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Annals of African Medicine
Annals of African Medicine Society
ISSN: 1596-3519
Vol. 1, No. 2, 2002, pp. 72-78
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Bioline Code: am02014
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Annals of African Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2002, pp. 72-78
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Two Hundred and Forty Six Tumours and Tumour-like Conditions of the Jaw Seen in Zaria, Nigeria
Rafindadi, A. H. & Ayuba, G. I.
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Jaw tumours
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