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Nine thousand four hundred evaluable patients with breast complaints were consecutively studied from 1984 to 1994. Their ages ranged between 15-65 years with a median of 33 years. Five thousand, six hundred and seventy-five of these presented on account of pain and a mass was the cause of pain in 74%. Gross fibrocystic disease of the breast was the commonest tumour encountered in this group. Seven hundred and thirty eight patients were found to have 'referred' pain, and splenomegaly was the commonest cause of this 'referred' pain. At present, a simple breast biopsy remains the cheapest and most effective method of investigating this organ in most developing countries.
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Doenças Mamárias/complicações , Dor/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Idoso , Biópsia por Agulha , Doenças Mamárias/epidemiologia , Doenças Mamárias/patologia , Camarões/epidemiologia , Fatores de Confusão Epidemiológicos , Países em Desenvolvimento , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Dor/etiologiaRESUMO
A case of a 7-year-old male child with sincipital nasofrontal encephalomeningocele is reported. The anomaly was associated with a mild degree of atrial septal defect. This is the first case reported in the Cameroons.
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Encefalocele/cirurgia , Meningocele/cirurgia , Criança , Encefalocele/patologia , Osso Frontal , Humanos , Masculino , Meningocele/patologia , Osso NasalRESUMO
A case of hematocolpos with imperforate hymen in a 16-year-old, well-developed African girl is reported. Diagnosis was established by the presence of an abdominopelvic doughy mass, a boggy mass filling the vagina and an imperforate, bulging hymen, and cryptomenorrhea despite the presence of characteristics of pubescence.