Pott’s disease: A case report

Background: Tuberculous spondylitis or Pott’s disease is a chronic granulomatous, extra-pulmonary infection of the spine by mycobacterium tuberculosis. Sites of predilection is thoraco-lumbar regions of the spine.Case: We present a case of tuberculous spondylitis with complications of bony caseation and abscess formation leading to myelopathy or radiculopathy with attendant neurologic deficit. Our patient was managed chemotherapeutically with a good outcome.Conclusion: Pott’s disease is a tuberculous spondylitis which is readily demonstrated radiologically and responds to chemotherapeutic agents as shown in the case presente

Anencephaly: A case report

Background: Anencephaly is a lethal congenital defect due to the failure of closure of the cranial end of the embryologic neural tube.Case: Pre-natal abdominopelvic ultrasonography of a 38 year old G3P2 woman revealed a 14 week intrauterine anencephalic live gestation accompanied by polyhydramnois. She refused pregnancy termination and delivered a full term anencephalic male baby who died a few hours after birth.Conclusion: Anencephaly is a severe neural tube defect that usually ends up in death shortly after birth

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a Cameroonian girl, a rare tumour in Central Africa: case report and review of literature

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the nasopharynx. It arises from the mucosal epithelium of the nasopharynx, predominantly the Fossa of Rosenmüller. In most parts of the world, it is relatively rare, but in Asian countries where salted smoked fish containing nitrosamines is popularly consumed, it is one of the more common cancers. This work reports a case of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, a rare tumour in Central Africa, in a young Cameroonian girl, and we posit that possibly, an increasing consumption of smoked fish could trigger an increasing incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Africa as obtainable in Asia.Keywords: Carcinoma, magnetic resonance imaging, nasopharyn

Mammographic analysis among women in Doualla, Littoral Province , Cameroon

Background: Breast cancer is a common debilitating ailment among women. Early detection assisted by radiological screening procedure is paramount.Objective: To analyse mammograms of Douala women with assessment of breast lesion patterns, masses, calcifications and proportions of screeners.Design: A prospective study.Setting: Polyclinic Bonanjo, Douala, Cameroon.Subjects: Sixty nine female patients.Methods: A prospective study of women who concurrently came for mammography for whatever reason for a period of seven months was done. Two basic views for each breast were carried out. Mammograms were reported independently by Radiologists and harmonised. Results were analysed with SSPS 12.0. Excluded were women below 40 years.Results: Sixty nine patients with age range of 40-69 years and mean age of 54.5years were studied. About 73.91% of these patients came for screening with only 33% of them having mammographic pathologies unlike diagnostic mammography which yielded 61% of pathologies. All women who came for screening were educated. The commonest pathologies in all the mammograms were benign calcification and lactiferous duct dilation. About 4.34% had definitive diagnosis of malignant breast lesion and 66.66% of these patients were aged above 60 years.Conclusion: Educated women are more responsive in embracing screening mammography. There is an inverse relationship between screening mammography and identifiable breast pathology