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PATTERN OF OPHTHALMIC LESIONS AT TWO HTSTOPATHOLOGY CENTRES IN ETHIOPlA
Abstract
Objective: To descrihe the distri hution of ocular, orbital and cyclid lesions that required
histopathologic analysis in Plthiopian children and adults.
Design: A retrnspcclivr study.
Setting: Tikur Anhcssa and Mcnclik I1 Tcaching hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during
1995 and 1999 pcriod.
Results: Two hundrcd and ninct?- ophthalmic specimens were examined, 20% of which came
from children. Half of thc lesions had cpithclisl origin, about 30% were malignant, 22.6%
wcre bcnign and 16.4',i .;,ere yotcntially malignant. Sqtuanlous cell carcinoma was the
leading conjunctival I 3% 1. ryelid (33% ), orbital (3J % ;i) and ocular (20% ) lesion among
adults and cldcrl~- pcoplc whereas only 6% of eydid lesion were basal cell carcinomas. In
children the most frequent intra-ocular as well as urbital tun~cbur was retinoblastoma, 39%,
followed by miscellaneous benign lesions (24 To). Murr that^ half of thc request forms were
incomplcte.
Conclusions: In addis Ababa, squamous cell carcinuma and rrtinoblastome should be
considered when rvaluat ing ophthalmic lcsions in adults and children, respectively. Clinicians
and pathologists should improve their communitatiun by filling in rcqucst forms, providing
clear reports and making dialogue.
histopathologic analysis in Plthiopian children and adults.
Design: A retrnspcclivr study.
Setting: Tikur Anhcssa and Mcnclik I1 Tcaching hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during
1995 and 1999 pcriod.
Results: Two hundrcd and ninct?- ophthalmic specimens were examined, 20% of which came
from children. Half of thc lesions had cpithclisl origin, about 30% were malignant, 22.6%
wcre bcnign and 16.4',i .;,ere yotcntially malignant. Sqtuanlous cell carcinoma was the
leading conjunctival I 3% 1. ryelid (33% ), orbital (3J % ;i) and ocular (20% ) lesion among
adults and cldcrl~- pcoplc whereas only 6% of eydid lesion were basal cell carcinomas. In
children the most frequent intra-ocular as well as urbital tun~cbur was retinoblastoma, 39%,
followed by miscellaneous benign lesions (24 To). Murr that^ half of thc request forms were
incomplcte.
Conclusions: In addis Ababa, squamous cell carcinuma and rrtinoblastome should be
considered when rvaluat ing ophthalmic lcsions in adults and children, respectively. Clinicians
and pathologists should improve their communitatiun by filling in rcqucst forms, providing
clear reports and making dialogue.
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