PROMETHAZINE-INDUCED THROMBOPHLEBITIS IN A NIGERIAN MAN: A CASE REPORT.

Introduction: Promethazine is a phenothiazine derivative that possesses antihistamine, anti-dopaminergic and anticholinergic properties. It is commonly used to treat motion sickness, allergic conditions, nausea and vomiting, in addition to its use as a sedative. Promethazine has vesicant properties and is highly caustic to the intima of blood vessels and surrounding tissues.

Computed Tomographic Imaging Appraisal of Traumatic Brain Injury in a Tertiary Hospital in South-South Nigeria: A 6-Year Review.

Background: Computed tomography (CT) remains the gold standard in imaging evaluations of traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI on its own has become a major concern in developing countries with its untoward effects.

Objectives: The objective was to appraise the craniocerebral computed tomograms of patients who had TBIs.

Patterns of Thyroid Cancers in Southeastern Nigeria: A 15 Year Histopathologic Review (2000-2014).

Introduction: Thyroid Cancer (TC) continues to be the most common endocrine cancer with a worldwide increase in incidence over the last three decades. This trend has been reported in all continents except Africa, where detection is adjudged to be insufficient, making it imperative for us to re-evaluate the patterns in our environment.

Aim: To determine the patterns of TCs in Southeastern Nigeria.

Ureterolithiasis: Management in an environment with limited facilities.

Background: In the past 2-3 decades, there has been a dramatic development in the techniques of stone removal. This study highlights the management of symptomatic ureteral stones in an environment without such facilities.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-nine patients, comprising 53 (76.

Delayed Interval Delivery following Early Loss of the Leading Twin.

This was a case of a nulliparous woman with reduced chance of conception following unilateral salpingectomy and years of infertility. She eventually conceived following ovulation induction resulting in twin pregnancy. She had miscarriage that led to loss of one of the twins at 17 weeks of gestational age.

Sonographic analysis of adult polycystic kidney disease: retrospective data from South-East Nigeria.

Background: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (APKD), an inheritable multisystem disease characterized by intrarenal and at times extrarenal disease, has been studied extensively among Caucasian populations. Despite the fact that being black is a risk factor for progressive disease, there is paucity of local published data. As a result, true local incidence and peculiarities in clinical and sonographic characteristics are unknown.

Hurthle cell tumor of the thyroid gland: report of a rare case and review of literature.

This article presents a case of Hurthle cell adenoma (HCA) of the thyroid gland with a review of literature on Hurthle cell tumors. This case presented is that of a 57-year-old woman with a recurrent thyroid swelling. She previously underwent a right hemithyroidectomy for thyroid mass 10 years prior.

Differential diagnoses of cerebral hemiatrophy in childhood: a review of literature with illustrative report of two cases.

Childhood cerebral hemiatrophy is an uncommon clinical entity. Its aetiologies are diverse but can generally be grouped into congenital and acquired. The congenital type is intrauterine in origin while the acquired type occurs early in life, usually before two year of life.

Pattern of second primary malignancies in thyroid cancer patients.

Many factors, including relatively young age of thyroid cancer diagnoses and improved survival, have led to increased concerns about the occurrence of second primary malignancies. This paper describes the pattern of occurrence of second primary malignancies in patients who were treated for malignant thyroid neoplasms in an Indian hospital. There were 21 affected patients of the approximately 4500 seen over 25 years.

Retro-orbital metastasis from differentiated thyroid carcinoma in a radioiodine therapy-naïve patient: any lesson learned?

Objective: To present the case of a radioiodine therapy-naïve thyroid cancer patient with postthyroidectomy diplopia.

Clinical Presentation And Intervention: A 63-year-old male patient presented with goiter. Histology performed after thyroidectomy proved follicular thyroid cancer.

The utility of ultrasonography in the management of undescended testis in a developing country.

Background: The use of ultrasonography to localize the testis in children with undescended testis is still controversial. This study was designed to determine the value of ultrasound in the preoperative assessment of children with undescended testis in a resource-limited setting.

Methods: A retrospective evaluation of all boys undergoing operation for undescended testes at the University of Nigeria Teaching hospital Enugu from June 2005 to December 2009 was performed.