Document 0131
 DOCN  M9480131
 TI    Oro-facial tumours in Ethiopian patients. Clinical analysis of 108 cases
       and a review of the literature.
 DT    9410
 AU    Neway M; Eshete S; Minasse M; Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
       and Dentistry, Yekatit; 12 Teaching Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
 SO    J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 1994 Apr;22(2):76-80. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94292585
 AB    Maxillofacial surgery is a new medical discipline in Ethiopia. Between
       May 1991 and December 1992, 108 patients with maxillofacial tumours were
       treated in our Department. These cases are analysed according to their
       age, sex, anatomical site, histopathological classification of benign
       and malignant tumours. More males (5.5:1) had malignant tumours than
       females. The age distribution of malignant tumours showed that most
       patients were under the age of 51. Histological classification of benign
       tumours revealed that fibromas and haemangiomas are common (7 cases
       each) and lymphoma, osteoma and Warthin's tumour are rare (1 case each).
       Almost all patients with giant cell tumour-like changes were female (11
       out of 13). Two patients with Kaposi's sarcoma and 3 patients with
       non-specific lymphadenopathy of the neck and retroauricular lymph nodes
       have been proved to be HIV/AIDS infected.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Adolescence  Adult  Age
       Factors  Ameloblastoma/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Carcinoma, Squamous
       Cell/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Child  Ethiopia/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Facial
       Neoplasms/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Female  Fibroma/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Follow-Up Studies
       Hemangioma/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  HIV Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Jaw
       Neoplasms/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  Middle Age  Mouth Neoplasms/*EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Sex Factors  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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