Giant Ovarian Endometrioma: A Case Report.

Ovarian endometrioma is quite common among women of reproductive age but rarely exceed 6 cm in diameter. Ovarian endometrioma exceeding 10 cm in dimension, often referred to as giant endometrioma, is rare and can pose a diagnostic dilemma to clinicians. We present a 33-year-old single nullipara referred to our facility with a 3-year history of recurrent abdominal pain, abdominal swelling, and difficulty in breathing.

Implementing Patient-Directed Cancer Education Materials Across Nigeria.

Purpose: As access to cancer care expands in low-income countries, developing tools to educate patients is paramount. We took a picture booklet, which was initially developed by the nonprofit Global Oncology for Malawi and Rwanda, and adapted it for use in Nigeria. The primary goal was to assess acceptability and provide education.

Clinical profile and treatment outcome of laryngeal cancer in a Nigerian Tertiary hospital.

Background: Laryngeal cancer is one of the most common malignancies of the upper aerodigestive tract worldwide, and its management may sometimes be challenging, especially in developing countries due to late presentation, poverty and limited resources.

Aim: This study aims to highlight the clinical profile and treatment outcome of laryngeal cancer in our centre.

Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective review of patients who were managed for laryngeal cancer between January 2011 and December 2020.

Enhancing reasoning through reduction of vagueness using fuzzy OWL-2 for representation of breast cancer ontologies.

The need to address the challenge of vagueness across several domains of applicability of ontology is gaining research attention. The presence of vagueness in knowledge represented with description logic impairs automating reasoning and inference making. The importance of reducing this vagueness in the formalization of medical knowledge representation is rising, considering the vulnerability of this domain to the expression of vague concepts or terms.

Survey data on land tenure and food security among farming households in northern Nigeria.

This dataset presents data collected from the households' survey in Northern Nigeria to examine land tenure and property rights among smallholder rice farmers and the influence it has on household food security. Data collection was by personal interviews of adult members of the farmers' households, focusing on the households' socio-economics, United States Department of Agriculture'- 18 Household Food Security questions for households with children, land titling status and land tenure type on farmland cultivated during the 2016/17 farming season. The data were collected from 475 rice farmers selected by multistage sampling across 84 rice-growing communities, seven States and the three geopolitical zones in northern Nigeria.

Land tenure and property rights, and household food security among rice farmers in Northern Nigeria.

There are growing campaigns to promote land titling to secure Land Tenure and Property Rights (LTPRs) in African agriculture. Theoretically, deed registration should reduce land disputes, facilitate land use as collateral for loans, and stimulate investment in land improvement for increased productivity, income and food security. Empirical evidence in these regards, however, remains anecdotal, and sometimes conflicting.

Radiotherapy waiting time in Northern Nigeria: experience from a resource-limited setting.

Background: Access and availability of radiotherapy treatment is limited in most low- and middle-income countries, which leads to long waiting times and poor clinical outcomes. The aim of our study is to determine the magnitude of waiting times for radiotherapy in a resource-limited setting.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of patients with the five most commonly treated cancers managed with radiotherapy between 2010 and 2014.

Pattern of paediatric solid cancers seen in radiotherapy and oncology department, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria - Nigeria.

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Aims And Objectives: To evaluate the Pattern of Paediatric solid cancers seen over 5 years in the Radiotherapy and Oncology Department of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria-Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: The study involved patients aged 16 years and below diagnosed with solid cancers referred to the Radiotherapy and Oncology Centre for further management. Between January 2006 and December 2010, a total of 136 new patients with paediatric solid cancers were seen and evaluated.

Clinico-pathologic characterisation of metastatic prostate cancer in the Radiotherapy and Oncology Department, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria-Nigeria: 2006-2009.

Aims And Objectives: To evaluate the Clinico-pathologic Characteristics of Metastatic prostate cancer patients seen in the Radiotherapy and Oncology Department, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: Between January 2006 and December 2009, a period of 4 years, 72 new patients with prostate cancers were seen of which 43 patients had distant metastases. Only patients with histologic confirmation of prostate cancer and having metastases were included in the study irrespective of age, co-morbidity and performance status.

