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Tumors of the mandible and maxilla in ACCRA, Ghana
Author(s) -
Kovi J.,
Laing W. N.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196609)19:9<1301::aid-cncr2820190918>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - ameloblastoma , maxilla , medicine , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , odontogenic , adamantinoma , odontogenic tumor , pathological , dentistry , pathology , biology , botany , genus
Abstract The pathological material was drawn from 7,945 histological and 1,159 postmortem examinations performed at the Korle Bu Hospital, Accra, from January 1962 through September 1965. A total of 89 primary bone tumors have been found, among which tumors of the mandible and maxilla amounted to 70. The jaw tumors fell predominantly in one of the following 3 groups: odontogenic tumors—22, Burkitt's tumor—27 and carcinoma—13. In the group with odontogenic tumors, ameloblastoma totaled 20. A case designated as siderotic ameloblastoma has been described in detail. The authors conclude that what had been found in East Africa—that the jaw of Africans is particularly susceptible to the growth of tumors—is true of people living in Ghana at the western part of the continent.