Gynae-cytological Evaluation of Cervical Cancer Among Women (Age d15-60 Years) Attended University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, Enugu Between 2009-2014

Abstract

This work was designed to access the incidence of cervical cancer in UNTH using already diagnosed cervical samples collected from the Morbid Anatomy cancer unit of UNTH Ituku-Ozalla Enugu. Forty (40) cervical carcinoma samples were collected from the study and four (4) earlier diagnosed negative samples were used as “control”. The sections were stained using Haematoxylin and eosin method. Out of the 40 cervical carcinoma samples obtained, the result showed that the age group 40-44 years has the highest frequency of positive cases. Also the result showed that the number of positive cases increased with parity some samples observed showed normal squamous epithelia and absence of tumor cells hence negative for cervical cancer; while some slides showed the features of carcinoma and precancerous growth hence positive. Apart from habit and acts leading to high positive cases, most cases have un explained causes.