Paediatric malignancies
Afr. j. paediatri. surg. (Online)
;
4(1): 12-15, 2007.
Article
in English
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| ID: biblio-1257485
ABSTRACT
This study aims to describe the pattern of paediatric malignancies in a tertiary hospital in North Eastern Nigeria. This was a retrospective study of all paediatric malignancies diagnosed between June 2000 and May 2006 at the Federal Medical Centre; Gombe; Nigeria. Data were collected from the histopathology and haematology registers; as well as patients' case files and were analyzed. A total of 3;313 children were admitted within the study period. Out of this; 68(2.05) children aged less than 15 years (MF=11) had histologically confirmed malignancies. Malignant lymphomas were the most common (42.65) of all the childhood malignancies; with Burkitt's lymphoma ranking highest (68.97). Burkitt's lymphoma also accounted for 29.41of all the malignancies. Other common malignancies included sarcomas 10(14.71); neurofibromatosis 9(13.24); nephroblastoma 8(11.77); acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 5(7.35) and retinoblastoma 4(5.88). The less common paediatric malignancies were melanoma; invasive lobular breast carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the breast; which together accounted for 4.41. Burkitt's lymphoma is the most frequently diagnosed malignant neoplasm in children at the Federal Medical Centre; Gombe
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AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Child
/
Burkitt Lymphoma
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Hematologic Neoplasms
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Nigeria
Type of study:
Observational study
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Afr. j. paediatri. surg. (Online)
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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