M. S. Umoh

Cutaneous metastatic carcinoma: diagnostic and therapeutic values.

OBJECTIVE: This study was to highlight the diagnostic and therapeutic values of cutaneous metastatic carcinoma. METHODS: Presented are patients with histologic diagnosis of cutaneous metastatic carcinoma seen in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria from 2000 to 2006. RESULTS: Six patients (2 men and 4 women) with cutaneous metastatic carcinoma whose ages ranged from 37 to 55 years presented during the study period and accounted for 6.5% of total cutaneous cancer and 0.6% of total malignancy. CONCLUSION: Cutaneous metastatic carcinoma exhibited a pattern of clinical significance. Clinicians are urged to renew interest in cutaneous nodules, chronic discharging sinuses, and ulcers.

Neonatal Male Circumcision

Circumcision is the most common surgical procedure performed worldwide. It is estimated that about 30% of human males have undergone the ritual, of whom Muslims comprises 70%. Majority of neonatal circumcision are based on a complex array of medical, socio-cultural and religious reasons. The controversy continues-Neonatal circumcision or otherwise [1,2]. The clinical benefits of circumcision include reducing sexual transmitted disease (STD), Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, Phimosis, Urinary tract infection (UTI) Penile cancer, cervical cancer in female mates; etc. The common complications include haemorrhage, infection and failure to remove enough foreskins, injury to the glans penis etc.