A modality of renal substitution therapy

Dialysis is a process whereby the solute composition of a solution A; is altered by exposing solution A to a second solution B; through a semi-permeable membrane. The mechanisms of solute transport across the semipermeable membrane include diffusion and hydrostatic pressure gradient (ultra-filtration). Additionally; water movement in response to osmotic pressure gradient is also involved

Proptotic panophthalmitis and bilateral supraclavicular lymph node metastases from prostatic carcinoma. A case report and literature review

"The authors describe a 68-year old Nigerian male farmer who had right-sided panophthalmitis in association with proptotic orbital metastasis and bilateral suprachlavicular lymphadenopathy from disseminated prostatic carcinoma. This combination; in one patient; of such unusual features of disseminated prostatic carcinoma as orbital metastasis with panophthalmitis and bilateral ""sign of Troisier""; albeit in the absence of urinary symptoms; to our knowledge; has not been reported previously. The patient showed initial response to diethylstilbestrol administration and had the panophthalmitic right eye eviscerated after antibiotic therapy."

Bilateral granulomatous tuberculous epididymitis and male infertility. A case report

Male infertility is a distressing and often ill-understood clinical problem. Most infertile males are treated empirically as we know so little about the endoctrine control of spermatogenesis. Reports on male infertility in Nigeria have stressed the role of varico-coles and bacterial chronic prostatitis in the aetiology of this syndrome. Inspite of the acknowleged high incidence of (pulmonary) tuberculosis in our mileu; tuberculosis as a cause of male infertility in Nigeria is underestimated

Tropical splenomegaly syndrome in Nigerian adults

Thirty-nine tropical splenomegaly syndrome (TSS) patients were studied between january 1987 and december 1988 at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital; Enugu; Nigeria. The aetiopathogenetic basis of the syndrome was briefly reviewed. The implications of the probable extent of this medical problems TSS in the tropics was emphasized. The probable complications of TSS; the ease of treatment and the impressive results of therapy were highlighted. The place of the different antimalarial chemoprophyllatic agents in the treatment of TSS was reviewed. Finally; the question of the appropriate duration of therapy for TSS was entertained