Clinicopathological pattern of breast lesions in children and adolescents.

Background: Breast lesions are not common in children and adolescents. The aim of this study is to retrospectively survey the clinicopathological pattern of breast lesions in children and adolescents in our setting. Materials and method: This is a retrospective study of all breast specimens from children and adolescents that were histopathologically diagnosed in University of Uyo Teaching Hospital. Results: The youngest patients seen were 11 years old, with mean age of 17.1 ± 1.91. The commonest clinical diagnoses were fibroadenoma (n=134, 72.4%). Thirty-five-point seven percent of the patients presented within 6 months of noticing the lump. The mean size of the lumps was 6.2cm ± 3.9. Fibroadenoma was the most common benign diagnosis and the most common histopathologic diagnosis in this study. The mean age of patients with fibroadenoma was 17.15±1.83. Conclusion: The pattern of breast lesions in adolescents in Uyo is similar to that from other parts of Nigeria.

Giant hydronephrosis associated with angiomyolipoma in an adult male: A case report.

Giant Hydronephrosis in the adult can reach elephantoid proportions, containing several liters of fluid. It can be associated with rare renal neoplasms. We present a 27 year old man with progressive painless abdominal distention whose imaging investigations (ultrasound and CT scan) disclosed a left GH. This was successfully removed en-bloc by simple nephrectomy via a midline laparotomy. Obstruction was at the UPJ, the mass contained 13.5L of fluid and histopathologic examination revealed Angiomyolipoma of the kidney and pelvis. This is a rare discovery in a rare pathology.

Retrospective Study of Abandoned Dead Bodies in the Morgue of a Tertiary Health Institution: The Identified, Unidentified and Unclaimed.

Background: Dead bodies in a morgue can be grouped into any of the following: identified- but-not-abandoned, unidentified/unclaimed and identified-but-abandoned. The first group, usually poses no challenge. The unidentified/unclaimed group is always a challenge to every morgue management, while little or nothing is known about the identified-but-abandoned group. Methodology: This is a retrospective study of all the unidentified/unclaimed dead bodies and the identified-but-abandoned dead bodies seen in the morgue of University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The information for this study were gotten from UUTH morgue register and the data obtained were analyzed using Standard Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. Results: 114 dead bodies deposited in the morgue were studied, 89 of these bodies were identified-but-abandoned, while 25 were unidentified/unclaimed.For the identified-but-abandoned, the youngest bodies were that of day old neonates and the oldest body was an 87 year old male giving a mean age of 37.01 ± 20.88. Males accounted for 57.3% (n=51), while females accounted for 42.7% (n=38), with a male to female ratio of 1.3:1. Age groups 0-39 years accounted for 60.7% of the identified-but-abandoned bodies.The 25 unidentified/unclaimed bodies include 22 males and 3 females giving a male to female sex ratio of 7.3:1. There ages were not known. About 73.7% of the study population (n=84) were in-patients on treatment in the various wards of the hospital and died during the course of treatment while 30 dead bodies (26.3%), were brought in dead (BID). Direct relatives of the deceased (siblings or parents or children or spouse) deposited the bodies in the morgue in 37.8% of occasions, potters (ward maids) in 23.7% and security/uniform agencies in 23.7%. Conclusion: Identified-but-abandoned dead bodies exist. Relatives should be made to understand that the only right a dead person has, is at least a decent burial.