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[Epidemiological and histopathological aspects of sarcomas in Cotonou (Benin) from 2010 to 2020]
Dansou Gaspard Gbessi1, Freddy Houéhanou Rodrigue Gnangnon1,2, Falilatou Seidou3
1Clinique universitaire de chirurgie viscérale. Centre national hospitalier universitaire Hubert Koutoukou Maga (CNHU-HKM), Cotonou, Bénin.
Aims:
To study the epidemiological and histopathological characteristics of sarcomas.
Procedure:
This was a multi-center, descriptive, retrospective study realized over a 10-year period. We systematically recruited all medical reports of patients with histologically confirmed sarcoma.
Results:
159 reports of sarcoma were retained. The average age was 38.9 years. There was a female predominance with a 0.9 estimated sex ratio. Soft tissue sarcomas were the most common (65.4%). The most frequent location was the lower limbs (30.2%).
Conclusion:
Better access to diagnosis would contribute to a better assessment of the burden of this pathology in Benin.
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