Publications by authors named "J Balogun"
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- Brain tumors pose a major global health issue, particularly in Africa, where limited access to diagnostics and treatment amplifies the crisis and lack of standardized cancer protocols.
- The Brain Tumor Consortium for Africa (BTCA) was created in 2023 to enhance CNS tumor diagnosis and care in Sub-Saharan Africa, identifying gaps in neuro-oncology capacity through a survey.
- The consortium aims to improve brain tumor management by expanding molecular diagnostics, standardizing biobanking, enhancing data collection, and advocating for better care in healthcare policies.
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- Craniopharyngiomas are usually benign tumors located in the sellar and suprasellar regions, but rare instances of ectopic tumors can occur, particularly associated with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP).
- The text discusses a case of an ectopic cerebellopontine angle (CPA) craniopharyngioma in a patient with FAP, marking it as the fifth such documented case.
- This case underlines the importance of considering craniopharyngioma in differential diagnoses for CPA tumors, especially in patients with FAP, suggesting a potential link to genetic mutations.
Until recently, surgery had been passed over in the domain of global health, historically being described as "the neglected stepchild of global health." Knowledge of the existing global disparities in neurosurgical care has led to neurosurgery capacity-building efforts especially in low-income and middle-income countries. While many global collaborative projects are currently undertaken with philanthropic support, sustainability and scalability are not likely without governmental adoption of neurosurgery-inclusive national surgical plans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study is aimed to determine the geospatial, seasonal, age and gender prevalence and intensity of UgS; and to establish disease maps in the Ase-Niger River communities for effective drug administration.
Study Design: This study employed a 24 months longitudinal study design for parasitological investigations in 11 riparian communities of the Ase-Niger River basin, taking into cognizance their GPS locations imported into QGIS software for schistosomiasis mapping.
Methods: A total of 7,219 urine samples with WHO structured questionnaires were retrieved and subjected to parasitological evaluation using swinnex urine filtration techniques.
WHITE CEREBELLUM SIGN AS A DARK PROGNOSTIC INDICATOR OF CEREBRAL INJURY: A CASE REPORT.
Ann Ib Postgrad Med
April 2024
Introduction: The white cerebellum sign (WCS) is a classical but rare radiological finding usually associated with irreversible diffuse hypoxic-ischemic cerebral injury. Very few cases exist in the literature globally, especially from the West African region, as a potential hallmark of poor prognostic outcome. We describe the white cerebellum sign in a Nigerian pediatric patient, managed for severe head injury.
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