Medical Foundation and Clinic,
Enugu
Nigeria
Review Article
The Epidemiology of Neurofibroma in Infancy and Childhood Among Nigerian Igbos
Author(s): Wilson IB OnuigboWilson IB Onuigbo
Background: The neurofibroma has been defined as a fibroma composed of “nervous and connective tissue” and held to have been first used in 1892. Moreover, an illustrated book without a figure defined it alike. Furthermore, a weighty tome also explained this similarly. Hence, what are the epidemiological features? The answer is based on a UK group that considered the use of a histopathology data pool in its analysis.
Materials and Methods: This paper contributes with personal experiences obtained among an Ethnic Group in Nigeria using a Reference Pathology Laboratory in which I was the pioneer pathologist from 1970 to 2010.
Results: It was remarkable that, up to 5 years, males predominated in consonance with the Igbo mothers’ preference for sons; as regards females the oldest teenage group was prom.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2329-9126.1000282
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