Nigerian Journal of Surgical Research, Vol. Oral and Maxillo-facial soft tissue sarcomas in an Africa population. Request for Reprints to Dr. These tumours are under reported in Africa South of the Sahara in current literature.
Methods : Patients presenting to the Maxillofacial Unit, of the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, with oral and maxillofacial malignancies between the years and were retrospectively studied.
Soft tissue sarcomas were studied. Demographic features, clinical presentation, treatment options , outcome and histologic variants were studied.
Results : There were 38 Conclusion : Most patients present late with difficult deforming tumours. We can blame patients knowledge, Socio-economic. Key words : soft tissue sarcoma, oral, maxillofacial, poverty, ignorance, treatment, African, management, tumours.
Soft tissue sarcomas STS are solid malignancies mostly of mesodermal origin whose rarity and variety present formidable challenges in characterization and treatment. Like other tumours, they can occur at any anatomical site and at any age. Some STS are of ectodermal origin but all STS are considered as a group because of the similarities in their clinical features, natural history, treatment and disease outcome. Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common histologic type of STS in the oral and maxillofacial region, followed by the malignant fibrous histiocytoma MFH and the fibrosarcoma 2.
