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ICT for rural communities has been a topic debated for decades now. Despite the many debates, the issues around this topic have mostly remained unresolved especially in most rural parts of Africa. It is with this in mind that this study; meant to emphasize the…

Tonsillectomy is a frequently performed procedure in children; its common postoperative complication is bleeding. We present a case report of a 6-year-old patient undergoing surgical haemostasis after an acute post-tonsillectomy bleeding. A rapid intubation sequence was performed to reduce the risk of blood inhalation and bronchospasm:…

Leiomyosarcoma of the uterus is a malignant tumor arising from the smooth muscle of the uterus. It is a rare tumor with an incidence as low as 2%-5% of all uterine malignancies. Besides the conventional type, one of the important variants includes the epithelioid leiomyosarcoma…

Rhizobium radiobacter infrequently causes human infections. Most of reported cases developed in immunocompromised patients with indwelling foreign devices. Herein, we documented the first case of biliary tract infection caused by R. radiobacter in a patient with gall bladder cancer with obstructive jaundice received percutaneous transhepatic…

Vast majority of Meckel’s diverticulum patients are asymptomatic, and they are often detected at laparotomy or laparoscopy. The common complications that can arise are bleeding, obstruction, and inflammation. Obstruction is considered to be the common complication of Meckel’s diverticulum in adults though it is seen…

Introduction: The treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL) has been a subject of controversy for decades. Systemic steroids are among the treatments with the greatest acceptance. Intratympanic steroids have been used with increasing frequency over the last 15 years in a variety of…

Purpose: Here we present the unusual case report of where a woman sustained a traumatic injury causing an open right subtrochanteric hip fracture which damaged the femoral nerve.  Case Report: A 39-year old woman presented with an open right subtrochanteric hip fracture following an accident…

Malignant gliomas are highly invasive primary brain tumors that are not known to metastasize outside the central nervous system (CNS). The median survival time of patients with glioma is only 6 months to 2 years depending on the variability in patient’s condition, type of tumor…

Background a chronic and progressive parapares is without remission silent on MRI is the ordinary neurological presentation of HTLV-I, expression of a central axonopathy product of axoplasmic transport alterations. Infrequently acute forms like “T2 hyperintense acute myelopathy on MRI” have been reported. The Purpose of…

Renal cell carcinoma is well known for its varied presentation and its potential of metastasizing to virtually any organs. Metastasis to the ureter or bladder is extremely rare. To date only 52 cases of metastatic renal cell carcinoma to ureter have been reported. We report…