We present a case of a patient who presented with pituitary macroadenoma complicated with hydochephalus. He presented late to the referral hospital in a comatose state and died a few hours later. He was a 33-year-old, male who gave a history of highly accelerated symptoms lasting...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i230182
Female genital tuberculosis is one the known causes of infertility in the tropics. The symptom complex are diverse and it is one of the known causes of pyrexia of unknown origin. Instances of mimicry of ovarian cancer with raised CA125, have been reported. We present a case repor...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i230180
Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the quality of our tissue processing through participation a multicentre research programme as part of external quality control. Study Design: A analytical retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pathology Univers...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v30i530196
Aims: This study aims to find out the prevalence of cancer in the different age groups in the rest of Cross River state not covered by the Calabar cancer registry. Study Design: Descriptive retrospective study involving a trend analysis of the cancers incident in the University o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i130178
Aims: To determine the prevalence of cancer in the rest of Cross River State not covered by the population-based cancer registry which is limited to the capital city of Calabar. Study Design: Descriptive retrospective study involving a trend analysis of cancers from the rest of C...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v30i130163
Aims: The aim of this study is to find out the prevalence of benign breast lesions and proliferative lesions which are associated with increase risk of breast cancer. This is aimed at influencing the hospital policy on mammographic screening. Study Design: Descriptive retrospecti...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v37i130157
Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the reliability of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the breast as rapid cheap and quick diagnostic tool in an underdeveloped setting. Study Design: A descriptive retrospective study of breast FNAC results matched with the open b...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29135
Aim: To determine the incidence of breast cancer in our uncharted population with a view to determining the disease burden so as to aid planning and intervention. Study Design: A trend analysis of breast cancers in Calabar between 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2013. Place and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23502
Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of prostate cancer in men living in Calabar- Nigeria, which has not been determined up till now. Study Design: A trend analysis of prostate cancer cases in Calabar between 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2013. Place and D...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23503
Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of cervical cancer among women living in Calabar. Place and Duration of Study: Calabar cancer registry, May to June 2015. Methodology: Data of cervical cancer diagnosed between 1st of January 2004 and 31st December 2013 and...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/23512
Aim: This study was done to assess and evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of cholesterol and protein in differentiating ascites into malignant and non-malignant group in comparison with cytology. Study Design: A cross sectional study to determine the correlation between ascitic flu...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/12611