DELAYED DIAGNOSIS OF AVM PRESENTING WITH STROKE AND SEIZURES IN A YOUNG NIGERIAN: A CASE REPORT.

Background: Brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVM) are a cause of intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and seizures especially in young patients. ICH due to BAVMs seem to have relatively better neurologic outcomes compared to other causes of spontaneous ICH as patients often recover fully. In this report we highlight a case of delayed diagnosis of BAVM in a young man who presented with seizures and stroke.

Protein C Deficiency in a Patient with Anomalous Hemiazygous Vein and Portal Vein Thrombosis.

Protein C deficiency increases the risk of an individual to develop thromboembolism and its complications. Clinical presentation of the complication of thrombosis in an unusual site may becloud clinical judgment resulting in missed diagnosis. We present an unusual case of protein C deficiency presenting with symptoms referable to the gastrointestinal system.

Bicervical normal uterus with normal vagina.

This is a report of the form of uterine anomaly involving a dual cervical canal in a side-by-side disposition with normal uterine cavity and normal vagina. It portrays a form of congenital uterine anomaly not explicable by the existing classical theory of mullerian anomalies. However, there has been a proposed reclassification of mullerian anomalies, which includes this type of anomaly under Type IIIc.