Two hundred and forty six tumours and tumour-like conditions of the jaw seen in Zaria, Nigeria
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Rafindadi, A. H.
Ayuba, G. I. |
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2006-08-24T18:30:43Z
2006-08-24T18:30:43Z 2002-12-31 |
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http://www.bioline.org.br/abstract?id=am02014
Annals of African Medicine (ISSN: 1596-3519) Vol 1 Num 2 http://hdl.handle.net/1807/5015 |
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Background: Tumours of the jaw may arise from the odontogenic tissues or from the non-odontogenic tissues. Many of the odontogenic tumours are considered as developmental rather than neoplastic. Method: The present study is a retrospective analysis of 246 tumours of the jaw seen in the Pathology Department of the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria from 1987 - 1996. The tumours were classified according to World Health Organization international histological classification for odontogenic tumours. The cases were analyzed according to histological type, age and sex. Result: sarcoma peaked in the fourth decade while the only case of malignant ameloblastoma was in the fifth decade. Eighty one percent of the jaw lymphomas were of Burkitt's type, 53.1% of which were within the age group 5 - 9 years. The other non-Burkitt's lymphomas were distributed between 5 to 60 years. Conclusions: Ameloblastoma is the commonest benign tumour of the jaw in Zaria, while Burkitt's lymphoma is the commonest malignant jaw tumour. The later occurs mainly in the first decade of life. |
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Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto and Annals of African Medicine Society
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http://www.bioline.org.br/am
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Copyright 2002 - Annals of African Medicine.
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Jaw tumours
Jaw tumours |
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Two hundred and forty six tumours and tumour-like conditions of the jaw seen in Zaria, Nigeria |
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journal
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