polypropylene mesh. METHODS: A retrospective review of patients who had pelvic floor repair using polypropyl...