OBJECTIVE: A clinico-pathological study of cancer of the larynx in Jos from 1983 to 1995. SETTING: Jos University Teaching University. SUBJECTS: 38 patients. RESULTS: 38 (100%) patients were seen. Thirty four (89.5%) were Black African males. Mean age was 47.7 years. Twenty nine (76.3%) smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol. Hoarseness (100%) was the commonest symptom. Mean duration of symptoms was 13.5% months. Transglottic (42.1%) was the commonest site and squamous cell carcinoma (97.4%) was the predominant histologic type. CONCLUSION: There was a male preponderance. The mean age was lower than in other series. Patients often presented late. Squamous cell carcinoma was the commonest cell type.
OBJECTIVE: A clinico-pathological study of cancer of the larynx in Jos from 1983 to 1995. SETTING: Jos University Teaching University. SUBJECTS: 38 patients. RESULTS: 38 (100%) patients were seen. Thirty four (89.5%) were Black African males. Mean age was 47.7 years. Twenty nine (76.3%) smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol. Hoarseness (100%) was the commonest symptom. Mean duration of symptoms was 13.5% months. Transglottic (42.1%) was the commonest site and squamous cell carcinoma (97.4%) was the predominant histologic type. CONCLUSION: There was a male preponderance. The mean age was lower than in other series. Patients often presented late. Squamous cell carcinoma was the commonest cell type.
Authors: Auwal Adamu; Emmanuel Sara Kolo; Abdulrazak Ajiya; Ahmad Mahmud; Iliyasu Yunusa Shuaibu; Onyekwere George B Nwaorgu Journal: J West Afr Coll Surg Date: 2022-08-27