Pattern of oncologic emergencies seen in adult cancer patients attending the Radiotherapy and Oncology Centre, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria - Nigeria.

Aims And Objectives: To evaluate the Pattern of Oncologic Emergencies seen in Adult cancer patients and the treatment modalities used.

Materials And Methods: Between January 2004 and December 2008, a total of 1824 (M:F = 1:1.8) new patients were seen.

Hepatitis C treatment and SVR: the gap between clinical trials and real-world treatment aspirations.

Objective: Despite the remarkable improvements in pharmacologic treatment efficacy for hepatitis C (HCV) reported in published clinical trials, published research suggests that, in "real-world" patient care, these medical outcomes may be difficult to achieve. This review was undertaken to summarize recent experience in the treatment of HCV in clinical settings, examining the course of patients through the stages of treatment and barriers to treatment encountered.

Method: A comprehensive and representative review of the relevant literature was undertaken to examine HCV treatment experience outside of clinical trials in the last decade.

The pattern of chest radiographs findings in metastatic cancer patients seen in a tertiary hospital in northern Nigeria.

Aims And Objectives: To evaluate the pattern of chest radiographs findings in metastatic cancer patients at first presentation in a tertiary hospital in northern Nigeria with a view to contributing to existing literature and making recommendation for optimal patients care in Nigerian hospitals.

Patients And Methods: From January 2002 to December 2007, 712 new patients were seen and 688 patients' chest radiographs excluding children (below 16 yr) were reviewed of which 118 were considered abnormal due to pathology arising from primary cancer. Those Chest radiographs showing pathology not related to cancer were excluded.

Liver function tests profile in cancer patients on cytotoxic chemotherapy: a preliminary report.

Aims And Objectives: To assess liver function in Nigerian cancer patients undergoing cytotoxic chemotherapy, with a view to contributing to the existing literature and possibly making recommendations for better management of the affected patients in Nigerian hospitals.

Patients And Methods: Serum levels of total bilirubin (TB), alanine amino transferase (ALT), aspartate amino transferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), total protein (TP), albumin (ALB) and De Ritis ratio (AST/ALT) were determined in 50 cancer patients both before and after chemotherapy and 50 age- and sex-matched control individuals. The data obtained were analysed using Microsoft Office Excel 2003.

The use of psychoeducation for a patient with hepatitis C and psychiatric illness in preparation for antiviral therapy: a case report and discussion.

The standard of care treatment for chronic hepatitis C viral infection (HCV) is a combination of pegylated interferon alfa and ribavirin for 24-48 weeks according to the virus genotype. This therapy is known to have multiple neuropsychiatric side effects. A major concern when evaluating a patient for HCV treatment with a known history of a psychiatric disorder is the risk that the patient's psychiatric disorder will flare or become unmanageable.

Cisplatin chemotherapy for haemostasis in bleeding cervical cancer: experience from a resource-poor setting.

Background: Cervical cancer is the commonest cancer in northern Nigeria. There are only two radiotherapy centers in the north and four centres in the south, each with only one megavoltage machine for a population of over 140 million. The number of patients requiring radiotherapy for various malignancies is beyond the available facilities and expertise leading to long waiting time and disease progression with its attendant sequelae.

Sociodemographic and clinicopathologic characterization of cervical cancers in northern Nigeria.

Objective: To evaluate the sociodemographic and clinicopathological characteristics of patients with cervical cancer seen in a tertiary referral center in northern Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: Between January 2002 and December 2004, 70 consecutive patients with histologically confirmed cervical cancer, with a median age of 48 years (range, 30-75 years), were interviewed on the basis of a structured pro forma.

Results: Of these patents, 39 (56%) had had no formal education, and 36 (51%) were unemployed housewives.

Superficial skin ulcers.

Objective: To determine the underlying cause of superficial skin ulcers over a 15-year period.

Methods: A retrospective histopathological analysis of 670 cases of superficial skin ulcers diagnosed in the Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria from January 1991 to December 2005.

Results: A total of 670 superficial skin ulcers were analyzed.