Sonographic Evaluation of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Hospitalized Neurosurgical Trauma Patients in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Background: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized trauma patients. Ultrasonography (US) has replaced venography as the initial diagnostic tool for DVT.

Aims: The study aimed to determine the incidence of lower limb DVT in hospitalized neurosurgical trauma patients in hospitalized neurosurgical patients.

Population-Level Access to Breast Cancer Early Detection and Diagnosis in Nigeria.

Purpose: Mammography, breast ultrasound (US), and US-guided breast biopsy are essential services for breast cancer early detection and diagnosis. This study undertook a comprehensive evaluation to determine population-level access to these services for breast cancer early detection and diagnosis in Nigeria using a previously validated geographic information system (GIS) model.

Methods: A comprehensive list of public and private facilities offering mammography, breast US, and US-guided breast biopsy was compiled using publicly available facility data and a survey administered nationally to Nigerian radiologists.

Ultra sonographic indices of the carotid artery in healthy adult population of southwest, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: atherosclerosis develops insidiously, offering time and opportunities for early detection. Screening for subclinical atherosclerosis via structural wall changes and flow velocities among apparently healthy adults using carotid ultrasonography may help its early detection, offer timely intervention and reduce morbidity and mortality.

Methods: a cross-sectional study of 100 participants with a mean age of 56.

COVID-19: Challenges and coping strategies in radiology departments in Nigeria.

Context: COVID-19 came suddenly, bringing to the fore the challenges inherent in the health system. In a developing country, such as Nigeria, which already had myriad problems with funds and equipment in the health sector.

Aims: This study aims to examine the challenges encountered by the staff in Radiology facilities and how they combated the challenges.

Practice, Perceptions, and Prospects of Mammography Screening in Nigeria: Insights From a National Survey of Female Health Workers.

Background: Mammography, the most preferred tool for breast cancer screening, has very poor uptake in Nigeria, even among health workers. No nationwide study has been done to ascertain this. This study sought to determine the current perceptions and practices of Nigerian female health care practitioners on mammography screening across different types and levels of health care institutions in the country's 6 geopolitical zones.

A Review of Indigenous Food Crops in Africa and the Implications for more Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems.

Indigenous and traditional foods crops (ITFCs) have multiple uses within society, and most notably have an important role to play in the attempt to diversify the food in order to enhance food and nutrition security. However, research suggests that the benefits and value of indigenous foods within the South African and the African context have not been fully understood and synthesized. Their potential value to the African food system could be enhanced if their benefits were explored more comprehensively.

A Quantitative Approach to Analyzing Genome Reductive Evolution Using Protein-Protein Interaction Networks: A Case Study of Mycobacterium leprae.

The advance in high-throughput sequencing technologies has yielded complete genome sequences of several organisms, including complete bacterial genomes. The growing number of these available sequenced genomes has enabled analyses of their dynamics, as well as the molecular and evolutionary processes which these organisms are under. Comparative genomics of different bacterial genomes have highlighted their genome size and gene content in association with lifestyles and adaptation to various environments and have contributed to enhancing our understanding of the mechanisms of their evolution.

Using biological networks to improve our understanding of infectious diseases.

Infectious diseases are the leading cause of death, particularly in developing countries. Although many drugs are available for treating the most common infectious diseases, in many cases the mechanism of action of these drugs or even their targets in the pathogen remain unknown. In addition, the key factors or processes in pathogens that facilitate infection and disease progression are often not well understood.

Caval variations in neurologically diseased patients.

Background: The import of the cavum variation and its prevalence rate in healthy individuals is still not clear, likewise in neurologically diseased patients.

Purpose: To evaluate the frequency and pattern of caval variations in neurologically diseased patients.

Material And Methods: The presence or absence of the cavum septum pellucidum (CSP), cavum vergae (CV), or cavum velum interpositum (CVI) was reviewed from successive cranial computerized tomography (CT) images of patients who were aged 6 months and above.

A web-based protein interaction network visualizer.

Background: Interaction between proteins is one of the most important mechanisms in the execution of cellular functions. The study of these interactions has provided insight into the functioning of an organism's processes. As of October 2013, Homo sapiens had over 170000 Protein-Protein interactions (PPI) registered in the Interologous Interaction Database, which is only one of the many public resources where protein interactions can be accessed.

Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell anaemia patients of a tertiary hospital in Nigeria.

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited haemoglobinopathy characterised by recurrent organ hypoxia-reperfusion cycles which may result in repeated organ damage including the lungs and heart. In SCD, pulmonary hypertension is a known complication that may precede or complicate acute chest syndrome which is often fatal. This study seeks to know the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension and its relationship with clinical and laboratory parameters in sickle cell disease patients attending a tertiary hospital in Lagos.

Ruptured uterus and bowel injury from manual removal of placenta: a case report.

