Histopathological Diagnosis Patterns of Oro-Facial Tumours: A Ten-Year Survey

Background: Facial tumour is a disease condition which arises as a result of unchecked ratio of cell production to cell death among the cells constituting the face such that cell production rate surpasses cell death. This disease condition accounts for about 95% of the causes of face deformation followed by birth deformity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the histological diagnosis patterns of facial tumour seen at Teem Dental Centre Warri, Delta State. The distribution of facial tumour patterns in relation to various age groups and gender was observed. Methods: This study was conducted in the histopathological unit of Teem Dental Centre over a period of 10 years. The data were obtained from the medical records of patients seen at the centre within the stated period. Data collected included the age, sex, clinical features of presenting tumours and the histopathological reports of the cases seen either on incisional or excisional basis. Data were analyzed using Social Statistical Package for Social Science version 23 and were depicted in tabular formats. Results: Patients in the study were aged 5-80 years. The predominant histological pattern of facial tumour was ameloblastoma 9(14.5%) with the next being cement-ossifying fibroma and Acute and chronic suppurative inflammation having an incidence of n=6(9.7%) each. From the study, it was observed that females 35 (56.5%) had a higher prevalence level than their male counterparts 27(43.5%) Conclusion: The histopathological assessment of the facial tumours showed ameloblastoma to be the commonest pattern with a tendency to more females than males