Histopathological spectrum of Cervical Lesion”– two and half Year prospective Study in Tertiary Care Center of Chhattisgarh, India

Abstract

Introduction: Cervical lesions are the leading cause of morbidity in Indian women and cervicalcancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide next to breast cancer. Objectives:To study the age distribution, the relative frequency of various cervical lesions and histopathologicalfeatures of cervical lesions. Materials and Methods: This is a two & half years retrospective studyof all cervical biopsies and hysterectomy specimens received from September 2017 to March 2020 inthe department of pathology. Result: In a total of 485 cases studied 359 (74.1%) cases were non-neoplastic, 107(22%) were preinvasive and 19 (3.9%) cases were malignant. Cervicitis was themost common non-neoplastic lesion and squamous cell carcinoma was the most common cancer.Conclusion: Our study highlights a vast spectrum of cervical lesions and therefore early detectionand management of certain lesions can help in reducing morbidity.