Abdul Rauf and Muhammad Adnan Zaman

ABSTRACT

Objective: To study the pattern of histopathological lesions in hysterectomy specimens.   

Study Design: Observational study. 

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of Pathology, Nawaz Sharif Medical College, University of Gujrat, Pakistan from Jan 2015 to August 2017.

Materials and Methods: The study consisted of 150 uterus specimens that were studied grossly and histologically. These specimens were received at department of Pathology and in a private hospital in Gujrat. The data of all the cases was retrieved from registers of histopathology. It was compiled and analyzed with the help of Microsoft Excel software.

Results: Mean age of the patients was 44.7 years in this study. Most (44%) patients were in fifth decade of their life. Chronic cervicitis was the most common finding in the cervix with a frequency of 88.7%. The other lesions were far less common in cervix. Carcinoma cervix was seen in 2.7% of the specimens. Atrophic endometrium, Endometrial Hyperplasia, Endometrial polyp were the three most frequent lesions in endometrium with frequencies of 8.0%, 7.3%, 6.7% respectively. Carcinoma of endometrium was found in 1.3% of cases. Leimomyomas were the most common (44.7%) lesions in myometrium followed by adenomyosis (29.3%). No case of malignancy was found in the myometrium.

Conclusion: The findings in our study corroborated well with most studies within as well as outside the country.

Among the significant lesions, leiomyomas and adenomyosis were the most common ones.    Key Words: Uterus, Hysterectomy, Leiomyoma, Adenomyosis, Cervix.

Citation of articles: Rauf A, Zaman MA. A Histopathological Study of Hysterectomy Specimens in Gujrat –