A Histopathological Study Of Primary Bone Tumours And Tumour - Lesions In Ile - Ife (A Thirteen-Year Retrospective Review)

📄 Project Abstract

A 13-year (1991 - 2003) retrospective study was carried out on 100 cases of primary bone tumours and tumour like lesions using the records of patients available in the department of Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, and those in the patients case notes. The study was aimed at determining various histological types of primary bone tumours, their relative frequencies and distribution according to age, sex and anatomical sites. There were 50 cases of malignant primary bone tumours accounting for 50% of all primary bone tumours and tumour-like lesions. The age range was 8 - 76 years with a mean of 35.7 years. The peak age incidence was in the second decade of life. The male to female ratio was 1.9:1. osteosarcoma was the commonest malignant primary bone tumour (42%). This was followed by multiple myeloma and chondrosarcoma, accounting for 36% and 12% respectively. The femur was the most frequently involved bone (24%) in primar...