Open AccessA histopathological study of ovarian neoplasms in children in a tertiary hospital of northern Nigeria
Author(s) -
Abdullahi Mohammed,
SA Malami,
B Calvin,
Muhammad Abdullahi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.62848
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , pathology , pediatrics
Information concerning the frequency and pattern of ovarian tumours in children is scant, more so in northern Nigeria. In view of this, we reviewed ovarian biopsies obtained from children in Zaria over a 25-year period.