Cancer of the larynx in black Africans in Jos Nigeria.

Autor:	Lilly-Tariah OB; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria., Ukoli CO, Nwana EJ
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Central African journal of medicine [Cent Afr J Med] 1999 Feb; Vol. 45 (2), pp. 40-2.
DOI:	10.4314/cajm.v45i2.8450
Abstrakt:	Objective: A clinico-pathological study of cancer of the larynx in Jos from 1983 to 1995. Setting: Jos University Teaching University. Subjects: 38 patients. Results: 38 (100%) patients were seen. Thirty four (89.5%) were Black African males. Mean age was 47.7 years. Twenty nine (76.3%) smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol. Hoarseness (100%) was the commonest symptom. Mean duration of symptoms was 13.5% months. Transglottic (42.1%) was the commonest site and squamous cell carcinoma (97.4%) was the predominant histologic type. Conclusion: There was a male preponderance. The mean age was lower than in other series. Patients often presented late. Squamous cell carcinoma was the commonest cell type.
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