title: Orofacial tumours in suburban Nigerian children and adolescents.
abstract: We report the type and distribution of orofacial tumours in south-western Nigerian children and adolescents. The 512 records of patients with oral and maxillofacial tumours in the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, from 1991 to 2001, were searched and the 146 records (28%) of patients aged 19 years and less were reviewed. Their mean age was 10 years (female:male ratio 1:1.4). Of the 146 tumours 74 (51%) were malignant and 72 (49%) were benign. Of the latter 31 were from soft tissue and 41 were from the jaw (20 odontogenic and 21 non-odontogenic). The most common benign soft tissue and jaw tumours were gingival epulis and ameloblastoma respectively. Of the malignant tumours 67 were lymphomas, 5 sarcomas and 2 carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. tttaregbs@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Aregbesola
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Ugboko
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Akinwande
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Arole
authors.forename: O O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Fagade
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000453:epidemiology; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007571:Jaw Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000453:epidemiology