Pan African Medical JournalPub Date : 2024-08-09eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2024.48.167.43984
{"title":"Retraction: \"Sudden transient blindness following ureteroscopy: an uncommon complication of a common procedure (a case report) (Pan African Medical Journal. 2024;47:201. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2024.47.201.42952)\".","authors":"","doi":"10.11604/pamj.2024.48.167.43984","DOIUrl":"10.11604/pamj.2024.48.167.43984","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This retracts the article DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2024.47.201.42952.].</p>","PeriodicalId":48190,"journal":{"name":"Pan African Medical Journal","volume":"48 ","pages":"167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11466349/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142401625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pan African Medical JournalPub Date : 2024-08-05eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2024.48.150.44701
George Nyadimo Agot, Marshal Mutinda Mweu, Joseph Kibuchi Wang'ombe
{"title":"Birth defects and their impact on child morbidity and mortality in developing settings.","authors":"George Nyadimo Agot, Marshal Mutinda Mweu, Joseph Kibuchi Wang'ombe","doi":"10.11604/pamj.2024.48.150.44701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2024.48.150.44701","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the notable gains that have been realized in reversing perinatal, neonatal, and childhood morbidity and mortality, insignificant actions on birth defects undermine the desired outcomes. A yearly upward trend of birth defects (44.04-205.28 per 100,000 livebirths) between 2014 and 2018 attributed to known genetic, unknown multifactorial inheritance, and socio-demographic environmental factors, with an estimated unit economic cost of $ 1,139.73 for outpatient services was observed in Kiambu County, Kenya. Thus, interventions anchored on social health insurance would suffice.</p>","PeriodicalId":48190,"journal":{"name":"Pan African Medical Journal","volume":"48 ","pages":"150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11585121/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142711607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pan African Medical JournalPub Date : 2024-08-02eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2024.48.148.42102
Cherileila Thiombiano, Charles Somé, Herman Bazié, Doriane Zombré, Sié Da, Adama Kantagba, Ollo Da, Abdoulaye Ouattara, Wilfried Wenceslas Bazié, Isidore Tiandiogo Traoré
{"title":"[Profile of psychoactive substance users: status report after 13 months of activities at the \"Colibri Sud\" care centre].","authors":"Cherileila Thiombiano, Charles Somé, Herman Bazié, Doriane Zombré, Sié Da, Adama Kantagba, Ollo Da, Abdoulaye Ouattara, Wilfried Wenceslas Bazié, Isidore Tiandiogo Traoré","doi":"10.11604/pamj.2024.48.148.42102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2024.48.148.42102","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48190,"journal":{"name":"Pan African Medical Journal","volume":"48 ","pages":"148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11585118/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142711588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pan African Medical JournalPub Date : 2024-08-02eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2024.48.147.44304
Souvik Sarkar, Poonam Patil
{"title":"Rheumatoid ulcer in a case of rheumatoid arthritis with pulmonary tuberculosis.","authors":"Souvik Sarkar, Poonam Patil","doi":"10.11604/pamj.2024.48.147.44304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2024.48.147.44304","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48190,"journal":{"name":"Pan African Medical Journal","volume":"48 ","pages":"147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11585120/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142710411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pan African Medical JournalPub Date : 2024-08-02eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2024.48.144.35940
Abdelkrim Chetibi, Kamel Allal, Mustapha Saidani
{"title":"Lymphangiome kystique du mésocolon: à propos d’un cas.","authors":"Abdelkrim Chetibi, Kamel Allal, Mustapha Saidani","doi":"10.11604/pamj.2024.48.144.35940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2024.48.144.35940","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intraperitoneal Cystic Lymphangioma (CL) is a rare benign malformative disease of lymphatic origin, with a wide range of clinical symptoms. Diagnosis is based on imaging tests and confirmed by histology. We here report the case of a 54-year-old woman presenting with chronic abdominal pain, with no effect on general condition. Radiological assessment showed a benign mesenteric cystic formation consistent with a cystic lymphangioma. Complete surgical excision of the cystic mass after puncture-aspiration was performed via midline laparotomy, with an uncomplicated postoperative course. Histological examination of the lumpectomy confirmed the diagnosis of LK of the mesocolon. At 12 months, the patient was asymptomatic and no recurrence was observed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48190,"journal":{"name":"Pan African Medical Journal","volume":"48 ","pages":"144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11585123/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142710237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pan African Medical JournalPub Date : 2024-08-02eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2024.48.149.44563
Deeplata Mendhe, Ramdinmawii Ralte
{"title":"A severe case of Duchenne muscular dystrophy manifested with scoliosis and muscle contractures in 21-year-old male: a rare clinical image.","authors":"Deeplata Mendhe, Ramdinmawii Ralte","doi":"10.11604/pamj.2024.48.149.44563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2024.48.149.44563","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48190,"journal":{"name":"Pan African Medical Journal","volume":"48 ","pages":"149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11585119/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142711592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pan African Medical JournalPub Date : 2024-08-01eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2024.48.143.43409
Mujaheed Suleman, Jay Lodhia, Bahati Robert Kitandu, Ayesiga Herman
{"title":"Gastroduodenal intussusception as a rare complication of gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case report.","authors":"Mujaheed Suleman, Jay Lodhia, Bahati Robert Kitandu, Ayesiga Herman","doi":"10.11604/pamj.2024.48.143.43409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2024.48.143.43409","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intussusception is a common and well-known surgical pathology. Intussusception in adults is rare, accounting for only 5% of all intussusceptions. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are common mesenchymal tumors of the stomach that can act as a pathological lead point for intussusception. Herein, we present an uncommon case of gastroduodenal intussusception in an elderly female patient due to gastric GIST which was successfully managed surgically by partial gastric resection. This case report creates awareness that clinicians should have gastric intussusception as their differential diagnosis for gastric outlet obstruct and highlights the importance of further radiological investigations.</p>","PeriodicalId":48190,"journal":{"name":"Pan African Medical Journal","volume":"48 ","pages":"143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11585124/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142711633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pan African Medical JournalPub Date : 2024-07-31eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2024.48.142.40314
Youssef Amal, Sarah Tabbai, Hakima Chhoul
{"title":"Diode laser removal of lower lip mucocele: a case report.","authors":"Youssef Amal, Sarah Tabbai, Hakima Chhoul","doi":"10.11604/pamj.2024.48.142.40314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2024.48.142.40314","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mucocele is a common benign cyst pathology of minor salivary glands of the oral mucosa. The most common location for these lesions is the lower lip. It mainly occurs due to chronic trauma or habit of lip biting or sucking. Such parafunctional habits lead to the alteration of minor salivary glands and mucous accumulation. This case report presents a patient with lower lip mucocele resulting from a lip-sucking habit due to the presence of maxillary central incisor midline diastema. The mucocele removal was performed with a diode laser, and the midline diastema was closed with composite in order to eliminate the parafunctional habit of lip sucking and prevent a possible relapse.</p>","PeriodicalId":48190,"journal":{"name":"Pan African Medical Journal","volume":"48 ","pages":"142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11585126/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142711547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}