Etiology of Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Study of 50 Cases in Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.

Autor: Khan JA; Dr Mohammad Jahangir Alam Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh., Siddque MA, Haque MN, Kundu SC, Ahmed MU, Bhuiyan AS
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Mymensingh medical journal : MMJ [Mymensingh Med J] 2015 Jul; Vol. 24 (3), pp. 492-6.
Abstrakt: This cross sectional observational study was done in the Department of ENT & Head-Neck Surgery, Mymensingh Medical College, Bangladesh from January 2013 to July 2014. Fifty (50) cases of carcinoma larynx were purposively selected. Clinically diagnosed cases of carcinoma larynx and histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma were included. Among 50 cases age ranged from 35-75 years with an average age of 58.1 years. Maximum patients were in 5th and 6th decades with male-female ratio 16:1. Most of the patient (78%) came from rural areas and came from low socio-economic condition (58%); maximum patients were cultivator (42%) & illiterate (50%). Smoking was the commonest (64%) personal habit. The other common personal habits were chewing of Betel nut & leaf (44%) and chewing of Tobacco (36%). Most of them have more than one habit.
Databáze: MEDLINE