Socio-demographic, pattern of presentation and management outcome of breast cancer in a semi-urban tertiary health institution.

Introduction: breast cancer is the most common malignancy in females worldwide and a major cause of cancer-related deaths in both developing and developed countries. The objective of this study was to determine the socio-demographics, pattern of presentation and management outcome of breast cancer patients.

Methods: clinical records of confirmed breast cancer patients between January 2011 and December 2015 at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria were reviewed.

Mirizzi syndrome: report of a case and the challenge of management in our environment.

Background: Mirizzi Syndrome is a rare complication of cholelithiasis reported to occur in 1% of all patients with gall stones and an incidence of 0.7-1.4% in all cholecystectomies.

Cranial computed tomographic findings in Nigerian women with metastatic breast cancer.

Introduction: Brain metastases (BM) occur in up to one-fifth of patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Imaging plays a key role in diagnosis. The pattern and distribution of these changes are also crucial to their management.

Preliminary experience with laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a nigerian teaching hospital.

Background: Presently many centers have facilities for laparoscopic surgery in Nigeria, but the practice is just evolving in most of these centers. This article presents the preliminary experience of the endoscopic surgery unit (general surgery) at the University College Hospital Ibadan Nigeria. The University College Hospital is the premier Nigerian teaching hospital and is located in the south-western part of the country.

The challenges and solutions of laparoscopic surgical practice in the developing countries.

Laparoscopic surgery has become the preferred standard in developed countries. New procedures in laparoscopic surgery are continually being developed. Despite these innovations Nigeria and many other African are yet to fully embrace this surgical approach.

Global variation in the pattern of differentiated thyroid cancer.

Background: The prevalence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is increasing worldwide. Iodine deficiency is a risk factor for follicular thyroid cancer (FTC). We compared DTC subtypes in an iodine-deficient country with a developed country.

Review of fine needle aspiration cytology in the management of goitres in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Objective: The use of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) in the investigation of goitres was introduced into our practice more than a decade ago. This is a review of its diagnostic accuracy for thyroid carcinoma seven years after the first evaluation and following the establishment of the 'FNAC Clinic'.

Method: This is a retrospective study of patients who had FNAC of goitres and the histopathology of their thyroidectomy specimens between 1995 and 2004.

Familial thyrotoxicocis in five Nigerians.

We describe the occurrence of thyrotoxicosis in four Nigerian families. Hitherto. the descriptions of familial thyrotoxicosis have been confined to the Caucasian population and only recently in a Chinese family.

Bile duct stricture -- a sign of things to come?

Objective: The aim of the report is to highlight this difficult to-treat condition hitherto uncommon in our environment and warn of the likelihood of more to come with the rising incidence of gallstone in our sub region.

Patient And Method: A case report of an 18-year-old male undergraduate patient.

Result: A successful management with clinical, biochemical and radiological evidence (OTC and tubograms) despite inadequate investigative tool.

Necrotizing fasciitis.

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rare but rapidly progressive and potentially fatal disease condition. It is characterized by progressive inflammation and extensive necrosis of the subcutaneous tissue and fascia, sparing the underlying tissue. It is a poly-bacterial infection and is associated with profound systemic toxicity, considerable morbidity and a high mortality rate.

A review of gall bladder carcinoma in Ibadan.

Twenty cases of histologically proven carcinoma of the gall bladder (GB) seen in the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria between 1983 and 1997 were reviewed. There were seven males and thirteen females, thus giving a sex ratio of 1:2. The majority of the cancers occurred between the fourth and seventh decade of life.

Cholelithiasis in Ibadan: an update.

This study is to ascertain the present status of cholelithiasis in our environment. Six hundred and seventy (670) consecutive abdominal, ultrasounds done for various abdominal complaints at the University College HospitaL Ibadan from January 1977 to December 1998 were studied for gall stones in addition to other studies of the abdomen. Only twelve (12) gallstones were found, giving a prevalence of 1.

Spontaneous rupture of incisional hernia--a case report.

A case of spontaneous rupture of an incisional hernia is hereby presented. Though very rare in adults, it is a potentially fatal but preventable clinical condition.

Prevalence of gall stones in a group of antenatal women in Ibadan, Nigeria.

The prevalence of gall stones in Africa is low even though this varies from one part of the continent to another. The few studies were hospital based and excluded majority of silent stones. Abdominal ultrasounds were carried out prospectively on 4,214 consecutive patients referred to an ultrasound centre which cares primarily for pregnant women--a well known vulnerable group for gall stones.

Colorectal carcinoma in Ibadan, Nigeria: a 20-year survey--1971 to 1990.

Background/aims: Five hundred and four (504) cases of histologically proven adenocarcinoma of the large bowel were seen in the University College Hospital, Ibadan, between 1971 and 1990. The rise in incidence predicted by the writers in the seventies is confirmed but it is feared that the economic depression may make alternative medicine attractive and turn patients away from the hospitals. The sex ratio has approached that seen in the West but the average age incidence has not changed.