Endometriosis among the Hausa/Fulani population of Nigeria.

C C Ekwempu, CC Ekwempu, Harrison Ka, K A Harrison
Tropical and geographical medicine · 1979 · vol. 31(2) , pp. 201–5 · PMID:505550 · W2201394102
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Endometriosis at a Nigerian hospital presented differently than elsewhere, with high frequency, frequent menopausal cases, association with pelvic inflammatory disease and low socioeconomic status, and unusual lesion locations.

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Abstract

In three and half years at the Ahmadu Bello University Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria, endometriosis was found in 27 Nigerians (all negroid) and one Caucasian. Age and parity distribution were similar to what has been found in patients elsewhere. In other respects, there were striking differences. The frequency (8.2 percent) is one of the highest reported in the negro. Two fifths were menopausal, majority had associated pelvic inflammatory disease, and nearly all were in women of the lowest socio-economic status. The lesions were rare in the pouch of Douglas and were totally absent from the rectovaginal septum and in the extra peritoneal space.

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endometriosis

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Black People Endometriosis Genital Neoplasms, Female Adult Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Genital Neoplasms, Female Genital Neoplasms, Female Humans Middle Aged Nigeria Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Socioeconomic Factors

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