The endemicity of urinary bladder schistosomiasis and its link with the bladder malignancy was established in the epidemiological evaluations from across sections of Africa and Eastern Mediterranean. Notwithstanding, appraisals on the parasite-tumour mergence remained inadequate for most of the Nigerian communities. This review was to ascertain the pattern in Kano, a colossal city in Northern Nigeria. This was a 16-year retrospective study from 2nd January, 2001 to 31st December, 2016 of all Schistosoma-ova ingrained bladder cancers cataloged in the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. The reviewed variables comprised the patient's age, sex and the cancer histopathological conclusions. A total of 357 bladder cancers were confirmed during the sixteen year period. Of these, 30 (8.4%) demonstrated schistosomiasis ova. Patient's age ranged from 26 to 80 years
Leprosy Relapse: a Retrospective Study on Epidemiological, Clinical and Therapeutics Aspects at a Brazilian Referral Center
