Profile of Skin Biopsies and Skin Cancer Subtypes in Hail Region : A Three Years Retrospective Study

Abstract

Objectives: to analyze the spectrum of skin lesions at our institute, and study the age, sex and anatomic distribution pattern. We will also classify the lesions into major categories and determine the incidence of each subcategory. Materials and Methods: we carried a three and half year's retrospective study of skin biopsies which were collected from King Khalid Hospital recording system in Hail region in a time period from January 2014 till April 2017.Results: The highest percentage was in the age group 30-39 year (25.1%) with a male preponderance of 52.8%. The head, neck and face were most frequently involved body parts (46.06%). Cysts were the most common (32.3%) which included the sub-types epidermoid cyst, ganglion, dermoid cyst, pilar cyst and brachial cleft cyst. Nevi (19.4%) including intradermal nevus, congenital nevus and blue nevus were the second most common skin lesion. Correlation with the histopathologic diagnosis was positive in 94.9% cases and negative in 5.1% cases.

Epidemiological Patterns of Skin Disease in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…is systematic review presented a summary of populationbased data describing the pattern of skin disease in Saudi Arabia. Previous studies investigated the pattern of skin and skin-related diseases in different regions of Saudi Arabia such as Madinah, Al-Khobar, Jeddah, Al-Baha, Hail, Abha, Qassim, and Najran through population-based cross-sectional studies, which reflect the true pattern of skin diseases in Saudi Arabia [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Although these included data did not cover every part of Saudi Arabia, the results are generalizable to other populations and reflect the current evidence of the frequency, type, and distribution of skin diseases in different geographical areas in Saudi Arabia.…”

“…In Saudi Arabia, the large epidemiological studies on patterns of skin diseases are scanty. Previous epidemiological studies in Saudi Arabia investigated the pattern of skin and skin-related diseases in different regions of Saudi Arabia such as Madinah, Al-Khobar, Jeddah, Al-Baha, Hail, Abha, Qassim, and Najran [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15], which reflect the pattern of skin and skinrelated diseases in Saudi Arabia. erefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to gather available epidemiological data describing the pattern of skin diseases and investigate the current evidence of frequency, type, and distribution of skin disorders in different geographical areas in Saudi Arabia.…”