Clinicopathological characteristics of odontogenic myxoma in Nigerians.

Background: Odontogenic myxoma (OM) is a locally aggressive neoplasm whose clinicopathological characteristics have not been extensively reported in Nigerians.

Objective: To describe the clinicopathological characteristics of cases of OM seen at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria.

Methods: A review of both clinical and histopathological records of sixty-three cases of OM diagnosed over a period of thirty-seven years was undertaken.

Prostate diseases in Lagos, Nigeria: a histologic study with tPSA correlation.

Objective: To present a 10year retrospective histologic study of prostate diseases in Lagos, Nigeria. The aim is to document the prevalence, histologic pattern, age distribution and PSA values of prostatic diseases.

Materials And Methods: The materials consisted of slides, paraffin embedded tissue blocks, patients case files and histology request forms of all prostatic biopsies received at the Morbid Anatomy department of Lagos University Teaching Hospital Idi-Araba, Lagos from 1999 to 2008.

Effect of aqueous leaf extract of Momordica charantia on intestinal enzyme activities in diarrhoeagenic mice.

Background: Momordica charantia (MC), an annual tropical plant has been reported to possess numerous medicinal properties. The aqueous extract of the plant had been earlier evaluated for its anti-diarrhoeal potential in castor oil-induced diarrhoea model.

Objective: The objective of the present study is to evaluate the effect of aqueous leaf extract of M.

Bladder cancer in Lagos: a 15 year histopathologic review.

Objective: To present a 15 year retrospective pathologic study of bladder cancers. The aim is to document histologic pattern, prevalence, sex and age distribution of urinary bladder cancer.

Materials And Methods: The materials consisted of slides, paraffin embedded tissue blocks and histology request forms of all urinary bladder biopsies received at the Morbid Anatomy department of Lagos University Teaching Hospital Idi-Araba, Lagos from 1991 to 2005.

Students' view of a learning method: opinions of first year medical and dental students in the School of Basic Medical Sciences of University of Lagos, Nigeria, about problem based learning.

Background: Driven by a desire to improve basic medical science education, the department of Anatomy in the College of Medicine University of Lagos introduced the Problem Based Learning (PBL) programme into the Anatomy component of first year Basic medical science training of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos.

Objective: We conducted a students' assessment of the different aspects of this newly introduced PBL.

Methods: Structured questionnaires were circulated among first year Medical and Dental students in the School of Basic Medical Sciences of the University.

Assessment of pre-operational radiological conditions at the Linac Centre of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.

Background: The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria has acquired a 6 - 15 MeV ELEKTA linear accelerator for clinical teletherapy. The 15 MeV is a sufficient energy to activate photonuclear interactions of the type (h(nu), n) and (h(nu), e), in some materials found within the locality, thereby enhancing the background radiation exposure levels in the environments.

Objective: The objective of this study is to conduct a pre-operational assessment of the radiological conditions of the new LINAC Centre and its environments which is required for future uses in the assessment of the environmental impacts due to the applications of the facility.

An overview of the socio-cultural and psychiatric aspects of women's reproductive health in West Africa.

The challenges associated with women reproductive health in West African sub region have over the years become a source of concern to relevant world bodies such as WHO, UNFPA, World Bank etc. Some of these challenges include Infertility, Family Planning and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). However, of greater concern is the scourge of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) most especially HIV/ AIDS and the unacceptably high maternal mortality in the sub region where Nigeria alone accounts for the highest percentage (10%) of the global 60,000 maternal deaths annually.

Magnitude and gender distribution of obesity and abdominal adiposity in Nigerians with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Background: Obesity and abdominal adiposity are associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity in diabetes. This study evaluated their magnitude and gender distribution in Nigerians with Type 2 DM attending a tertiary care clinic.

Patients And Methods: 258 consecutive patients with type 2 DM were evaluated.

Odontogenic tumors in Nigerian children and adolescents- a retrospective study of 92 cases.

Background: Tumours arising from odontogenic tissues are rare and constitute a heterogenous group of interesting lesions. The aim of this study was to determine the relative frequency of odontogenic tumors (OT) among Nigerian children and adolescents 19 years or younger.

Patients And Methods: The histopathology records were retrospectively reviewed for all the tumors and tumor-like lesions of the oral cavity and the jaws seen in children and adolescents View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Fasting plasma glucose and cholesterol levels in pregnant Nigerian women.

There are numerous reports of altered carbohydrate metabolism in pregnancy. Normal pregnancy is sometimes characterised by mild fasting hypoglycaemia, postprandial hyperglycaemia and hyperinsulinaemia. Pregnancy has also been observed to be associated with a hypercholesterolaemic state in some individuals with pregnancy-induced hypertension.