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Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma (BCAC) is a rare tumour of the salivary glands which has recently been included in the World Health Organization classification. It is thought to be malignant counterpart of basal cell adenoma (BCA) from which it can only be distinguished on the basis…

Cases of extensive placental haematomas that persist beyond the second trimester until the end of pregnancy are extremely rare and are associated with poor obstetric outcome. We describe a case of a massive subamniotic haematoma diagnosed by ultrasound in the first trimester, confirmed by magnetic…

Cloud Computing has quickly become a popular buzzword in the IT industry. It is hard to understand what cloud computing technologies are and if we are using the real thing. Many standard-developing organizations such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the…

In health communication research studies, there have been various qualitative and quantitative studies on breast cancer. However, there is paucity of research investigations on the influence of information sources used in media awareness campaigns on breast cancer care among women in Nigeria. This study, therefore,…

The word lithopedion is a descriptive term derived from the Greek words litho (meaning stone), and pedion (meaning child). This is a rare condition with less than 300 cases reported in 400 years of medical literature. Lithopedion is a name given to an extra-uterine pregnancy…

Clofarabine use has been reported to be safe in previous studies. We report 2 cases of relapsed ALL in children, one of them occurring after bone marrow transplantation. The patients were treated with clofarabine 40 mg/m², etoposide 100 mg/m² and cyclophosphamide 440 g/m². They developed…

Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury is a neurological condition characterized by partial or complete sensory/motor loss below the level of lesion. Definitive treatment directed towards repair, regeneration of the severed cord has not been established. The recovery of these patients is quite slow and in some…

In neonatal resuscitation, Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) is usually recommended as an alternate airway when endotracheal intubation is not possible. However, it can be used to give positive pressure breaths in place of Bag and Mask (BM) and may even be easier to use than…

The objective of this study was to validate the Numerical Simulation Model proposed for Locator (Zest Anchors, Inc.) system, by comparing the retention values with the ones mentioned in the product catalogue in order to optimise the shape of the overdenture systems, to improve the…

Introduction:  Keloid acne of the neck (KAN) is a dermatological pathology with very poorly explained etiopathogenesis and specific ethnic distributions; and almost always observed in black males. Case history: Miss N, 26 years old, came consulting for pruriginous scalp lesions, appearing intermittently over the last…