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| Year : 1997 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 22-25 |
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Orbito-ocular tumours in Nigeria adults: A review of 94 patients over a period of 11 years
Chimdi M Ekwerekwu1, NO Magulike1, WI B. Onuigbo2
1 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria
2 Medical Foundation and Clinic, Enugu, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Chimdi M Ekwerekwu
Dept. of Ophthalmology U.N.T.H., Enugu
Nigeria
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
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We present a review of histologically confirmed tumours of the eye and adnexa in 94 Nigerian adults at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, from 1980 to 1990.
The neoplasms in 50% of the patients (26 male. 21 female) were malignant with mean age of 51 at presentation. The remaining 50% had benign neoplasms.
The commonest occurring neoplasm was invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva (11.7%), while squamous papilloma of the lid and conjunctiva (7.5%) manifested most frequently among the benign tumours.
The findings were generally similar to other studies in negroes. On the other hand, basal cell carcinoma of the lid occurred in 3 of our patients (3.2%) remarkably.
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