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Item Oropharyngeal Tumours in Ilorin, Nigeria: Any Change in Epidemiology Pattern?(Published by the College of Health Sciences, 2017) Omokanye H.K; Afolabi O.A; Segun-Busari S; Mohammed S.I; Ayodele S.O; Shittu N.O; Alabi. B.SBackground: Oropharyngeal tumour constitute about 10% -12% of all head and neck malignancies of which about 90% are histologically squamous cell carcinomas type. Males are commonly affected. Aim is to determine the epidemiological trend and socio-demographic pattern seen in our practice. Methods: A 5years (2008-2013) Ethically approved retrospective review of clinical records of patients with diagnosis of oropharyngeal tumour seen in ENT department of UITH. All information retrieved were entered into SPSS version 20.0 and analysed descriptively and results presented in tables and figures. Results: Twenty-seven cases were seen, age range 35-65years with a mean age of 46years (SD = 42±1.5), About 27.3% were below 40 years, 54.6% were within 40-60 years and 18.2% were above 60 years.. There were 17 females (63.6%) and 10 males (36.4%) with M:F ratio of 1:1.7. About 72.7% were non-smokers while 27.3% were smokers. Only 36.4% of the patients had positive history of alcohol ingestion while 63.4% did not take alcohol. The correlation of smoking and alcohol with the oropharyngeal cancer shows a uncorrected X2 of 0.77 and a P-value of 0.3794. On the site, base of the tongue tumours constituted 55.6% of the total, closely followed by lateral wall tumours (tonsils) 27.3%, then soft palatal tumours 18.2%, none on the posterior pharyngeal wall. Only 36.4% had surgery and referred for chemoradiation while 63.4% either declined surgery or defaulted from clinic follow-up. However, 7.4% cases had associated HIV infection.Item Otorhinolaryngological Manifestation of Pregnancy in a Nigerian Tertiary Health Centre.(Published by the College of Health Sciences, 2019) Afolabi O. A; Ukponmwan O.G; Shaibu S.B; Ikpen A; Onuminya D.S; Omokanye H.K; Alabi B.S; Ehalaiye B.FIntroduction: The objective of our study is to assess the frequency and distribution of ENT symptoms according to trimesters in pregnancy and the effect of these symptoms on the living quality of pregnant women. Material and Methods: An observational prospective case control study performed in the department of Otorhinolaryngology, Family medicine and Obstetrics and Gynaecology in a specialist health institution in Nigeria. About 220 women were recruited from the ENT, family medicine and Antenatal clinic for the study and consist of 110 aged matched subject and control each after ethical approval. Assessment of ENT complaint and Examinations were carried out using a structured proforma for both subject and controls and compared the values and results presented in tables and figures Result: Age range for the subject were 17 - 43years with a mean age of 28.4±5.4 years and for the control age range is 19 – 43years with a mean age of 28.1 ±5.3 years. Thirty seven of the subject were in the first trimester, Thirty seven in the second trimester and thirty six in the third trimester. The commonest aural manifestations were otalgia and ear fullness, the commonest nasal manifestations were snoring epistaxis and facial hyperpigmentation while the commonest throat symptoms were Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, sore-throat and dysphagia. Conclusion: Snoring and epistaxis were the most common symptoms in the third trimester, followed by gastro-oesophageal reflux disease which was also found to be predominant in the first and second trimester. All the symptoms were found to increase with advancement in age of pregnancy except for hearing loss, hoarseness and facial weakness which are not statistically significant in our study.