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Table 4 Distribution of types of ocular tumours among the participants

From: Epidemiology of oculo-orbital tumours in Malawian children: a 10-year review of cases from tertiary hospitals

Variables

Subgroups

Frequency (Percentage)

Malignant

(n = 437 (43.1))

Retinoblastoma

422 (41.6)

Rhabdomyosarcoma

11 (1.1)

Squamous cell carcinoma

18 (1.8)

Optic nerve glioma

4 (0.4)

Benign (n = 553 (54.5))

Dermoid cyst

210 (20.7)

Papilloma

62 (6.1)

Ocular growth unspecified

88 (8.7)

Cyst

42 (4.1)

Haemangioma

28 (2.8)

Granuloma

24 (2.4)

Lymphoma

23 (2.3)

Polyp

12 (1.2)

Others

46 (4.5)

Orbital tumour unspecified

24 (2.4)

Total

1010 (100.0)