Author(s)

Brahim Moulaye El Hassen^1*, Edde Dih Haimedah², Moulay Ahmed Moulay Hachem³

¹Pathological Anatomy Department, National Oncology Center, Nouakchott, Mauritania.
²Department ENT and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nouakchott Military Hospital, Nouakchott, Mauritania.
³Pathological Anatomy Department, National Police Medical Center, Nouakchott, Mauritania.

This retrospective study, the first of its kind in Mauritania, was carried out at the military hospital of Nouakchott. We sought to approximate the epidemio-logical, anatomopathological profile of Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) and cervico-facial (CF) cancers in Mauritania. Over a period of two years, from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020, we noted 36 histologically confirmed cases, they represented 15.47% of all patients consulted in ENT and CF cancers affected the age group between 25 and 70 years, the age group most affected was that of 50 and 59 years, with 33.33% of cases. More affected in the proportion of 2 men to women, which can be explained by the risk factors mainly found in men, including smoking. First rank was cancers of the upper aero-digestive tract, the pharyngolarynx in head. Histologically, ENT and CF cancers were dominated by squamous cell carcinomas 78%, well ahead of papillary carcinomas 8% and vesicular thyroid carcinomas 5%, UCNTs, adenosquamous carcinomas and lymphomas each represented 3%.

Anatomopathological, ENT, Cancers, Cervico-Facial, Military Hospital, Mauritania

Hassen, B. , Haimedah, E. and Hachem, M. (2021) Epidemiological Aspects and Anatomopathological of Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) and Cervico-Facial (CF) Cancers at the Military Hospital of Nouakchott. Health, 13, 1091-1096. doi: 10.4236/health.2021.1310081.