Publications by authors named "Christopher Affusim"
Haemoptysis is rarely reported following coitus, and cardiac decompensation has been mostly implicated in the aetiology. We present a 53-year-old Nigerian, known hypertensive diabetic woman with background ischaemic heart disease who presented with postcoital haemoptysis of one-year duration. Echocardiography revealed combined ischaemic and mitral valvular heart disease, probably of rheumatic aetiology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntrathoracic tumours in patients with Von Recklinghausen's disease have been widely reported, but there are very few cases of reported intrathoracic giant benign neurofibroma with marked mediastinal shift and superior vena cava syndrome. Patients that present with this pathology should be adequately investigated. Surgical resection has been considered curative.
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- The study evaluated the radiographic characteristics in HIV-positive patients who also have pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), focusing on the correlation with CD4 lymphocyte counts and sputum smear results.
- Among 89 patients, most showed atypical radiographic features, and a significant number had low CD4 counts, indicating weakened immune status.
- The findings revealed a strong statistical association between low CD4 counts, specific radiographic patterns, and sputum smear results, suggesting that immune status significantly impacts the presentation of PTB in HIV patients.