Charles E Anyanechi Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma, Cancer chemotherapy, Prostate biomarker, Endometrial cancer
Department of Dental Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria
Charles E Anyanechi was working in the Department of Dental Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria. He has more than 80 publications. His current research area related to osteoarthropathy
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Author(s): Charles E Anyanechi and Birch D Saheeb
Background: Odontogenic Myxoma (OM) affects the jaws, and is characterized by high recurrence rate after treatment. Objective: To evaluate the clinical characteristics and treatment outcome of OM that presented in our center.
Materials and Methods: A 22-year retrospective study was performed at the Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic of the study institution; patients’ data were collected from the hospital records and entered into a pro-forma questionnaire.
Results: Overall, 643 patients with oro-facial lesions were evaluated and 38/643 (5.9%) were diagnosed with OM. There were 22 (57.8%) males and 16 (42.2%) females with mal... view moreĀ»