Publications by authors named "F O Edegbe"
Introduction: Lymphadenopathy is usually due to benign or malignant conditions. It can also be local or systemic in distribution and can involve peripheral or deep-seated lymph nodes. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of lymphoma and the distribution pattern of lymph node pathologies among adult patients who presented with lymphadenopathy and its relationship with age and sex.
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- Ovarian cancer is more prevalent among Black women in West Africa compared to those in North America, and survival rates are lower for Black women than White women, with factors like histotype and age at diagnosis affecting outcomes.
- The study analyzed data from Nigerian patients, Caribbean-born Blacks, and US-born Blacks, revealing that Nigerians had a higher percentage of germ cell and sex-cord stromal tumors, whereas Caribbean and US-born blacks had more cases of serous ovarian cancer.
- Nigerians were diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancers at a younger age compared to their Caribbean and US counterparts, with all Black women showing earlier diagnosis of germ cell and sex-cord stromal tumors than White women.
Background: Haematological cancers are clonal diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs, with the distribution pattern not known in our locality. This study aimed to describe the distribution pattern and prevalence of haematological cancers among adults in Abakaliki, Nigeria.
Materials And Methods: This was an 8-year retrospective study in which the hospital records/case notes of adult patients diagnosed and managed for haematological cancers from May 2012 to April 2020 were reviewed.
Any neoplastic growth within a tissue or an organ harboring components derived from more than one germ layer is called a teratoma. Teratoma may be monodermal or polydermal in origin and they can also be classified as mature or immature teratomas. In a retrospective study of teratomas histologically diagnosed in the Department of Pathology, Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA), Ebonyi State, the entire specimens received at the Department for histological assessment over a fifteen-year period (2000-2014), was 6,548.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is an autoimmune disease, known to be the most common cause of hypothyroidism in nonendemic goitrous areas. It is usually characterized by symmetric, painless, and diffused but sometimes localized swelling of the thyroid gland with features of hypothyroidism. Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), on the other hand, is the most common yet less aggressive form of thyroid cancer, especially in iodine-deficient areas.
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