Background: Retained placenta is a significant cause of maternal mortality and morbidity throughout the developing world. 'Though, intestinal injury may arise as a complication of induced abortion following instrumentation through the genital tract, the involvement of the large bowel in complicated manual removal of placenta is a very rare occurrence

Case Report: We present the case of a 28 year-old Para 3+0, 3 alive woman who had attempted manual removal of placenta in a basic emergency obstetric care facility that resulted in lower uterine segment rupture with evisceration of bowels through the laceration outside the introitus. She subsequently had right hemi- colectomy with ileo-transverse anastomosis and repair of uterine rupture with bilateral tubal ligation.

Widespread endometriosis mimicking ovarian malignancy: a case report.

A 26 year old Nigerian nulliparous woman who presented in the medical emergency unit of a teaching hospital was referred after two weeks of management to the gynecology casualty with a diagnosis of malignant left ovarian cyst, because of the ascites, massive haemorrhagic pleural effusion, a left ovarian mass and an elevated C-125 marker. However, exploratory laparotomy, cytologic and histological examination of the pleural fluid and biopsied specimens revealed endometriosis. We present a case of intra and extra-pelvic endometriosis which simulated a malignant ovarian lesion and was histologically confirmed by cytology of the haemorrhagic pleural effusion and biopsy of the ovarian mass and peritoneal deposits obtained at laparotomy.

Delayed diagnosis of intersex state: surgical outcome of cases seen and review of current concepts.

Background: Sexual ambiguity is said to occur when the gender of the baby cannot be determined at birth. The gender of an individual is in question because the genitals do not appear clearly as that of male or female. It is traumatizing to the family.

Mammograms and breast arterial calcifications: looking beyond breast cancer: a preliminary report.

Background: To find out the prevalence, clinical and biochemical correlates of Breast Artery Calcification (BAC) in the Nigerian women.

Findings: This is a cross sectional study involving 54 consecutive adult female subjects sent to the Radiology Department of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja-Lagos, Nigeria for screening and diagnostic mammography. The study was carried out for a period of five months.

Mammography and mammographic screening: are female patients at a teaching hospital in Lagos, Nigeria, aware of these procedures?

PURPOSE To determine the level of awareness of mammography and mammographic screening amongst women in Lagos, Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS A structured questionnaire was administered to 555 consecutively recruited women who visited various clinics at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, between January 2009 and June 2009. RESULTS The mean age of respondents was 38.

Prenatal ultrasonic diagnosis of conjoint twins.

Background: A primipara with multiple pregnancy who booked for antenatal care at 21 weeks presented with vaginal bleeding and pedal oedema at the 27th week. She had had five previous ultrasound scans that gave conflicting results.

Materials And Methods: The patient was therefore sent for a confirmatory scan, which was performed using a linear 3.

Pattern of genital tract abnormalities on hysterosalpingography in infertile patients in ikeja, Nigeria.

Structural abnormalities of the female genital tract, whether congenital or acquired could result in infertility or reproductive failure. This study retrospectively analysed the structural abnormalities found in patients who had hysterosalpingography in the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. A descriptive analysis of structural abnormality of the uterine cavity, fallopian tube and the cervical canal in two hundred and fifty patients, who were referred from the gynaecology clinic to the Radiology Department of LASUTH, from January to December 2005, is presented.

Mohan's valvotome for the ablation of posterior urethral valves.

Introduction: Treatment of posterior urethral valves (PUV) is now most commonly by endoscopic valve ablation, but this is not readily available in our environment. We describe our experience with Mohan's valvotome for the ablation of PUV.

Materials And Methods: All patients with PUV who underwent Mohan's valvotomy over a 28-month period from June 2006 were reviewed.

Fetus-in-fetu.

Introduction: Fetus-in-fetu (FIF) is a pathological condition in which the malformed foetus is found in the body of its twin. We report this rare case of a 3-month-old female baby whose diagnostic work-up suggested a mesenteric cyst but the mass at surgery was a FIF.

Discussion: Although current imaging modalities like computerized Tomography and magnetic resonance imaging have a higher Sensitivity for accurate delineation of tissues, cheaper imaging alternatives like plain abdomen and ultrasonography still have a place in the preoperative work-up of FIF.

Clinical and radiological characteristics of Nigerian boys with posterior urethral valves.

Posterior urethral valve (PUV) obstruction is the most common cause of bladder outlet obstruction in boys. Currently, the diagnosis of PUV is commonly made prenatally. In our environment, however, prenatal diagnosis is rare and the diagnosis is usually made postnatally from the clinical and radiological features.

Aortic aneurysm in a young Nigerian man.

A 22year old man with aortic aneurysm is presented. The diagnosis was incidental on abdominal ultrasound, as the pathology was not suspected. This case is presented because of the rarity of this pathology in this age group and race.