Aim: To determine patients' perception of services rendered in a high volume Nigerian primary eye care center. Methods: ex post facto research design was used. Participants' socio-demographic profile was obtained using a pretested questionnaire. Data analysis was by SPSS version 20.0. Results: Of the 303 patients (156, 51.6% first timers; 147, 48.5% were old patients), 153(50.5%) were males and 150 (49.5%) were females. The age range was 13 years to 94 years with a mean of 53.8+17.05 years. Overall satisfaction with care was 98.3% with waiting time constituting the highest level of dissatisfaction (22.5%). Conclusion: The high patronage of this eye center can be linked to the high level of satisfaction of the patients.
Aim:The aim of this report is to raise the awareness of the existence of this rare ocular affliction in our locality and to highlight the importance of routine histopathological diagnosis of ocular mass lesions. Case Presentation: An 11 year old male school child presented to our centre with a 9 months history of a fleshy growth which bleeds spontaneously, on the inner aspect of the right upper eyelid. Other parts of both eyes including the left eye lid were normal A provisional diagnosis of squamous cell papilloma of the conjunctiva was made and the patient underwent an excisional biopsy of the lesion. Microscopic sections of the mass showed hyperplastic polypoid lesion with numerous globular cysts within the subepithelia conjunctiva with a surrounding of heavy inflammatory reaction composed of lymphocytes, plasma cells and neutrophils. A histopathological diagnosis of conjunctival rhinosporidiosis was made. Discussion: Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic localized granulomatous infection caused by an aquatic
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