We report a case of a giant ovarian cyst hernia from an abdominal incisional surgery patient, she underwent resection of the giant cyst and benefited of a cure for eventration with a polypropylene mesh.
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) is a high mortality cancer. Age, nicotine exposure, obesity, old-onset type 2 diabetes and chronic pancreatitis are identified risk factors for PAC. The Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome, Atypical Familial Syndrome of Multiple Moles and Melanomas (AFSMMM), He...
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors or GISTs are rare tumors: 1 to 3% of malignant tumors gastrointestinal. 65% of these tumors sit in the stomach, 25% in the small bowel, 5-10% in the colon-rectum... They occur secondary to activating mutations of the KIT or PDGFRA receptors. In 85%...
The COVID-19 Pandemic continues to evolve and its effects will leave a lasting impact on all levels of health care delivery system long after the dust settles. The Endoscopy unit which is an integral component of gastroenterology services has been recognised as a potential portal...
Background and Study Aim: In Nigeria Combretum dolichopetalum is used to treat various diseases such as gastrointestinal disorders, blood in stool and diarrhoea. The study aimed at investigating on the phytochemical contents, antibacterial activity and antidiarrhoeal activity of...
Background: Inadequate knowledge and irrational dispense practice are serious Public Health challenges in Nigeria. This may increase financial burdens, risk of infection relapse and accelerate emergence and spread of the antibiotics resistance. Thus this may lead to complicated d...
Introduction: The world is suffering a major global health pandemic caused by a new strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Herein, we encountered one case with COVID-19 and chronic HCV while on Direct Acting Antiviral Therapy. Case Presentation: A 58-year male patient had chronic...
Pancreas divisum (PD) occurs due to the non-union of dorsal and ventral pancreatic ducts during organogenesis and is the most common developmental anatomic variant of pancreatic duct. Most of the PD cases remain asymptomatic, while others may present with recurrent/chronic abdomi...
Mesenteric mesenteric circulation that does not meet the metabolic requirements of the visceral organs whose severity and affected organ depend on the vessel involved and the development of collaterals. Taenia saginata is a zoonotic tapeworm and the parasite is transmitted from h...
Acute mesenteric clamp syndrome or Wilkie's syndrome is one of the rare causes of bowel obstruction. It is the result of the compression of the third duodenum by a vascular clamp formed by the superior mesenteric artery and the aorta after disappearance of the perivascular fatty...
Aims: The objective of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among intending blood donors at two Hospitals (government and private-owned) in Rivers State, Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Two Hospitals...
Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is a pharmaceutical ingredient widely used in clinics. As bile acid it solubilizes cholesterol gallstones and improves the liver function in case of cholestatic diseases. The HPLC method for determination of assay of ursodeoxycholic acid tablet had bee...
Aims: This study was carried out to ascertain hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection among fresh undergraduate students of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study...
Inflammatory bowel disease is an immune mediated chronic inflammatory disorder, wherein including Ulcerative colitis, Crohn disease these are two major phenotypes of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Even though the mechanism of Inflammatory disease is still unclear, probiotic strains...
Parasitic infection has been implicated to have some effects on the packed cell volume, white blood cell count and CD4 counts of the infected person. This research was conducted to determine the effect of intestinal parasites and Malaria on some blood parameters of people living...