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  • Title: Histopathological analysis of endometrial biopsies in Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Nigeria. A 5-year critical review.
    Author: Dauda AM, Mandong BM, Manasseh AN, Malami AS, Echejoh GO, Silas OA.
    Journal: Niger J Med; 2011; 20(1):151-4. PubMed ID: 21970278.
    Abstract:
    AIMS: This study is aimed at giving an insight into the pattern and age distribution of endometrial analysis as seen at Jos University Teaching Hospital. METHODS: This is a retrospective reviewed cases of endometrial biopsies diagnosed between January 1998 to December 2002 in the Histopathological Department ofJos University Teaching Hospital RESULTS: A review of endometrial biopsies slides from 556 patients revealed that pregnancy related diagnosis was the commonest, representing 302 (54.3%) of histopathological diagnosis, followed by endometrial hyperplasia, accounting for 97 cases (17.5%) and majority of which was categorised as mild hyperplasias. Hydatidiform mole, which ranked third, constituted 58 (10.4%) of the cases studied. Choriocarcinoma was the leading malignancy representing 10 cases (45%) of the malignant tumours and 1.8% of all the endometrial biopsies. Endometrial adenocarcinoma, stromal sarcoma and metastatic cancer constituted 6 (1.0%), 3 (0.5%) and 3 (0.5%), respectively. CONCLUSION: The commonest endometrial pattern seen in JUTH over the study period was products of conception which peak in the third decade of life; primary malignancies of the endometrium are uncommon in JUTH and they represented just about 2%.
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