The use of medical information in Nigeria: the influence of gender and status.

Introduction: Medical doctors are important members of the health-care team, and to discharge their duties credibly, they need adequate and quick information. A search of the literature yielded a handful of studies on the provision and organization of medical information with little emphasis on the influence of personal variables on information utilization. We report the influence of gender and status on reasons for searching medical information by doctors in Nigeria.

Scrotal cystocele in a 2-year-old Nigerian child.

Total herniation of the urinary bladder into the scrotum, also known as scrotal cystocele, is a rare condition. It has mostly been described in elderly patients, who often have obstructive symptoms. We report a case of scrotal cystocele in a 2-year-old Nigerian child with no evidence of obstructive uropathy.