European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

PATTERN AND DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF HISTOPATHOLOGICALLY DIAGNOSED NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS OF THE SKIN SEEN IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIA

Mary Nnenda Amaewhule*, Christian Chika Ogbu, Ekechi Stella Amadi, Okezie Chinedu Ugwa, Solomon Obioha and Sam Ewune Kinako

ABSTRACT

Non-neoplastic skin lesions are very common in our environment and outnumber skin neoplasms.They have diverse etiologies. However, a good number of them are non-infectious in terms of etiology. Histopathologic evaluation with clinical correlation is the gold standard for diagnosis. The aim of this study is to review histopathologically diagnosed non-neoplastic lesions over a 7 year period (January 2015-December 2021); the objectives includes to determine the age and sex distribution of these lesions and to determine whether there is a correlation between these lesions and age. Materials and method: A total of 112 cases were retrieved from the archive. Data were entered into microsoft excel spreadsheet and were analysed with microsoft excel (version 2019). Result: Majority of the patients were female (58.9%). The mean age is 35.8 years (SD=17.6). The median age is 36 years. The peak age is 30-39 years. The commonest lesion in both sexes is psoriasis followed by lichen planus and epidermal inclusion cyst in both males and females respectively. There is a positive correlation between lesions and age (p< 0.05). Conclusion: Non-neoplastic lesions are relatively common in our environment especially papulosquamous lesions. Majority of them occur in young people.

Keywords: Non-neoplastic, histopathologic, review, psoriasis, Lichen planus, lesions.