Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Clinico-pathological profile of head and neck malignancies at University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria | Adisa et al. Head Face Medicine 2011 7 9 http content 7 1 9 HEAD FACE MEDICINE RESEARCH Open Access Clinico-pathological profile of head and neck malignancies at University College Hospital Ibadan Nigeria 1 1 2 1 2 Akinyele O Adisa Bukola F Adeyemi Abideen O Oluwasola Bamidele Kolude Effiong EU Akang and Jonathan O Lawoyin1 Abstract Introduction This retrospective study analysed head and neck malignancies seen over a 19-year period at the University College Hospital Ibadan. Methodology One thousand one hundred and ninety two patients with head and neck malignancies were analysed according to age gender topography and histology. Results There was an annual hospital frequency of 62 cases per year. The overall mean age for these malignancies was SD years. The lesions from the respiratory tract were the most frequent of all cases. The palate was the most frequent intra-oral site . Epithelial malignancies constituted of all cases with a male female ratio of 2 1 a mean age of SD years and were mostly located in the larynx . Lymphomas constituted of all head and neck cancers with a male female ratio of 1 a mean age of SD years and nodal involvement was most common. Sarcomas constituted of all malignancies with a male female ratio of 1 mean age of SD years and the maxillofacial bones were most commonly involved. Neuroendocrine malignancies accounted for of head and neck malignancies with a male female ratio of 1 1 a mean age of SD years and both cases involved the nose. Conclusion This study has further confirmed that carcinomas remain the most frequent cancers of the head and neck region in south-western Nigeria. Keywords head and neck malignancies clinico-pathologic profile south-western Nigeria Introduction Head and neck cancers are malignant neoplasms occurring in the nasal cavities paranasal sinuses nasopharynx hypopharnyx oropharynx ear scalp oral
