Browsing by Author "Agbara R"

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    An epidemiological study of 270 cases of carcinomas of the head and neck region in a Nigerian tertiary health care facility
    (2017) Fomete B; Agbara R; Adebayo ET; Osunde OD; Adeola DS
    Introduction Oral cancer is the sixth most frequently occurring malignant tumor and is the major cause of morbidity and mortality with high metastatic and invasive tendency. The incidence of oral cancer differs widely in various parts of the world with a range of 2–10 per 100,000 populations per year, approximately 300,000 new cases. Incidence and mortality as a result of oral cancer are higher in developing countries when compared to developed countries. This is the reason for the occurrence of the peak age in later decades of life. Patients and methods All consecutive cases of histologically diagnosed cases of orofacial carcinomas seen at the Maxillofacial Unit, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria over a 10 year period were retrospectively analyzed. Results Over the study period, a total of 1116 cases of maxillofacial conditions were seen in the unit out of which 270 represented orofacial cancers, giving a prevalence of 24.19%. Of the 270 cases, male accounted for 159(58.9%) while females were 111(41.1%) giving a male to female ratio of 1.43:1. The age ranged from 5 to 90 years, mean (SD), 48.4(16.12) years and patients in the 4th to 6th decades (47.7%) were mostly affected. There was no gender difference in terms of distribution of the tumors according to age. Conclusion Squamous cell carcinoma of the orofacial region has continued to pose great challenges to care givers and practitioners involved in their management.
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    Clinicopathologic features of forehead prayer marks in Kano, Northwest Nigeria
    (2021) Omeje KU; Famurewa BA; Adebola RA; Agbara R; Amole OI; Fomete B; Suleiman A
    Prayer marks are asymptomatic nodular and cyst like swellings or callosities with or without chronic skin changes attributable to repeated, prolonged pressure and friction exerted on bony prominences when praying on hard surfaces. This study aimed to describe the clinical and pathological features of forehead prayer marks in Kano, Northwest Nigeria. A retrospective review of Muslims with regular praying habits who presented to the maxillofacial surgery clinic of Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, Kano within a five year (January 2014–December 2018) period on account of central forehead nodular prayer marks was conducted. Biographic data, duration, size, consistency and histological diagnoses of forehead prayer marks were retrieved and analysed. Of the 26 patients with forehead prayer marks, there were 19 men (M: F = 2.7:1). The mean age was 42 ± 3 years and there ages ranged from 15 to 62 years. The mean duration and size of the swellings were 1 ± 5.4 years and 2.5 ± 3.1 cm respectively. The consistency of the lesions was mostly soft to firm (n = 23). Seventeen of the lesions were histologically diagnosed as lipoma. Others were fibroma, soft tissue cysts, eosinophilic granuloma and osteoma. Forehead prayer marks are more common in men than women with highest occurrence in fifth decade of life. Lipoma was the commonest post-excision histological diagnosis of forehead prayer marks.