Wilson Ikekuchu Beniah Onuigbo, Nigerian pathologist (Oraifite, Anambra State 28 April 1928 – 23 September 2019)

Authored over 250 research works

ACHIEVEMENTS

Demonstrated lymphangiogenesis (1962)

A modified theory of retrograde lymphatic metastasis in lung cancer. Brit. J. Dis. Chest 57:120-5, 1963

First report of worm Paragonimus uterobilateralis (paragonimiasis) infecting humans

With F.A. Nwako. Discovery of adult parasites of Paragonimus uterobilateralis in human tissue in Nigeria (1974)

Proposed erythrocyte-associated necrosis fator

Nature’s necrosis factor when associated with erythrocytes may not only explain the surprises in lung cancer metastases but also suggest target therapy. Med. Hypotheses 80(6):698-700, 2013

CONTRIBUTIONS (Methods, Discoveries and Theories)

With F.N. Udeh & P.A. Feyi-Waboso. Sterility as unique symptom of tuberculous epididymo-orchitis. Intern. J. Med. Health Develop. 13(2), 2008

Faeco-histological method of studying worm endemicity with the vermiform apêndix. Niger. J. Surg. Res. 2(3):105-7, 2000

Metastasis to the umbilicus – possible racial difference. J. Nat. Med. Assoc. 79(2):193-4, 1987

Appendiceal schistosomiasis: method of classifying oviposition and inflammation. Dis. Colon Rectum 28(6):397-8, 1985

An index of community awareness of appendicitis. Tropical Doctor 13(3): 134-5, 1983

A definition problem in câncer metastasis. Neoplasma 22(5):547-50, 1975

Human model for studying seed-soil factors in blood-borne metastasis. Arch. Pathol. 99(6):342-3, 1975

Human model for comparing localization factors in metastasis. Arch. Pathol. 95(4):260-1, 1973

A mono block formalin fixation method for investigating cancer metastasis. Z. Krebsforsch. 65:209-10, 1963

Papers in top journals

Relevance of race in management of testicular tumours. Brit. Med. J. 1(6052):22, 1977

With A. Johnson, M.H. Karpati & J. Newman. Treatment of classical haemophilia. Lancet 1 (7492):724, 1967

Comparative functional morphology of lymphoid tissues. Nature 201(492):1140, 1964

An index of fate of circulating cancer cells. Lancet 2(731):828-8, 1963

Cerebral lymphatics. Brit. Med. J. 1(5224):505, 1961

History and the parasternal lymph glands. Lancet 1:1249-50, 1960

HONOURS

World Who’s Who in Science (1968)