OBJECTIVE To assess the role of sonography as an adjunct to mammography in women with dense breast tissue by determining yield and validity of sonography using histopathology/follow-up mammography as gold standard. METHODS It was a descriptive analytical study conducted at the Radiology Department of Aga Khan University Hospital, from September 2005 to April 2007. A total of 76, mammographica...

Breast clinic enhances the experience and expertise of the surgeons while gathering large amount of data which provides opportunity for further study and research. The aim of this study was to find the distribution of presenting complaints among patients coming to a referral hospital breast clinic and their relation to presence of benign vs. malignant disease. Female patients presenting to a te...

BACKGROUND Breast surgery is an exceedingly common procedure with an increased incidence of acute and chronic pain. Pectoral nerve block is a novel peripheral nerve block alternative to neuro-axial and paravertebral blocks for ambulatory breast surgeries. OBJECTIVES This study aims to compare the analgesic efficacy and safety of modified Pecs block with ketamine plus bupivacaine versus bupiva...

Snake bites are frequently reported in both rural and suburban areas worldwide (1). They are especially common in areas with climate and ecological conditions suitable for poisonous snake species. Among the victims of poisonous snakebites, lactating women are no exception. In such cases, one of the most important questions facing a clinical toxicologist is ‘when can a lactating patient restart ...

AIM To explore lay perceptions of causes, severity, presenting symptoms and treatment of breast cancer. METHODS In October-November 2012, we recruited men and women (18 years and older) from households and health facilities in three different parts of Western Kenya, chosen for variations in their documented burdens of breast cancer. A standardized and validated tool, the breast cancer awarene...

PURPOSE Limited information is available comparing toxicity of accelerated radiotherapy (RT) to that of standard fractionation RT for early stage breast cancer. We report early and late toxicities of two prone regimens of accelerated intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) with a concomitant boost (CB) to the tumor bed delivered over 3 or 5 weeks as compared to standard 6 week RT with a se...

BACKGROUND Each year, approximately 350 000 women in the UK experience perineal suturing following childbirth. For those women whose perineal wound dehisces, the management will vary according to individual practitioner's preferences. For most women, the wound will be managed expectantly (healing by secondary intention), whereas others may be offered resuturing. However, there is limited scient...

History: Colleen, a 34 year old white female, presented for treatment of severe breast pain, known as mastalgia, of five years duration. The pain was cyclical (menstrually related), however, she had some tenderness throughout the entire month. Colleen described multiple lumps in each breast, and about two years prior had a large lump drained. It was at that time that her gynecologist termed her...

Music therapy has been used in multiple health care settings to reduce patient pain, anxiety, and stress. However, few available studies have investigated its effect on pain among breast cancer patients after radical mastectomy. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of music therapy on pain reduction in patients with breast cancer after radical mastectomy. This randomized controlled ...

This study aimed to determine and quantitate the mammographic and sonographic characteristics in 13 cases of solid neuroendocrine breast carcinoma (NEBC) and to analyze the association of radiological findings with the clinical and histopathologic findings. The clinical data and imaging findings of 13 female patients with histologically confirmed solid NEBC were reviewed. Imaging data were eval...