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  • Disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis (DPL) is characterized by multiple abdominal nodules that are similar to uterine fibroids and often pose diagnostic and treatment challenges.
  • A 25-year-old woman with a history of myomectomy presented with recurrent lesions, leading to multiple surgeries, including a total abdominal hysterectomy and hormonal therapy with letrozole.
  • Effective management of DPL is complex, requiring individualized approaches based on patient age, fertility desires, and the number of lesions, as it tends to recur frequently.
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: Endoscopic biliary plastic stenting is a safe and effective temporary therapeutic modality used in various benign biliary disorders. Long-term indwelling stents for more than one year without retrieval are termed "forgotten biliary stents". In clinical practice, the forgotten stents are underestimated and the majority of data were obtained from case reports.

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Sickle cell disease (SCD) continues to pose physical and psychosocial burdens to patients, caregivers and health workers. Stakeholder engagement in the processes of policy making and implementation is increasingly becoming the cornerstone of best practices in healthcare. To engage stakeholders with a view to assessing the knowledge of SCD; ascertain the challenges associated with accessibility and affordability of healthcare services; improve the quality of care, and thereby effect behavioral change through increasing attendance and follow-up of patients in the clinics.

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Purpose: The diagnosis of premature rupture of membranes (PROM) can be difficult in equivocal cases. This study was designed to test the validity of vaginal fluid urea and creatinine in the diagnosis of PROM against the gold standard, the Amnisure ROM test™ METHODS: The study was a prospective observational study. All consenting eligible pregnant women between gestational ages of 28 weeks to 41 weeks + 6 days were recruited from the obstetrics emergency and antenatal clinic of the Federal medical centre, Keffi.

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Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a neglected burden of growing importance. >312,000 births are affected annually by sickle cell anaemia (SCA). Early interventions such as newborn screening, penicillin prophylaxis and hydroxyurea can substantially reduce the mortality and morbidity associated with SCD.

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Background: With globalization and rapid urbanization, demographic and epidemiologic transitions have become important determinants for the emergence of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of CVD risk factors in adult out-patients attending general practice and non-specialist clinics in urban and rural Nigeria.

Methods: As part of the Africa and Middle East Cardiovascular Epidemiological (ACE) study, a cross-sectional epidemiologic study was undertaken for the presence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, obesity, smoking and abdominal obesity in Nigeria.

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Developing National Cancer Registration in Developing Countries - Case Study of the Nigerian National System of Cancer Registries.

Front Public Health

August 2015

Institute of Human Virology Nigeria , Abuja , Nigeria ; The Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Centre, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD , USA.

The epidemiological transition in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has given rise to a concomitant increase in the incidence of non-communicable diseases including cancers. Worldwide, cancer registries have been shown to be critical for the determination of cancer burden, conduct of research, and in the planning and implementation of cancer control measures. Cancer registration though vital is often neglected in SSA owing to competing demands for resources for healthcare.

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