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Postpartum Ovarian Vein Thrombosis: Incidental Diagnosis at Surgery
Ovarian vein thrombosis is a rare clinical entity that may present in the puerperium. We report the clinical outcomes of two cases of postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis, incidentally diagnosed at laparotomy in 16-year-old and 23-year-old females. They had preoperative diagnosis of torsion tuboovarian mass and twisted pedunculated uterine fibroid, respectively. Both patients had transection and ligation of right thrombosed ovarian vein. Postoperative management included a week course of anticoagulant, antibiotics and analgesia. Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis is a diagnosis of exclusion in the puerperium and a high index of suspicion will reduce associated morbidity and mortality
Clinico-Pathological Assessment Of Hysterectomies In Zaria
Aim: To assess and compare accuracy of the clinical indications and
histopathological diagnoses from hysterectomy specimens in Zaria.
Methods: All hysterectomy specimens received in the department of
Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria from
January 1995 to December 2005 were analyzed. The speci-mens were fixed
in formalin, processed in paraffin wax and his-tology slides stained
with haematoxylin and eosin were studied. Frequency of clinical
indications were compiled and compared with histopathological
diagnoses. Results: 317 hysterectomies were analyzed. Of these 288
(90.9%) were associated with salpingo-oophrectomies. Median age of
pa-tients′ was 45 years and mean age was 44.6 years. Parity of
the women ranged from 0-11 with an average of 4. The clinical
indications comprised non-neoplastic- 47 (14.8%) and neoplastic-226
(71.3%) causes. The commonest benign neoplastic indication was uterine
fibroid 196 (61.8%). Malignant neoplastic in-dication included cervical
cancer 12 (3.8%) and endometrial cancer 6 (1.9%). Cervical
intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), a preneoplastic lesion accounted for
44 (13.9%). Histopathological diagnosis of leiomyoma was made in 218
(68.8%), cervical cancer -20 (6.3%) and CIN- 49 (15.5%). Incidental
pathologies seen included chronic cervi-citis -24, adenomyosis- 13 and
cystadenoma - 8. Clinical indications in 14 (4.4%) patients were at
variance with histological diagnosis. Conclusion: The clinical
indication for hysterectomy and histo-pathological outcome are
comparable in over 90% of cases. The commonest indication and
histological finding in our setting is leiomyoma
The role of hospital-based cancer registries in low and middle income countries-The Nigerian Case Study.
BACKGROUND: The incidence of cancer continues to rise all over the world and current projections show that there will be 1.27 million new cases and almost 1 million deaths by 2030. In view of the rising incidence of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa, urgent steps are needed to guide appropriate policy, health sector investment and resource allocation. We posit that hospital based cancer registries (HBCR) are fundamental sources of information on the frequent cancer sites in limited resource regions where population level data is often unavailable. In regions where population based cancer registries are not in existence, HBCR are beneficial for policy and planning. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Nineteen of twenty-one cancer registries in Nigeria met the definition of HBCR, and from these registries, we requested data on cancer cases recorded from January 2009 to December 2010. 16 of the 19 registries (84%) responded. Data on year hospital was established; year cancer registry was established, no. of pathologists and types of oncology services available in each tertiary health facility were shown. Analysis of relative frequency of cancers in each HBCR, the basis of diagnosis recorded in the HBCR and the total number of cases recorded by gender was carried out. RESULTS: The total number of cancers registered in these 11 hospital based cancer registries in 2009 and 2010 was 6484. The number of new cancer cases recorded annually in these hospital based cancer registries on average was 117 cases in males and I77 cases in females. Breast and cervical cancer were the most common cancers seen in women while prostate cancer was the commonest among men seen in these tertiary hospitals. CONCLUSION: Information provided by HBCR is beneficial and can be utilized for the improvement of cancer care delivery systems in low and middle income countries where there are no population based cancer registries