Serum selenium levels of pre-eclamptic and normal pregnant women in Nigeria: A comparative study.

Introduction: Trace element selenium, an antioxidant, and peroxynitrite scavenger when incorporated into selenoproteins and enzymes reduce oxidative stress which is implicated in the aetiopathogenesis of pre-eclampsia. A paucity of information exists on the serum selenium levels among pre-eclamptic pregnant women in Nigeria, hence the need for this study.

Objective: To compare mean serum selenium levels and prevalence of selenium deficiency in preeclamptic pregnant women and their normotensive pregnant controls.

The relationship between malaria parasitemia, malaria preventive measures and average birth weight of babies in a tertiary facility in Owerri, Nigeria.

Background: Despite the global efforts made to eradicate malaria, it continues to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in both neonates and the parturients. This study was done to determine the relationship between placental parasitemia, average neonatal birth weight and the relationship between the use of malaria preventive measures and the occurrence of placental parasitemia with the aim to improving maternal and neonatal outcome.

Patients And Methods: This cross-sectional study was done at the labor ward unit of the Federal Medical Center, Owerri, from December 2013 to May 2014.

Complete hydatidiform mole coexisting with a live fetus.

Hydatidiform mole co-existing with a normal fetus is very rare. We report a case of a 36 year old woman Para 4+0 who presented with amenorrhoea of twenty four weeks duration, vaginal bleeding, abdominal pain and pre-eclampsia. Ultrasound examination revealed a hydatidiform mole coexisting with a normal living fetus.

Human immuno-deficiency virus antibody seroprevalence among pregnant women at booking at a university teaching hospital in South-Eastern Nigeria.

Background: In Africa, human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) infection continues to be progressively feminized. This has led to an increase in the number of paediatric HIV infections reported due to increased risk of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV during pregnancy, labour and breastfeeding.

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the HIV positive sero-prevalence at booking among pregnant women at the Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu.

Maternal HIV positive sero-prevalence at delivery at a tertiary hospital in South-Eastern Nigeria.

Background: The duo of HIV/AIDS infection has become a Global public health problem. This study was conducted to determine the maternal HIV positive seroprevalence at delivery at the Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of the case records of women (both booked and unbooked) who tested positive to Human Immune-deficiency Virus at delivery at the Imo State University Teaching Hospital (IMSUTH), Orlu from 1st May 2005 to 30th April 2010 was made.

Gestational gigantomastia with complete resolution in a Nigerian woman.

Physiological enlargement of the breasts occurs at puberty and during pregnancy. It is known as gestational gigantomastia when enlargement in pregnancy becomes excessive, uncomfortable and embarrassing. Gestational gigantomastia may have far reaching effects for the mother and fetus.

Krukenberg tumour simulating uterine fibroids and pelvic inflammatory disease.

Objective: To report a case of cancer of the colon which presented as secondaries to the ovaries.

Method: Case report.

Summary: The case presented is that of a 39-year-old female who presented with lower abdominal pain and a multinodular pelvic mass which led to an initial diagnosis of multiple uterine fibroids and pelvic inflammatory disease.

Awareness and uptake of cervical cancer screening in Owerri, South-Eastern Nigeria.

Background: Cancer of the cervix is the most common cancer of the female genital tract and accounts for about two hundred and fifty thousand deaths yearly most of which occur in the developing countries. It has assumed greater prominence with the decrease in deaths due to infective causes and the increase in the incidence of HIV/AIDS which is a predisposing factor. A significant drop in its incidence has been recorded in the developed countries as a result of intensive program of cervical screening.

Delayed presentation of clitoridal cyst: a case report.

Background: Genital mutilation (female circumcision) is a common practice in Africa which is done for a variety of reasons. The complications of this practice often present early, but are sometimes delayed.

Method And Results: The case presented is that of a large clitoridal cyst which presented in the post menopausal period twenty eight years after it's onset.

Pregnancy and delivery after successful repair of vesicovaginal fistula.

Pregnant women (110) with successfully repaired vesicovaginal fistula, supervised at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital in Zaria, Nigeria, formed the study population. The obstetric complications, mode of delivery and fetal outcome are reviewed. The obstetric complications and fetal outcome were compared with a matched hospital control group.

Hysterectomy in the Hausa/Fulani population in Nigeria.

Two hundred and sixty-five abdominal hysterectomies performed in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria (ABUTHZ) Nigeria form the basis of this study. The commonest indication for operation was fibroids with or without chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. The low incidence of dysfunctional uterine bleeding and endometriosis and the high incidence of trophoblastic disease were noted.