Introduction: The vulva and vagina are of great significance to womanhood owing to the myriads of specialized functions they perform. The diseases of this organ have physical, social, mental, and psychological ramifications. The aim of this work is to study the pathological pattern and clinical presentation of diseases of the vulva and vagina at the Department of Anatomical Pathology and Forensic Medicine of the Jos University Teaching Hospital between 1st January 2011 and December 31st, 2020.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Changes in the epidemiology of cancers in some African countries due to demographic shift and change in lifestyle is well documented. Availability of screening, diagnostic and treatment facilities for the population serving a registry overtime is likely to impact on parameters of collated and stored data. We therefore sought to document changes in trends observed in the data stored at the Jos University's (JUTH's) cancer registry over the period of years in focus and highlight the role of certain local factors on these changes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The designation Rabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is used to describe the malignant mesenchymal neoplasm that exhibits varying degree of skeletal muscle differentiation. RMS is the commonest malignancy of soft tissues afflicting children and adolescent up until age 20. It constitutes 5-10% of pediatric malignancies, and 7-9.
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