Extensive overlap exists in the histologic appearance of partial and complete moles that even experienced pathologists can have difficulty differentiating them. More issues arise when the tissues under analysis are…
Today I performed an emergency splenectomy in a 14 years old male patient following blunt abdominal trauma that culminated into a splenic rupture. What comes to my mind was the…
Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease. Humans contract the disease through contact with infected animals. It is by ingesting unpasteurized dairy products, undercooked meat, or exposure to tissue or fluids. Such…
Deep in the remote villages of Uganda and a few suburban areas, a miscarriage is almost always attributed to a bad omen. I have encountered a few women who reported…
Following receipt of an email from The NEJM, about the notable articles of 2019, one paper stood out for me - this involved the clinical phase 3 trial of voxelotor…
We’ve enjoyed three articles about hydroxyurea so far. Let’s summarize the recommendations for the administration of hydroxyurea alias Hydroxycarbamide. These are; Educate all patients with SCA and their family members…
No drug is safe to administer to any patient, not even vitamin supplements. And because hydroxyurea is an anticancer per se, documentation that includes, but not limited to informed consent…
If you’ve read the previous article about the vital facts about hydroxyurea in sickle cell disease, you now have an idea about the drug. There are features that any therapeutic…
It is not very common that a drug like hydroxyurea is so exceptionally incredible, yet it has not gained as much traction and attention as it should have. It may…
We said in the previous articles that the management of sickle cell disease requires a multidisciplinary approach with the primary clinician at the centre of it. Chronic eye complications strictly…